News
New paper: "Optimisation of Dairy Soiled Water as a Novel Duckweed Growth Medium"
Our latest paper is now available online:
Redmond, C., Coughlan, N.E., Purcell, A., Jansen, M.A.K. Optimisation of Dairy Soiled Water as a Novel Duckweed Growth Medium. Plants 2025, 14, 110.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14010110
Dairy soiled water (DSW) is produced in large volumes during the milking process on the farm, and is highly variable due to individual farmer practices and seasonality. In this study the suitability of DSW as a duckweed (Lemna minor L.) cultivation medium is assessed.
Different concentrations and pH values are assessed to determine the optimal conditions to support duckweed cultivation. Under circular economy principles, duckweed-based valorisation of DSWs can lead to the production of valuable, high-protein plant biomass that could be incorporated into animal feed to support livestock nutritional requirements.
The full paper (open access) can be found in the journal Plants at:
https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/1/110