8th International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications

Session

30 set 2026, 08:45

Sala Cinese (Department of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Napoli Federico II, Portici, Italy)

Conveners

Microbiome & Interactions: Invited Lecture

• Tokitaka Oyama (Kyoto University)

Contribution list Timetable

82. Constructing designer duckweed holobionts for comprehensive analyses of plant-microbe interactions

Prof. Eric Lam (Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick)

30/09/26, 08:45

Oral

Microbiome & Interactions

Holobiont refers to a holistic view of the organism as a combination of an eukaryote and its associated microbiome, which is a dynamic assortment of microbes inhabiting various niches that the host presents. The bacterial microbiome of water lentils (aka duckweeds) has been characterized over the past decade and may enhance or inhibit the growth of these aquatic plants. Most of these studies...