《生命科学》 2014, 26(5): 458-464

新型能源植物浮萍的研究进展

于昌江，朱　明，马玉彬，于　丽，周功克^*

(中国科学院青岛生物能源与过程研究所，中科院生物燃料重点实验室，青岛 266101)

摘　要：能源需求以及化石能源所产生的环境问题已引起全世界的重视，而浮萍作为一种极具应用潜力生产生物燃料的非粮淀粉原料，目前已受到越来越多的关注。对能源浮萍的生长特性、遗传学和生化方面及其主要应用现状进行综述，并展望浮萍未来的发展前景。

Advances in research on duckweeds--a new energy plant

YU Chang-Jiang， ZHU Ming， MA Yu-Bin， YU Li， ZHOU Gong-Ke^*

(Key Laboratory of Biofuels， Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics， Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology， Chinese Academy of Sciences， Qingdao 266101， China)

Abstract: Energy demands and environmental problems caused by fossil energy attracted worldwide attentions. Duckweed as a potential candidate for biofuel feedstock has drawn more and more attention. This review article summarizes recent progresses on growth characteristics， culture conditions， genetics， biochemistry and main applications of duckweeds. In addition， we provide the outlook in some future research directions on duckweeds.