The role of duckweed in bio-liquid fuel production and environmental protection

With the world economic development,population growth and improvement of people’s living stan dard,the energy shortage has become the core issue of restricting the development of the world economy. China faces serious energy crisis and environmental problems,so the development of biofuels in China is vital. This paper introduces the advantages of duckweed for energy production,summarizes the research results of Cheng du Institute of Biology on duckweed,and provides the direction of its further study.