Sustainable duckweed production as a protein source for aquaculture
Description
Switzerland is not supplied with sufficient amounts of protein for feed production, but has to import the main proportion from other countries. Duckweed can show high growth rates and protein contents on diluted manure and can reach production rates per squaremeter which are comparable to commonly used terrestrial plants. However the harvest of duckweed is time consuming and this leads to the need of an automatic concept for their culture.The project will clarify how high production efficiency and biosafety of a duckweed culture can be guaranteed and if fish can be sucessfully fed with duckweed. The feeding trials will be conducted with different fish species.
Key Data
Projectlead
Dr. Constanze Pietsch-Schmied, Dr. Dominik Refardt, Dr. Timo Stadtlander
Project team
Project partners
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL
Project status
completed, 01/2018 - 06/2022
Funding partner
Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft BLW
Project budget
500'000 CHF
Publications
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Partial replacement of fishmeal with duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) in feed for two carnivorous fish species, Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
2024 Stadtlander, Timo; Tschudi, Fridolin; Seitz, Andreas; Sigrist, Mathias; Refardt, Dominik; Leiber, Florian
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Dilution rates of cattle slurry affect ammonia uptake and protein production of duckweed grown in recirculating systems
2024 Stadtlander, Timo; Bandy, Jaclyn; Rosskothen, Dennis; Pietsch-Schmied, Constanze; Tschudi, Fridolin; Sigrist, Mathias; Seitz, Andreas; Leiber, Florian