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Duckweed in Venezuela: Professor Leng reports
July 27, 2004
The University of New England’s Emeritus Professor Ron Leng will return to the University this week to talk about his recent investigation of a serious weed problem in South America’s largest lake.
Ron Leng, who was Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at UNE from 1973 to
1996, received the Order of Australia in 1993 for his outstanding work in animal nutrition. He has been involved in a consultancy for the Government of Venezuela on an infestation of duckweed in Lake Maracaibo.
Professor Leng, who now lives in Queensland, will present a public seminar titled “Slow Death of Lake Maracaibo: a Problem with Duckweed”, in UNE’s Wright Lecture Theatre this Thursday (29 July) at 10am.
The consultants’ report on the Lake Maracaibo problem investigates the sources of nutrients feeding the duckweed, outlines strategies for reducing the flow of these nutrients into the lake, and discusses the potential of the duckweed as an animal feed. Professor Leng reports that the single species of duckweed at Lake Maracaibo is an uncommon one, and growing so thickly in places that a man can walk on it.
Posted by Lydia Roberts at July 27, 2004 11:08 AM