Seaweed Biology: Focusing on Food, Materials and Bioenergy—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

One of the world's largest sustainable marine resources is seaweed, which provides numerous benefits on both ecological and human levels through various ecosystem services. Over recent decades, significant progress has been made in the knowledge and use of seaweeds as feed, food, fertilizer, sustainable materials, and energy sources, which should certainly be part of the strategies that humankind should consider in these areas. Seaweed, by reducing cattle methane, replacing fossil plastic, and storing a significant amount of carbon, shows great potential in the pursuit of global food security and fighting climate change. Seaweed farming is the fastest growing aquaculture sector benefiting communities and the environment. Innovative seaweed cultivation techniques, micro-propagation and breeding tools, biomass processing optimizations coupled with robotic, advanced sensing, and monitoring techniques are delivering improved productivity and can better ensure the sustainable development of the seaweed farming and processing industry. The acceleration of climate change, reduction in conventional access to food, materials, and energy put the use of seaweeds in an important position regarding basic knowledge and effective production. This information is not only important for scientific advancement, but also for diverse seaweed industries, as well as local decision-makers.

In this Special Issue entitled Seaweed Biology: Focusing on Food, Materials and Bioenergy, papers will be accepted from a broad scope of interdisciplinary research on seaweed taxonomy, biology, cultivation, seaweeds for food, sustainable material, and energy viewpoints, from basic molecular biology to industrial application. Original research papers, methods, reviews, and perspectives are welcome for submission.

Dr. Loretto Contreras-Porcia
Dr. Fadia Tala
Guest Editors

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• seaweed alimentation
• seaweed food
• seaweed sustainable materials
• biorefinery
• nutraceuticals
• marine bioenergy
• seaweed taxonomy, cultivation, breeding and propagation

• Seaweed Biology: Focusing on Food, Materials and Bioenergy in Plants (9 articles)