Jang Kyun

Jun 7, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Jang Kyun |Yang Jin |Mohini Singh |Xiaoyi Wang

1 IntroductionAs an important economic seaweed, laver is cultivated in east Asian countries such as China, Japan, and Korea because of its high economic value. In China, Neopyropia yezoensis and Neoporphyra haitanensis have been widely cultivated in northern and southern coastal cities, respectively. N. yezoensis and N. haitanensis once belonged to the same genus Pyropia but were recently divided (Yang et al., 2020).