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How can a buried optical fiber become a “stethoscope” for soil moisture? Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) bridges the scale gap between point measurements and remote sensing, offering new insights into near-surface hydrological dynamics. doi.org/10.59717/j.x... #DistributedAcousticSensing
🌱🧬Cold reshapes meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis, shifting crossovers toward subtelomeres & boosting class II pathway output. SNI1/NSE5 acts as a temperature-sensitive brake on class II crossovers Environmental cues can alter recombination pathway choice #plantsci www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SNI1/NSE5 is a cold-sensitive brake on class II crossovers in Arabidopsis - Nature Plants
Cold temperature alters meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis by weakening SNI1/NSE5, a chromosome architecture factor that normally limits class II crossovers and shapes where genetic exchange occurs.
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🌱🧬Plant defense chemicals serve more than defense. Non-defense functions arise via pleiotropy, shared regulation or correlated selection, shaping genetic constraints Understanding their evolution requires linking multifunctionality to genetics & selection nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nondefense functions of plant specialized metabolites: ecological phenomena, molecular mechanisms, and evolutionary implications
Nonexhaustive overview of empirically validated nondefense functions caused by or correlated with variation in four well-studied classes of plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) – glucosinolates (gree...
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One step closer to sustainable #agriculture...? www.the-microbiologist.com/news/study-r... Research article: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience
Study reveals beneficial microbes that can sustain yields in unfertilized fields
Naturally occurring bacteria in rice roots could help reduce the reliance on chemical fertilizers for rice cultivation, paving the way for sustainable agriculture.
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🌾🧬 HTP excels in research but lags in early-stage breeding, where selection occurs on single plants and small plots. Aligning phenotyping with breeding workflows could accelerate genetic gain and climate adaptation. #plantscience @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/plant...
Confronting the phenomics scale gap in field crop breeding
High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) has advanced rapidly in recent decades, driven by technological developments across research and agricultural frameworks. Despite its success in measuring traits, it ...
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🌸🧬 RESEARCH 🧬🌸 Gao et al. suggest that SNAP30 forms a SNARE complex with VAMP726 and SYP131 on the plasma membrane of the Arabidopsis pollen tube tip and regulates pollen tube tip growth by mediating apical exocytosis. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
【🎉Latest accepted article】 Warm springs and dry summers weaken radial #stemgrowth dependence on primary growth by increasing phenological synchrony between primary and secondary meristems in #Pinustaiwanensis @unevadareno.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Drought-Spec-Net: Early Tomato Drought Detection and Potential Yield-Impact Assessment Using Vis NIR Data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.24.754113v1
Great to see Agrisera LOX-C and Actin antibodies used by @kunzlab.bsky.social in their recent study, “PLASTID ENVELOPE ION CHANNELS (PEC1/2) link Ca2+ and jasmonic acid signaling in plant cells” 🌱 We’re pleased to support plant science research 🔬 📄 Article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PLASTID ENVELOPE ION CHANNELS (PEC1/2) link Ca2+ and jasmonic acid signaling in plant cells | PNAS
Plants constantly encounter adverse environmental interactions. One organelle is particularly specialized in stress signaling and phytohormone synt...
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We’re looking for a new colleague in Würzburg! 🌱 W3 Professorship in Plant Metabolism 💊 Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology 🧪 Head of the Metabolomics Core Unit jobs.zeit.de/jobs/univers... Please spread the word! Questions? Feel free to contact me. www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/about-the...
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📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝 PlantPopMethylDB: An Integrated Database of Intraspecific DNA Methylation Variation in Plants - Zhao, Sheng, Chen, Xu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪
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🌿🔬 RESEARCH 🔬🌿 Using genetically encoded biosensors, we revealed the spatiotemporal dynamics of pattern-triggered immunity responses induced by different danger signals and by Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis seedlings - Mor et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
![Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): Global exposure of seedlings to pathogen-derived signals induces pH and redox response gradients from roots and petioles to hypocotyls. (A) Five-day-old seedlings expressing the cytosolic pH or redox sensors, pUBQ10::pHGFP or p35S::roGFP2-Orp1, were used to monitor immune responses over 120 min in petioles, hypocotyls, and roots after treatment with 100 µM flg22 or elf18, or ddH2O (mock). (B) Representative microscopy images (of the merged channel) of seedlings treated with ddH2O (mock), elf18, or flg22 at the indicated time points reveal cytosolic acidification and oxidation [calibration bar using the Rainbow Look-Up Table (LUT) shows a shift from blue towards red]; scale bar=250 µm. (C) Quantification of relative acidification and oxidation as shown in (B).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ggz22gcwkakll7efac23g33s/bafkreiaie2tabjuq6eihs6jj7eqv42m7ahw5xi3fxzowny767vev3aljum)
🌱 Preprint! Traits associated the 'C2' photorespiratory CO2 pump shows phenotypic plasticity, but only in species with sufficient organelle and GDC investment in the bundle sheath. We think acclimation may expose cryptic phenotypes to selection and facilitate evolution. #PlantScience #Evolution 🧪
Acclimation to enhanced photorespiratory conditions increases the effectiveness of C2 photosynthesis in C3-C4 intermediates
- C2 photosynthesis reduces photorespiratory carbon loss by shuttling glycine from mesophyll (M) to bundle sheath (BS) tissues, where glycine decarboxylase (GDC) releases CO2 that accumulates around r...
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💧☀️🌡️🌽 Technical Advance: Unlocking crop protection models for decision support: Web infrastructure and integration buff.ly/JRf4azS #PlantScience
Unlocking crop protection models for decision support: web infrastructure and integration
Abstract. Decision support systems (DSS) in crop protection provide valuable support for pest risk prognosis and recommendations for pest control, enabling
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Seed priming with a brassinosteroid + root colonization by Piriformospora indica, together they cut cadmium accumulation fourfold and boost antioxidant defenses in Brassica juncea. The fungus does it partly by rewiring BR hormone signaling. https://bit.ly/4Ac665V #PlantScience #HeavyMetalStress
🌱 TECHNICAL INNOVATION 🌱 A rapid MXRF method enables precise, extraction-free analysis of light elements in small plant samples, advancing studies of salinity tolerance and early development - Kahlon et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
🫛 🌈 New research 🌈 🫛 Optimizing light spectra for soybean cultivation in controlled environments: Effects on plant growth, flowering, seed production, and seed quality 💡 Illuminating ways to ⬆️ yield & ⬇️ wasted space Read it #openaccess 👉️ doi.org/10.1111/aab.... #plantscience
🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Unravelling Mechanisms of Acquired Drought Tolerance by Priming in Tomato Using Integrative Multi-Omics Phenotypic Analysis - Zhou, Li et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪
🌸 FLOWERING NEWSLETTER REVIEW 🌸 MADS-box transcription factors specify floral organ identity at the primordia stage, but also have late and spatially restricted roles in developing or mature floral organs, which Désert et al. explore in this review 🧬 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
#ClimateChange poses one of the greatest threats to natural and working lands, reducing the resilience of agricultural and forest productivity. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧵1/4 #PlantScience @wileyecology.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social
Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧵1/3 #PlantScience @wileylifesci.bsky.social
An urban evolved invasive plant tolerates experimental climate change 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... by Flory et al. Societal Impact Statement also available in ES, HR and ZH #PlantScience
🌳Shade the bark of a manna ash during drought and its roots lose access to sucrose, while mannitol takes over as a longer-lasting osmolyte. New study by Gargiulo et al. shows why measuring individual sugars matters more than total carbohydrates. https://bit.ly/4A6Ikbh #PlantScience
🌱🧬 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 🧬🌱 Conserved residues within the swapped N-terminal transmembrane domain are essential for PDCT function, and co-expression of complementary inactive N- and C-terminal PDCT mutants partially restores activity - Balogh et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
🧬 From ScienceAdvances: In roses, ethylene triggers petal drop by activating ROS production while suppressing its removal, revealing a molecular switch for flower longevity. (Cai-Zhong Jiang) ▶️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #PlantScience
The RhMPK3-RhLOB41-RhWRKY9 module orchestrates ethylene-induced petal abscission via dual control of ROS homeostasis in rose
The RhMPK3-RhLOB41-RhWRKY9 module gates ethylene-induced petal abscission in rose by orchestrating ROS homeostasis.
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
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