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Madlen I. Somssich

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Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · last yr.

"Organic food isn't pesticide-free - or better for the planet" It's nice to have such a clear statement directly in the title 👏 Interview with Ian Godwin from Queensland University, Australia for Contact Magazine. qaafi.uq.edu.au/article/2025... #PlantScience #OrganicFood #PlantNGTs #PlantGMOs

Organic food isn't pesticide-free - or better for the planet

Many of us reach for foods labelled as ‘organic’, assuming they’ll be free from chemical nasties and hold a higher nutritional value. But is this reputation deserved – and is organic food worth the hi...

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Healthy Crops@healthycrops.bsky.social · 2y ago

The team has successfully developed #rice varieties through marker-assisted backcross breeding that are #resistant to bacterial blight. They will be transferred to partners in #Madagascar and #Tanzania, where they'll be tested in the field before they are distributed to local farmers.

New approaches in the fight against bacterial rice disease

An international research team, the “Healthy Crops” consortium, has developed rice varieties resistant to a detrimental crop disease in East Africa and Madagascar. The new varieties are resistant to b...

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Healthy Crops@healthycrops.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dr Ibrahim Hashim from TARI in Tanzanian found that a recent BB outbreak is causing significant yield losses in Tanzania, having a massive impact on economic stability and regional nutrition. Comparable losses are estimated in Madagascar, as Dr Mathilde Hutin from @ird-fr.bsky.social reports.

Healthy Crops@healthycrops.bsky.social · 2y ago

The newly developed BB-resistant rice varieties are now transferred to plant breeders and researchers working locally in Madagascar and Tanzania for field testing. Afterwards these varieties could be released in the national registration processes and made available to farmers.

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 3y ago

📜 CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa 🧑‍🔬 Heidi Ledford 📔 @natureportfolio.bsky.social 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41... #️⃣ (Feeds) #PlantScience #PlantGMOs #Agriculture #Sustainability #FoodSecurity

CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa

Scientists in the global south use the popular technique to protect local crops against local threats. Scientists in the global south use the popular technique to protect local crops against local thr...

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Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 3y ago

Kelsey Picard 👩‍🔬 is a #PlantScience PhD-student in Tasmania, 🇦🇺. During her PhD she founded the non-profit #SciComm project 'Science Made Beerable' 🧪🍻. Now, this project launches its own scholarship for aspiring #BeerBrewers. What an achievement! What an inspiration! #WomeninSTEM #WomenInBeer

Scholarships Made Beerable

Science Made Beerable was born of a desire to help beer drinkers better understand the connection between science and beer. And now, from this week, the team behind the venture is helping ensure the ...

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Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 2y ago

5/5 These people don't care about humans living in other parts of the world. Where there is not enough food. Children are going blind. Humans suffer from a toxic environment due to overuse of fungicides and pesticides. They don't care. Not one bit. They are safe. Their kids are safe. #PlantScience

Landmark gene-edited rice crop destroyed in Italy

Vandals uprooted the fungus-resistant Arborio rice, which was being tested in the country’s first ever field trial of a CRISPR-edited crop

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Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 2y ago

2/5 The unknown "Activists" followed the same line that orgs like #Greenpeace and the European #GreenParty have been supporting and promoting for over 30 years now, destroying all plants that were produced by academic (non-profit / non-company) researchers with the aim to help feed the world.

Landmark gene-edited rice crop destroyed in Italy

Vandals uprooted the fungus-resistant Arborio rice, which was being tested in the country’s first ever field trial of a CRISPR-edited crop

science.org

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 2y ago

1/5 Researchers in Italy conducted the country's first field trial with #GeneEdited plants. "Activists" have now destroyed the field and plants. These plants - were gene-edited (NOT transgenic) - require less fungicide application, & are thus better for the environment. #PlantScience #PlantGMOs

Landmark gene-edited rice crop destroyed in Italy

Vandals uprooted the fungus-resistant Arborio rice, which was being tested in the country’s first ever field trial of a CRISPR-edited crop

science.org

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 2y ago

📜 Improving transient protein expression in agroinfiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana 🧑‍🔬 Konstantina Beritza, Emma C. Watts, Renier A. L. van der Hoorn 📔 @newphyt.bsky.social 🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantMethods #Agroinfiltration #PlantTransformation

Improving transient protein expression in agroinfiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana

<em>New Phytologist</em> is an international journal owned by the New Phytologist Foundation publishing original research in plant science and its applications.

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