At this year's #ASI, we visited the #ECOSENSE Forest (@ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social). I took these two pictures from the canopy access tower: one in May, when we set up the gas-exchange measurements, and the other last week, after a year of exceptional #heat and #drought.

From doping to root water uptake and paleoclimate - at this year's #ASI I gained insights into many fascinating projects. I'm especially honored to have received the Early Career Scientist Award for my talk on tracing root-root interactions using ¹⁵N & ¹³C. Many 🙏 to the judges and my collaborators.

How do plant-soil feedbacks & defense pathways differ if they are induced by exogenous #phytohormones or #herbivory? These are some of the questions posed by PCP budding Editor, Merissa Huei-Hsuan Tsai @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social 🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

Merissa Huei-Hsuan Tsai@hueihsuantsai.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy to share my first commentary as a PCP Budding Editor! Not whether, but when: contextual rules for defense-induced plant-soil feedbacks

I am looking forward to meeting the #stable_isotope community and presenting our recent work on tree-tree signalling (📅Tue 06. Oct., 9:30 am) at this year's #ASI2026 at @uni-freiburg.de. 🙏to 👥 @simonhaber.bsky.social, @chriswernerlab.bsky.social, @jpschnitzler.net & 📄 @jxbotany.bsky.social

Mirjam Meischner@mm-ecophys.bsky.social · 3w ago

Can forest trees sense, via their root systems, whether their neighbours are suffering from herbivore attack, and go into defence mode themselves? This was a question I addressed in my PhD project, and the study has now been published in JXB: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🐛🌲✉️🌳🚨

New book on how nature communicates - @voltcenter.bsky.social's @riikkarinnan.bsky.social wrote a chapter about the secret messages from trees in the air (via, of course, VOCs!). You are invited to the launch on 29/9! You can read more about the book/launch below: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Nature Speaks book launch - save the date! 29/9/2026, 16:00-17.30 (Dansk nedenfor) VOLT - Center for Volatile Interactions' director Riikka Rinnan participated in this interesting collaborative… |...

Nature Speaks book launch - save the date! 29/9/2026, 16:00-17.30 (Dansk nedenfor) VOLT - Center for Volatile Interactions' director Riikka Rinnan participated in this interesting collaborative projec...

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Can forest trees sense, via their root systems, whether their neighbours are suffering from herbivore attack, and go into defence mode themselves? This was a question I addressed in my PhD project, and the study has now been published in JXB: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🐛🌲✉️🌳🚨

Fagus sylvatica detects below-ground stress signals from conspecific and heterospecific (Picea abies) neighbors, triggering increased volatile organic compound emissions from shoots

This study found that below-ground signaling occurs between temperate tree saplings: when herbivory was simulated at sender plants, untreated receiver tree

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Just as my experimental plants 🌲 had a smooth start at @voltcenter.bsky.social this July, so did I ☺️. Now, it's time for both me and the plants to grow roots in our new environment and prepare for the upcoming experiments🥼.