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Marnin Wolfe

@wolfemd.bsky.social

Assistant Prof Quantitative Genetics. Cover Crop and Forage Breeding at Auburn University. I aspire to be a Jedi Hobbit.

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It’s time to make selections for crimson clover breeding. No joke, I’m fitting a Multitrait pedigree-enabled mixed-model in the field to do it! Genomic relationships needed.

05.04.2025 15:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pink crimson clover families are totally rad!

01.04.2025 20:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Harvesting biomass and imaging our Crimson Clover - Oat genomic selection training plots!

01.04.2025 15:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Over 700 Crimson Clover plants but it’s time for culling selection. We are developing the resources and methods to use genomic selection at this point, but for now it’s pedigree + mixed models on breeder (my) Vigor scores.

Loving this red-to-pink flowered family is early and big! #plant-breeding

29.03.2025 15:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Spring brings all kinds of interesting things in our expt’l plots. Desert Lupine and Lacy Phaecelia blooming. Creeping Balansa and enormous Ball clovers! #cover-crop #plantbreeding

29.03.2025 15:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More of my cover crop breeding research plots, after the fog cleared. Spring is in full swing, can almost see things grow if you watch carefully!

26.03.2025 17:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Deep fog on the farm this morning. Crimson clovers are starting to bloom!

25.03.2025 13:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Crossing White Lupins in the field this morning! Peaceful work, Developing new indeterminate varieties of this versatile legume crop! #cover-crops #forages #plantbreeding

24.03.2025 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Plant breeding and genetics in action!

07.03.2025 19:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Out in my crimson clover breeding nursery, standing up for science! We are developing better cover crops that protect and improve the soil when cash crops like corn and cotton aren’t growing. Help secure a sustainable, nutritious food supply. #standupforsciemce2025

07.03.2025 19:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Utterly unacceptable, unscientific and hopefully illegal!

06.03.2025 15:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The students and early career scientists in essentially all fields and industries are those hurting the most. These aren’t folks making enormous salaries nor are they bureaucrats. These ARE working people AND our future. Their crime, trying to live the American Dream.

25.02.2025 15:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Alabama ripping me off? No surprise there. BCBS insurance is worst I’ve had. Ever.

25.02.2025 15:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey @mcuban.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov STAND UP FOR SCIENCE with us on MARCH 7th!!!

Because science is for everyone!

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall

Www.standupforscience2025.org

11.02.2025 19:26 — 👍 33    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 0

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