Elsa Matthus

@camplantsci.bsky.social here in Cambridge is wonderful place to work. Great colleagues. Some very good science and a vibrant city. If you are a world-leading crop scientist wanting to lead a thriving centre, we would like you to join us
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/russell...

Dear #amf hive mind, look at this stained Plantago root. Can these little plushy structures really be arbuscules? I mean, "tree-like" describes it quite well, but I have never seen it like that. You??

@jpausch.bsky.social
@joanabergmann.bsky.social
@katiefield4.bsky.social
@mrillig.bsky.social

YouTube video by Tiago Lubiana The BHL Image Explorer — A search tool for public domain biodiversity images

My amazing #Wiki colleague @tiagolubiana.bsky.social has released this lovely video on the #BHLImageExporer. This tool (bhl-gallery.toolforge.org) explores @biodivlibrary.bsky.social images in #Wikicommons. It facilities image reuse in the #Wikiverse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK9i... #ILoveBHL

Schematic representation of plant–microbe interactions and microbial metabolism that influence root development and nutrient uptake.

#TansleyReview: Microbial drivers of root plasticity

Dini-Andreote, et al.

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

Dear #plantscience bubble, could somebody please point me towards a collection of nice scientific illustrations/icons etc for making sweet scientific figures? The websites I tried focus on human/animal icons... #root #research #plantsci #ecology @joanabergmann.bsky.social

group picture of the sustainable grassland systems group at Zalf

We did a #SustainableGrasslandSystems group internal mini conference last week. It was super interesting and fun and I am just deeply grateful to work with such amazing people!
among others are @elsaelsam.bsky.social @azmisheriff.bsky.social @milosbielcik.bsky.social

Intense farming weighs heavily on soil quality! 🌱
Meet arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi (AMF)🍄, symbionts that help plants acquire nutrients.
Rog et al. explore which soils benefit most from AMF in #FEMSMicrobiolLett.
@idorog.bsky.social @steffilutz.bsky.social @sfbender.bsky.social

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What else are people using for public engagement with mycorrhiza? Would be keen to hear other ideas 😁

How to teach kids (+ parents) the concept of mycorrhizal symbiosis? Here's a thread of things that we use @paszkowskilab.bsky.social 🧵
#outreach #fungi #plant #science

Prof. Claas Nendel (ZALF) Copyright: Katharina Richter / ZALF

🌾🌡️ #Soja aus Niedersachsen: wenn Weizenernten durch den #Klimawandel geringer ausfallen, können Landwirtschaftsbetriebe auf die Sojabohne setzen. Ein breites Anbauportfolio hilft, Erträge zu stabilisieren. Prof. Claas Nendel (ZALF) im Interview mit dem ZDF: www.zdfheute.de/vide...

Nationale Interdisziplinäre Klimarisiko-Einschätzung Dieser Bericht zeigt Risiken des Klimawandels für die nationale Sicherheit Deutschlands bis ins Jahr 2040 auf.

Die Abkühlung bis zur nächsten Hitzewelle könnt ihr u.a. dazu nutzen, die Studie zum Sicherheitsrisiko #Klimakrise zu lesen.
Die Eckdaten sind nicht neu.
Aber der Zusammenhang, in den sie hier gestellt werden, erweitert das oft von Rechten missbrauchte Thema #Sicherheit auf spannende Weise.

In our nature People can accurately judge biodiversity through sight and sound.

Humans can know intuitively when biodiversity is suffering, study finds

this is a HUGE loss for anyone trying to track changes in species distributions as the climate changes- if you need to know "hey were [insert species] in [place] in the mid-1800s", the odds are good your only info is a random book published back then. i've used it extensively!

@loutsi.bsky.social just talked about tropical tree species, and how knowing the belowground can help restoration efforts. Sweet talk, pretty venue at #rhizosphere6

Day2 of #rhizosphere6 conference. Just listened to such an engaging talk by @katiefield4.bsky.social that I even forgot to take a photo. Great science uncovering the role of fine root endophytes, the #mycoromycotina. #MFRE, let's go!

Great start of #Rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh today with many exciting talks (e.g., by @elsaelsam.bsky.social, @khatababdalla.bsky.social, and so many more)...and nice discussions at my poster on two experiments investigating #root #exudation for #phosphorus mobilization in #intercropping. 🤩

Next up at #rhizosphere6: @elsaelsam.bsky.social takes us on a journey about the extensions of the Root Economics Space! 🤩

If you are at #rhizosphere6 and interested in fine root functional traits, go talk to @elsaelsam.bsky.social from @zalf.bsky.social. If you (like me - tearfully) miss out on this event, check out the paper in the thread below 😉

🎉Happy 5th Birthday to the Root Economics Space!🌱
This fun blog from our colleagues @joanabergmann.bsky.social and Elsa Matthus at the @zalf.bsky.social celebrates 5 years of the Root Economics Space-a framework that describes the diverse root strategies to grow and survive belowgrond.

#Ecology

Our latest review about the #root #economics #space made it into the lovely blog of plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com:

Super useful video library to liven up your presentations …

Plz Repost. We @slcuplants.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon]

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/

Nur um den Stand der Grundinventarisierung bei der Biodiversität in 2025 einmal aufzuzeigen und als artenreichstes Beispiel die heimischen Insekten zu nehmen: Es existiert bis heute bei keiner Bundesbehörde eine (angestrebt) vollständige Datenbank bzw. Referenzliste mit den bei uns bekannten Arten.

🌊🧪 So our P atom makes 100 round trips of 1000 years each during its stay in the ocean. It then becomes part of the sediment, where it remains for about 100 million years until it is uplifted and exposed again to continental erosion. The life of a typical P atom is, by human standards, indeed

If you are a paleobotanist or botanist interested in doing a postdoc on fossil plants with me in Montpellier, I'm happy to help prepare a proposal for this year's #MSCA Postdoc Fellowship call (deadline Sept. 10).
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
1/3 #paleobotany #botany

World map showing origin of the data

Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature!

Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The origin of bi-dimensionality in plant root traits Plant roots show extraordinary diversity in form and function in heterogeneous environments. Mounting evidence has shown global bi-dimensionality in root traits, the root economics spectrum (RES), and...

I found this paper by Zhang and colleagues inspiring, and it might fit this discussion well (it's basically mathematical RES deep talk):

www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Revisiting the root economics space—its applications, extensions and nuances advance our understanding of fine-root functioning - Plant and Soil Background and aims Fine roots and their traits determine resource uptake from the soil, thus being fundamental for plant and ecosystem functioning. It has been five years since the concept of the roo...

And how about a link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...