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Long-term flowering-time data on Japanese mountain cherry (recorded since the 9th century!) shows a shift in full-flowering date beginning in the late 19th century.

Fascinating new @newphyt.bsky.social paper by @jgpausas.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

If it is a thing... can we maybe not send a rejection and just say something like "no avaliable reviewers, sorry we cannot continue the publication process at this time. Here are your options..."

Has anyone else gotten a paper rejection with no reviewer comments? I got one Friday and a colleague got one a few weeks back. Different publishers. When he queried it he was told they couldn't find reviewers. I am waiting to hear back from my query. Is this a thing!?!?!😑

Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses Reactive oxygen species function as key signals in plant adaptation to environmental stresses like drought. Roots respond to transient water unavailability by temporarily ceasing branching through the...

Out First Release in @science.org today, nice work finding that redox regulates multimerisation of Aux/IAA proteins during root xerobranching:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ASPBPlantDirectWednesday #ICYMI

Unveiling the link between phytoplankton molecular physiology and biogeochemical cycling via genome-scale modeling A genome-enabled ESM built on genomic data assesses physiological acclimation and biogeochemical effects through nutrient stress.

Earth system models are plagued by uncertainties in the response of microbes to climate change. We leveraged metabolic insights from genome scale models when coupled to an ocean model in this new exciting work 🌊

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

On the cover of New Phytologist volume 246, issue 6: Spatial expression patterns of Hakea laurina Aluminum-activated Malate Transporter 1 (HalALMT1) in cluster rootlets of Hakea laurina.

🆕 Our #LatestIssue:

📚https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137/2025/246/6

Highlights include:
🌱 Regeneration and defence
🌱 Receptor-like kinases cleavage
🌱 Floral nectary diversity and #evolution

#PlantScience

Somehow this reminds me of my postdoc days at Davis where the lab on the floor above had a faulty dishwasher that flooded and came through the ceiling of our lab and the cardboard ceiling tiles where dropping out everywhere as mass panic ensued as we rushed to move seed stocks, equipment etc.😬

1. Yes, that sounds like a normal aspect of any healthy intellectual field! It takes time for you to learn the nuance, the language, and the people of a new field, and then for them to learn about you.

2. Folks.... this is a statistical description of a trend, not a declaration of what you must do

Highly recommend working with Kaisa!

Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is in bloom. With red flowers and long, nectar-filled spurs, this wildflower is pollinated by hummingbirds.

Guys! I got my NRF rating this week! IYKYK!😁😁😁

Genomic Characterisation of Bidens mottle virus in South Africa and an Assessment of the Impact on Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) in an Open Field Setting RNAseq was used to identify the second natural infection of bidens mottle virus on sunflowers in an open field setting in South Africa and is the first detection of the virus in the country and signi....

Now officially in a volume and issue! 🌻🌻

-First report of BiMoV on sunflower in South Africa.

-Only second report of a natural infection of sunflower in the world!

bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Selfie of me in the middle and PhD graduated Phrasia Mapfumo on the left in our red and green PhD in natural and Agricultural academic regalia. Right is our BSC honors student thing traditional black and green regalia. All big happy smiles!

Wednesday my first PhD student graduated! She did a beautiful sunflower planting date trial looking at everything from growth and yield to pollination and plant health! Also made the first report of BiMoV on sunflower in South Africa! Our BSc Honours student also graduated! What a happy day!

In defense of funding foundational plant science Abstract. Plants are essential for life as we know it on Earth. They oxygenate the atmosphere, regulate the climate, and comprise much of the primary produ

📜 In defense of funding foundational plant science

🧑‍🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social

🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

#️⃣ #PlantScience

🌍 Excited to announce a fully funded joint PhD between @PPS_UoS (UK) and @westsyduhie (Australia)!
Explore the epigenetic basis of immune memory in Arabidopsis 🌱 – at the interface of plant ecology, evolution, and epigenomics.
🔗 More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.

I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI.

I urge everyone to delete their app.

Ghana’s first genetically modified crop: why we created a new cowpea variety, how we tested it and what we found Research results demonstrate the potential of GM cowpea to enhance yields and profitability for resource-poor farmers.

Genetically modified pod borer resistant cowpeas now boosting food security for smallholder farmers in Ghana #plantscience 🧪 theconversation.com/ghanas-first...

Two team members in the distance helping with maize planting date trial harvest. Down the row brown bags filled with mazi waits to be collected on our iron rich red spoils between two planting dates. Bright blues skies and the Future Africa campus in the distance.

Student using thier red car as a makeshift lab as she tests sunflower stigma receptivity in the background. Foreground has the bright yellow sunflower blooms she is testion against a backdrop of bright blue skies and whisky white clouds.

Long shot of the final maize planting date with clear blue skies above scattered with a few whisky clouds

Sunflower bloom in the field with an orange black and white butterfly sipping nectar.

It was fun to be out in the field yesterday morning as the team starts wrapping up the trials. I did come to help, but they were on top of it! Such a great team to work with❤

Very happy to have contributed to this article. It's a topic I am very passionate about. We need to see significantly more translational and impact from all the investments in fundamental research. It is weird that many primary publications claim a big breakthrough, and then, nothing more happens!

Camptotheca and Catharanthus, both produced alkaloids that are used in cancer chemotherapy, last shared a common ancestor ~115 mya. They shared an iridoid biosynthetic pathway. We found new, rare biosynthetic genes in Camptotheca that are different from those in Catharanthus.

New preprint! We used single cell sequencing & metabolomics to look at cell type specificity of specialized metabolism in Camptotheca, the source of chemotherapeutic agent camptothecin, as well as comparative analyses w/ Catharanthus, which we previously worked on. 🧵

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: ckuck@immigration.net and dclaffey@immigration.net youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4

A cyclist running uphill with a bear chasing him. The cyclist has the tag "Me" and the bear has the tag "my long-overdue writing commitments"

Current situation:

#WritingSky #AcademicSky

Here's is my experience from the financial crisis of 2008 (and Covid). Even though the whole way we are doing and funding science has changed significantly, people's shortcuts for determining whether or not you are "succeeding" will take longer to recalibrate. /1

SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.

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Dr Mapfumo and I with our table set up at the Agricultural station, corn cobs in the husks and sunflower seed heads straight out of the field this morning. Posters of our remote sensing work in the background...and my Lego sunflower I got for Christmas!

Dr Mapfumo chatting with a student in a blue headscarf about our sunflower research. Sunflower heads and jars if blue sunflower and red corn seeds holding a Lego sunflower in the foreground

Dr Mangani talking to a prospective student with green pamphlets, corn in husks and tomatoes in the foreground

Chatting about doing postgraduate studies with the third years! With Dr Mapfumo @phrasia.bsky.social

please share - postdoc position available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-...

Hello beauty😍
Perfect entry point with arbuscules of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in roots of Lotus japonicus.

#plantscienceresearch #rootsymbiosis #PhDlife #plantresearch

(1/2) This week’s #fluorescencefriday is PM marker in Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem.

Also, our new review on Plant Biosensors across scales in out in @annualreviews.bsky.social

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...