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Alison Bentley

@alisonrbentley.bsky.social

Deputy Director, Science in Agriculture & Food at CSIRO. Women in Crop Science

544 Followers  |  89 Following  |  29 Posts  |  Joined: 18.11.2024  |  1.6418

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Don’t miss the latest edition of Phytogen @asps-oz.bsky.social
Featuring just a few of the incredible women shaping the future of Australian plant science. It was a joy to guest edit this special issue with @bethloveys.bsky.social & the Phytogen team & a big thanks to all contributors!

27.03.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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❄️ You know you are in Canada when…

24.03.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely (as always) to catch up with @bberger-au.bsky.social on a brief visit to sunny Adelaide. Check out the amazing #OzBarley resource open & available to the crop science community πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

19.03.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Even more reasons to work on the OzBarley panel this year with extra trials added for 2025. An amazing resource for the Australian community

18.03.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcoming new Masters student Chuhao to the team @scienceanu.bsky.social.
Hao is continuing our exciting work characterising molecular to phenotypic responses to cold plasma seed treatment in wheat for application towards reducing N fertiliser inputs in Australian production 🌾

19.02.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Christine Raines delivering a seminar

Christine Raines delivering a seminar

Great to have a visit from Christine Raines @scienceanu.bsky.social today. Excellent talk highlighting the potential to engineer improvements in photosynthesis & the need for more understanding of effects across multiple environments & seasons

14.02.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a treat to open the latest edition of IPK Journal & read about Laura Dixon’s plans for more breakthrough science on crop environmental adaptation with the @tweeticum.bsky.social lab in their new home @leibnizipk.bsky.social

12.02.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Lab with a view @scienceanu.bsky.social
Preparing for our next wheat experiment aiming to dissect abiotic stress response capacity 🌾

10.02.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Machine learning algorithms translate big data into predictive breeding accuracy Statistical machine learning (ML) extracts patterns from extensive genomic, phenotypic, and environmental data. ML algorithms automatically identify r…

Big data + ML = optimised plant breeding strategies, enhanced prediction accuracy & better understanding of GxE. Read more in our recent @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social paper 🌱
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

10.02.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Important life advice at the pool this morning #divein

09.02.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you Ute Roessner for your inspiring, inclusive & pragmatic leadership!
So excited to see you become the next CEO of the Australian Research Council although we’ll greatly miss having you as a supporter & champion of science and innovation at ANU!
@anuagrifood.bsky.social

04.02.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our barley queen!
Very sad to say farewell to Tammy as she finalises the last of our 2024 #OzBarley samples before she heads back to China.
It has been such a joy having her as a member of our team @scienceanu.bsky.social working on improving cereal root & stem architecture!

24.01.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year! Great to have the team back in the lab @scienceanu.bsky.social & ready to go for 2025 continuing our work on building crop resilience to changing climatic conditions & inputs

07.01.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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βš™οΈ The wheel keeps turning!
🌱 With our 2024 harvest now complete the first plants of 2025 are on their way @scienceanu.bsky.social

17.12.2024 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harvesting the final wheat ears of 2024. It’s been a big year with even more planned for 2025 @scienceanu.bsky.social!

16.12.2024 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely to have a Christmas visit from our Charles Sturt University friends @scienceanu.bsky.social today. Great chance to talk crop abiotic stress phenotyping & more.

13.12.2024 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exciting times ahead @scienceanu.bsky.social @anuagrifood.bsky.social πŸ’«

12.12.2024 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really excited to be part of the 2025-2026 Superstars of STEM cohort representing @scienceanu.bsky.social @anuagrifood.bsky.social!

11.12.2024 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Very exciting to see Laura Dixon here & so cool to see @tweeticum.bsky.social now live @leibnizipk.bsky.social!

08.12.2024 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Opportunities We’re seeking outstanding PhD applicants to innovate novel approaches to prevent, respond to, and recover from plant pests and diseases that threaten the economy and environment. See the bene…

The ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity (@arc-pbtc.bsky.social) has NINE PhD scholarships now open.
Each come with integrated placements in government or industry and professional development for future research leaders. plantbiosecuritycentre.edu.au/phd-opportun...

05.12.2024 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Over the past month it has been awesome to host Salvador Carranza from Inifap in Mexico as a visiting scientist @scienceanu.bsky.social.
He has been sharing his skills & enthusiasm with us while also getting involved with some of the wheat & barley phenotyping approaches we’re developing 🌱

06.12.2024 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds like a challenge for 2025!

04.12.2024 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My first visit to the Research School of Chemistry @scienceanu.bsky.social & they’ve certainly set the bar for science-themed Christmas decorations πŸŽ„ 🧬

04.12.2024 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Roots that grow together stay together…
Final round of cereal root assessments for 2024 exploring new potential to enhance our knowledge of what lies below the surface 🌱 @scienceanu.bsky.social

02.12.2024 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Women in STEM analysing cereal stems @scienceanu.bsky.social
It’s all systems go with post harvest processing of #OzBarley samples

02.12.2024 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🍾 Toasting the ARC #DP25 #DiscoveryProject success of our wonderful @scienceanu.bsky.social #PlantScience colleagues Joanna Melonek, John Rathjen & Kai Chan. Lots more exciting plant science research to come 🌱

26.11.2024 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Frontiers | High-throughput phenotyping using hyperspectral indicators supports the genetic dissection of yield in durum wheat grown under heat and drought stress High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) provides new opportunities for efficiently dissecting the genetic basis of drought-adaptive traits, which is essential in c...

Hyper-spectral phenotyping provides new insights into durum wheat yield development under drought.

Nice work from Rosa MΓ©rida-Garcia who spent some of her PhD studies working with us at NIAB in the U.K.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

26.11.2024 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An eight-founder wheat MAGIC population allows fine-mapping of flowering time loci and provides novel insights into the genetic control of flowering time - Theoretical and Applied Genetics Flowering time synchronizes reproductive development with favorable environmental conditions to optimize yield. Improved understanding of the genetic control of flowering will help optimize varietal a...

Great to see our wheat MAGIC flowering time paper out now @theorapplgenet.bsky.social!

Dissecting the genetic control of flowering drawing on the expertise of an amazing team over six field seasons. Big shout out to NIAB MSc student Laure Fourquet & James Cockram.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

25.11.2024 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Nikolai! 🌾

21.11.2024 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2024 has been a year of new beginnings so it seems fitting that my first @bsky.app post is to celebrate the wonderful team that have joined me to start our new crop science adventures @scienceanu.bsky.social.
Excited for what’s to come!

21.11.2024 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0