Ryan Whitford

Wheat initiative Our Breeding Exoert Working Group held a webinar and offers everyone intersted to watch the recording. Webinar by Jessie Alt, Global Wheat Lead at Corteva, “Wheat breeding at Corteva”

🎥 Missed our latest Breeding EWG webinar with Jessie Alt (Corteva)? Catch the replay + key takeaways online now.
📺 wheatinitiative.org

New Article: "Nitrogen enhances post-drought recovery in wheat by modulating TaSnRK2.10-mediated regulation of TaNLP7" rdcu.be/eEksY

Connection of drought-stress signalling with N response pathways.

New OA Article: "Enhancing local meiotic crossovers in Arabidopsis and maize through juxtaposition of heterozygous and homozygous regions" rdcu.be/eDWJI

With News & Views: "Diversity favoured: heterozygosity attracts crossovers" rdcu.be/eDWKQ

Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings High planting density boosts crop yields but also heightens pest and pathogen risks. How plants adapt their defenses under these conditions remains unclear. In this study, we reveal that maize enhance...

Out in @science.org The crazy sequence of events from planting maize in dense fields. Density-dependent linalool release triggers release of compounds into the soil affecting microbes and plants.
Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience

If you are referring to the scientist John Langridge who proposed Arabidopsis as the model? Then yes…

Prime Editing of TaEPSPS Homeologs Enhances Wheat Resistance to Glyphosate 5-Enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) is the primary target of the broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate, and several well-characterized amino acid substitutions in EPSPS are known to conf...

Just out….Prime editing TaEPSPS
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

🌾 New in The Plant Genome:
Global public–private alliance unites to boost wheat floral biology research & enable cost-effective hybrid seed production.
🔬 Better pollination
🌱 Higher yields
🌍 Climate resilience

#HybridWheat #Genomics #FoodSecurity #AgInnovation

The cenH3 assembly factor ZmKNL2 boosts haploid induction in maize Click on the article title to read more.

The cenH3 assembly factor ZmKNL2 boosts haploid induction in maize
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Very exited to share our new findings!Unlocking immune pathways for FHB & crown rot resistant crops 🌾
By Prof Gang Li (NJAU) A/Porf Ryan Whitford (Murdoch University)
👉 academic.oup.com/plcell/advance…
#PlantScience #Wheat #FHB #crownrot #CropResistance

The power of Interntnl collab with Prof Gang Li & team at Nanjing Ag University (China) are showing us how to push boundaries towards new bioprotectants against Fusarium Head Blight and crown rot in wheat. #wheat #plantscience #plantbreeding #crispr #genetics

The power of Interntnl collab with Prof Gang Li & team at Nanjing Ag University (China) are showing us how to push boundaries towards new bioprotectants against Fusarium Head Blight and crown rot in wheat. #wheat #plantscience #plantbreeding #crispr #genetics

AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science? An AI audit of scientific research would likely expose some fraud and widespread inconsequential work. But we need to be careful it doesn’t discredit science in general.

Keeping the scientific establishment honest…. Interesting read that outlines the role of AI in policing scientific publications.

Diagrams representing the seven core heterotic groups differentiated in maize germplasm from China, showing regionality and uniqueness at the genomic level.

🌽 Heterotic groups are crucial for breeders to improve #hybrid vigor. In this #OpenAccess New Resource, Xue et al. reveal insights into the #genomic divergence of #maize heterotic groups in China, informing future #crop breeding efforts. 🌽
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience #heterosis 🔓

Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences - BMC Plant Biology Background Anthocyanins are important contributors to coloration across a wide phylogenetic range of plants. Biological functions of anthocyanins span from reproduction to protection against biotic an...

Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences
doi.org/10.1186/s128...

#Evolution #PlantSci #Flavonoids #Anthocyanins #TranscriptionFactors #Mutation #SpecializedMetabolism

‘Follow the mice’: How whistleblowers, secret lab videos brought down top scientist Staff were scared taking on the celebrated leader who’d won millions in government funding, but eventually, they had enough.

Perfect case study for the scientific ethics course i no longer teach: the report even has same name of my lecture on fraud/ and misconduct ‘Scientists behaving badly’ www.theage.com.au/national/fol... #scicomm 🧪🧫

We are looking for quantitative geneticists here @kwsgroup.bsky.social

Group Lead #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics
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Quantitative #Genetics Scientist #Sugarbeet & #Cereals
👉 shorturl.at/27E9u

#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantGenetics #ScienceJobs #JobAlert #Agriculture

#ISMPMI Martin Stegmann from Uni Ulm on the perception of CEP peptides, which were first described to play a role root nod nematodes. These days we know they are crucial phytocytokines & Martin demonstrates the function in immuniy

Metrovate Is Developing Precision Biostimulants For More Effective And Sustainable Farming Outcomes

Metrovate Is Developing Precision Biostimulants For More Effective And Sustainable Farming Outcomes – Scoop | MORE at EcoSearch