Our latest work on the Solanum pangenome made the cover @nature.com 🍅🍆🥔 Proud of this collective work with an amazing group of collaborators!
03.04.2025 06:39 — 👍 49 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
Potato cultivars use distinct mechanisms for salt stress acclimation
Soil salinity induces osmotic stress and ion toxicity in plants, detrimentally affecting their growth. Potato (Solanum tuberosum) suffers yield reduct…
How do potato cultivars cope with salt stress? With Rumyana Karlova (PPH-WUR) we are glad to share that our paper investigating potato plants' response to salt stress is out www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... ! with @pph-wur.bsky.social @christatesterink.bsky.social
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A collage of scientific diagrams showing how some flowering bulbs develop contractile roots that pull the bulbs deeper. The top illustration is a simple black and white time lapse drawing showing a Gladiolus bulb sinking progressively deeper. In the middle, a drawing of an onion-skin colored corm with yellow contractile roots. And to the lower right a photo of actual corms and spidery roots.
If you're planting daffodils, crocuses, and other spring-flowering bulbs and you don't get them all to the ideal depth, don't fret! Many flowering bulbs can *pull themselves* deeper with contractile roots!
📷 Rama Sisodia & Satish C. Bhatla; Mordecai J. Jaffe & A. Carl Leopold
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We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work with us on the molecular mechanisms controlling axillary bud dormancy and plant shoot branching at the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología in Madrid. If you are interested, contact me or @pilarcubas.bsky.social
26.08.2024 10:31 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Scientists from CNB in Madrid say yes! to #NGT #CRISPR !
05.02.2024 14:26 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you, Marc for posting! I am really excited about these findings. Cell-to-cell diffusion via plasmodesmata is not only regulated by callose but also by regulating ER/PM membrane spacing. This is achieved by the concerted action of tethering proteins in the ER and a plasma membrane lipid, PI4P.
22.12.2023 13:10 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Docent Plantenfysiologie
Job Alert! We're seeking a Lecturer in Plant Physiology to join our team. If you're a passionate educator with expertise in plant sciences, this position is for you. Inspire minds and be part of shaping tomorrow's leaders. Apply now!
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
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