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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Aug 5
👷♀️ Building a new high-tech research greenhouse at the Wageningen University & Research campus: why WUR decides to invest in financially challenging times 💪 | Wageningen Plant Research
👷♀️ Building a new high-tech research greenhouse at the Wageningen University & Research campus: why WUR decides to invest in financially challenging times 💪
Serre Green, as the new research complex...
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Unlocking expanded flagellin perception through rational receptor engineering - Nature Plants
Receptor kinase FLS2 detects the flg22 epitope of bacterial flagellin. Here the authors identify key residues on FLS2’s concave surface that enable expanded perception of flg22 variants, allowing the ...
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Reverse engineering of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 reveals key design principles of broader recognition spectra against evading flg22 epitopes - Nature Plants
By dissecting natural variants, Zhang et al. uncover design principles for engineering the FLS2 immune receptor with broad recognition spectra to detect evasive bacterial pathogens, offering a promisi...
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Four ZIPs contribute to Zn, Fe, Cu and Mn acquisition at the outer root domain
Author Summary Plants absorb essential mineral nutrients like zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), and copper (Cu) from the soil through their roots, but the specific proteins that mediate this process are not fully...
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Canalization of flower production across thermal environments requires Florigen and CLAVATA signaling
The maintenance of invariant developmental phenotypes across disparate environments is termed canalization, but few examples of canalization mechanism…
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jul 13
T-DNAreader: fast and precise identification of T-DNA insertion sites in plant genomes using RNA sequencing data - Genome Biology
Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation, which enables the delivery of DNA using transfer DNA (T-DNA) binary vectors, is an essential technique in plant research. T-DNAs randomly integrate into th...
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jul 7
An egg parasitoid assesses host egg quality from afar using oviposition-induced plant volatiles
Parasitoids of herbivores exploit inducible plant volatiles to find plants with potential hosts from a distance, whereas at close range they typically…
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jun 19
Recent advances in improving yield and immunity through transcription factor engineering
Recent advances have demonstrated that modulating transcription factors can help balance growth and immunity, which is critical to achieving high yield and disease resistance in crops. This review pr....
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jun 18
CRABS CLAW‐independent floral nectary development in Penstemon barbatus
Premise Plants secrete carbohydrate-rich nectar from specialized floral nectary glands to attract pollinators. Arabidopsis and Petunia (rosid and asterid core eudicots, respectively) share genetic c...
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Rising economic and human costs from droughts worldwide require effective policies to limit losses and damage
The global land area affected by drought has doubled in the last 120 years. The cost of droughts has also risen sharply. An average drought in 2035 is projected to cost at least 35% more than it would...
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Travelling Plants: A Collaborative Project
During 2020, the Archives team at Kew Gardens developed a collaboration with the University of Roehampton, the University of the Third Age (U3A), and the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), to cre…
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Barend de Graaf
@bdgetal.bsky.social
· Jun 12
MYB68 regulates radial endodermal differentiation and suberin patterning
In this study, Kraska et al. identify MYB68 as a novel regulator of endodermal suberization,
linked to the formation of distinct identities in the xylem-pole-associated endodermis.
The research uncove...
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