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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 19d

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

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”

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Sep 5

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.

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Sep 3

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

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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

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...

www.science.org

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Ryan Whitford @rmwhitford.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

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Ryan Whitford @rmwhitford.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

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...

pubs.acs.org

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Ryan Whitford @rmwhitford.bsky.social · Aug 11

🌾 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

Scott Boden @scottboden.bsky.social · Aug 10

Here’s the article link: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/YSYTCXLWO0... @rmwhitford.bsky.social

New genomic resources to boost research in reproductive biology to enable cost‐effective hybrid seed production

Wheat pollination in line and hybrid varieties needs to be secured in a changing climate. Cost-effective hybrid wheat seed production requires selection for outcrossing floral organs. Wheat breeding.....

url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com

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International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research @iasprr.bsky.social · Jul 18

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

The cenH3 assembly factor ZmKNL2 boosts haploid induction in maize

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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xiujuanyang.bsky.social @xiujuanyang.bsky.social · Jul 27

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…#PlantSciencec#Wheata#FHBH#crownroto#CropResistancece

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Ryan Whitford @rmwhitford.bsky.social · Jul 27

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

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Ryan Whitford @rmwhitford.bsky.social · Jul 27

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

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xiujuanyang.bsky.social @xiujuanyang.bsky.social · Feb 26

Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Feb 26

New OA Article: "MADS31 supports female germline development by repressing the post-fertilization programme in cereal ovules" rdcu.be/ebl0M

With Research Briefing: "MADS31 coordinates germline development in cereal ovules" rdcu.be/ebl1T

MADS31 supports female germline development by repressing the post-fertilization programme in cereal ovules

Nature Plants - A somatic niche embraces the female germline in cereal ovules. MADS31 precisely maintains developmental progression of this niche to support the germline by repressing the...

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Ryan Whitford @rmwhitford.bsky.social · Jul 27

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

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.

theconversation.com

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology @jipb.bsky.social · Jul 26

🌽 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 🔓

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

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PuckerLab publications @puckerlabpapers.bsky.social · Jul 26

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

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

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...

doi.org

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · Jul 26

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 🧪🧫

‘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.

www.theage.com.au

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

Group Lead #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics
👉 shorturl.at/df9I6

Quantitative #Genetics Scientist #Sugarbeet & #Cereals
👉 shorturl.at/27E9u

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

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Isabel saur @izzysaurlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

#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

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · May 14

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

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