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UMR IAM @umr-iam.bsky.social · 21d

#OurNewPaper in Plant Pathology @bspp.bsky.social, led by Nicolas Feau & colleagues 👇

Development of a Simplified PCR-Nucleic Acid Lateral Flow Immunoassay (PCR-NALFIA) for Cryptostroma corticale, the Causal Agent of Sooty Bark Disease

doi.org/10.1111/ppa....

Development of a Simplified PCR‐Nucleic Acid Lateral Flow Immunoassay (PCR‐NALFIA) for Cryptostroma corticale, the Causal Agent of Sooty Bark Disease

We present a portable, species-specific PCR-NALFIA assay for field detection of Cryptostroma corticale from crude samples in < 2 h, offering a practical tool for managing this emerging threat to urba....

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UMR IAM @umr-iam.bsky.social · 21d

#OurNewPaper in @plantdiseasej.bsky.social, in collaboration with Renaud Ioos & colleagues 👇

Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · Jul 23

Happy to share our new paper is out in @plantdiseasej.bsky.social:
Development of a new tool to detect Melampsora medusae f. sp. tremuloidae causing rust disease on Populus tremuloides.

#ForestHealth
#TreeHealth
#ForestPathology
#RustFungi

doi.org/10.1094/PDIS...

A leaf of Populus tremuloides infected by Melampsora medusae f. sp. tremuloidae. Photo credit: Philippe Tanguay, Canadian Forest Service.

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Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · 13d

#GEFF-GFPF: @mireiagoga.bsky.social @umr-iam.bsky.social on Sooty Bark Disease of #Maple trees 🌳

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Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · 14d

#GEFF-GFPF: @mireiagoga.bsky.social @umr-iam.bsky.social on susceptibility of Aleppo and Scots #Pines to #Diplodia Shoot Blight

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UMR IAM @umr-iam.bsky.social · 27d

#OurFridaySeminar: Méline Poch (PhD Student with @mireiagoga.bsky.social) is exploring the inoculum dynamics of the fungal pathogen #Diplodia sapinea in #pine stands

#ForestPathology #ForestHealth #TreeHealth

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Frédérique Reverchon @drafred.bsky.social · Aug 25

📢 ¡Estamos buscando a dos investigadorxs postdoctorales para unirse a nuestro proyecto multi-institucional sobre #microbiomas de #Fabaceae!

📌 Sedes: Pátzcuaro o Ensenada
📆 Fecha de inicio: febrero 2026

Requisito: nacionalidad o residencia permanente en México 🇲🇽

Más información 👇
#microSky #SynCom

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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies @caryinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thunderstorms are a major — and growing — threat to tropical trees, reports a new analysis in Ecology Letters led by Cary’s @evangora.bsky.social. Insights are critical to guiding decisions about forest restoration and conservation www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

Thunderstorms are a major driver of tree death in tropical forests

Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global climate. While deforestation is the primary cause of forest loss, intact fo...

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Frédérique Reverchon @drafred.bsky.social · Aug 9

The microbiome of plant woody tissues is far more diverse than we thought 🤩

Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · Aug 8

#NatMicroPicks

Hidden microbial world in trees🌳

Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.

#PlantMicro #MicroSky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees - Nature

Microbiome analyses of living trees show that a single tree can host approximately one trillion bacteria, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood and with minim...

www.nature.com

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Mireia Gómez-Gallego @mireiagoga.bsky.social · Aug 9

Yes, definitely!

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Vinicius Bastazini @vinibastazini.bsky.social · Aug 4

An invited commentary I wrote for @funecology.bsky.social on a new study using using spatial patterns, traits, environmental preferences, and colonization dynamics to better understand how ecological communities form and respond to change.
🧪🌎🌐

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

From pairwise interactions to community structure: A trait‐based approach to inferring assembly mechanisms across spatial scales

Click on the article title to read more.

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Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) @spun.earth · Aug 1

Can plant biodiversity predict underground fungal diversity?

New study published in Nature Communications finds only 8.8% of arbuscular mycorrhizal and 1.5% of ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity hotspots overlap with plant hotspots.

Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵

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Mireia Gómez-Gallego @mireiagoga.bsky.social · Aug 2

Good podcast on the uncertainty in science. Enjoy

Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · Aug 1

In his new book "Proof," mathematician @adamjkucharski.bsky.social explores our complicated history of separating fact from fiction.

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The Uncertain Science Behind What We Understand As ‘Truth’

In a new book mathematician Adam Kucharski traces our relationship to truth from the ancient Greeks to our AI reality.

www.sciencefriday.com

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Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social · Jul 30

Un article de synthèse (en français !!!) sur les communautés fongiques des sols forestiers face aux changements climatiques publié dans les Comptes Rendus Biologie de l'Académie des Sciences :
comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/ar...

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Mireia Gómez-Gallego @mireiagoga.bsky.social · Jul 30

Juste à côté d'INRAE

Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · Jul 29

La forêt d'Amance, ce laboratoire grandeur nature face à la sécheresse

www.lesechos.fr/politique-so...

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Bon Pote @bonpote.com · Jul 23

1.8 millions de signatures, et si le rythme reste le même, ce sera 2 millions avant demain soir. C'est historique. En plein été !

Chaque like, chaque partage, chaque signature compte.
Lien vers la pétition : petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Jul 17

Advancing #forest #pathology: the need for community-driven molecular experimental model systems

#Viewpoint by Anne G. Oostlander, André Fleißner & Bernard Slippers 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

Fig. 1 The elements of a general plant pathology model system, inspired by Feder & Mitchell-Olds (2003) and adapted by considering lessons from existing plant pathology model organisms, which provide a framework for the development of forest pathology model systems.

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Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · Jul 17

Reportage de l'Est Républicain sur les recherches de l'INRAE sur l'adaptation des forêts à la sécheresse en forêt de Champenoux 👇

www.estrepublicain.fr/environnemen...

Environnement. Grand Est : comment la forêt cultive ses différences contre la sécheresse

Contre des sécheresses de plus en plus fréquentes, l’Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (Inrae) ...

www.estrepublicain.fr

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Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · Jul 16

Interview de Nathalie Bréda et de Marie-Béatrice Bogeat-Triboulot @umrsilva.bsky.social sur l'adaptation des forêts à la sécheresse, dans un reportage de Grégoire Lecalot dans le journal de 8h de @franceinter.fr

www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

Près de Nancy, les scientifiques de l'INRAE étudient les menaces qui pèsent sur la forêt

La forêt française au cœur des préoccupations, en cette saison de tous les dangers : l'été et ses incendies. Depuis début juillet, plus de 3500 hectares sont partis en fumée. Mais les incendies ne son...

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Société Botanique de France @societebotaniquedefrance.fr · Jul 9

Cet été, on vous propose de découvrir chaque semaine une publication scientifique de botanique !

Pour commencer, parlons vitesse de pousse des arbres avec un article publié dans @nature.com, par un consortium international coordonné par @inrae-france.bsky.social et Bordeaux Sciences Agro.

Capture d'écran du titre de l'article, publié le 19 mars 2025 dans Nature.
Widespread slow growth of acquisitive tree species (Croissance lente répandue des espèces d'arbres acquisitives)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08692-x

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Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · Jul 15

Interview de Nathalie Bréda @umrsilva.bsky.social sur l'adaptation des forêts à la sécheresse, ce matin sur #IciSudLorraine
📣 www.francebleu.fr/emissions/l-...

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Pascal Frey @pascal-frey.bsky.social · Jul 15

Interview de Nathalie Bréda @umrsilva.bsky.social, de Bernd Zeller #UR_BEF et de Cyril Galley #CPIE (et une photo d'Anaïs Gillet @umr-iam.bsky.social) dans cet article du Parisien sur l'adaptation des forêts à la sécheresse 👇

www.leparisien.fr/environnemen...

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INRAE_France @inrae-france.bsky.social · Jul 10

#RP_INRAE Dans ce nouveau Décryptage, un aperçu des travaux d’INRAE pour préparer les forêts de demain, à l’échelle de l’arbre jusqu’au suivi des grands biomes forestiers, de la production de connaissances au développement d’outils à destination des gestionnaires forestiers.
👉 url.inrae.fr/3U506HW

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Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · Jun 30

‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals

Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed

www.theguardian.com

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Mireia Gómez-Gallego @mireiagoga.bsky.social · Jun 28

Great initiative!

Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Jun 27

🌍🦠 World Microbiome Day shout-out: we’ve just unveiled the Microbiota Vault—a planetary backup for microbial diversity. Built on equitable, One Health values & linked to the new IUCN SSC Microbiomes. Read our Nature Comms piece: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#MicrobiotaVault #Conservation #WMD2025

The microbiota vault initiative: safeguarding Earth’s microbial heritage for future generations - Nature Communications

Nature Communications - The microbiota vault initiative: safeguarding Earth’s microbial heritage for future generations

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · Jun 25

🧪🌾PAPER - How did breeding effect drought tolerance in Scots pine?🧬

Francisco Gil Muñoz from @garciagillab.bsky.social and colleagues evaluated drought tolerance in Scots pine seedlings from breeding stands and natural forests.

Read more in @evolappjournal.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1111/eva....

Implications of Breeding for Growth on Drought Tolerance in Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)—Insights From Metabolomics and High‐Throughput Plant Architecture Analysis

Drought has been identified as one of the important environmental factors in the context of climate change due to its interaction with other biotic and abiotic stresses. However, only a few studies h...

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