#CitrusResearch
👩‍🔬 Meet Juel Datta (left), QLD student rep at QUT, studying mechanisms behind prolonged phase transition in citrus.

Using advanced genomic approaches and improved tissue culture protocols to enhance citrus breeding programs.

#PlantScience #CitrusResearch

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October 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Scientists at @ucriverside.bsky.social found a new natural signal that tells plants how to grow. Tapping it could strengthen citrus roots and help trees fight citrus greening (HLB). 🍊🔬 #CitrusResearch #UCR

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Evolution of interorganismal strigolactone biosynthesis in seed plants
Strigolactones (SLs) are methylbutenolide molecules derived from β-carotene through an intermediate carlactonoic acid (CLA). Canonical SLs act as signals to microbes and plants, whereas noncanonical S...
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April 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM