Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes Feng et al show the specific genes behind Mendel’s seven famous pea traits pea that laid the foundation for modern genetics nature 🧵 1/8

Drought rewires the wheat microbiome, enriching soil with helpful bacteria improves drought tolerance. Prof Brajesh Singh Cell Host & Microbe Li et al mapped soil, root, and rhizosphere communities in wheat under drought with genomics and culturing. Drought boosted total

Research studies should be judged by the - relevance of the question, - the rigor of the execution, and - the scope of the interpretation. As such, these are the goals one should strive for in their research. Everything else is inconsequential.

Older and Stronger: Auxin-Salicylic Acid seesaw controls the age-related balance between plant growth and herbivore defence. Younger, more vigorous plants tend to be more susceptible to herbivores compared to older, mature plants. Han et al show why. Young plants have high

The future is the future of "vibes". Vibes will be highly sought after; the force that drives the free market of written content. Vibes make us human, and only humans can make vibes. AI-written text, therefore, can stand up to truly human vibe-rich writing.

"Currently, developing a new crop variety in the UK can take up to eight years. However, with the creation of this new programmable plant technology, the development timeline could be drastically reduced to a year or even less." openaccessgovernment.org/cambridge-rese…

Low glycemic index rice for countering diabetes in Asia Type 2 diabetes is rising, especially in Asia where rice is a staple food. Developing low-glycemic index (GI) rice can have outsized benefits in controlling diabetes. Tiozon et al review the potential of low GI and high

Herbivore-triggered leaf volatiles improve plant performance through jasmonate-mediated plant-soil interactions When herbivores attack plants, they trigger the release of green leaf volatiles (HAL, HOL, and HAC). These compounds activate jasmonate production both at the attack

Plants facing the heat A special issue of Science Magazine diving into how heat affects plants—the present and future. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

How plants turned predator--the evolution of carnivorous plants knowablemagazine.org/content/articl… Magazine

Starting a fresh lab notebook is such a joy! Here are my conventions for good lab notebook practices.

Roots like it electric: wheat roots are attracted to electric fields The Plant Journal doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70…

Potato evolved from tomato 9 million years ago. cell.com/cell/fulltext/… Natural History Museum Sandra Knapp University of British Columbia Loren H. Rieseberg Sichuan University Jianquan Liu #CAAS Sanwen Huang @cellcellpress

If you like potatoes, thank tomatoes. Recent study shows that potatoes evolved from a wild tomato species around 9 million years ago. In a recent study published in @Cell, Zhang et al analyzed 450 genomes of cultivated and wild potato species. They found that modern potatoes

Five tools that have outsized returns in my work and life: 1. Dotted grid notebook 2. AirPods Pro 3. Waking Up for mindfulness meditation 4. Instapaper for saving and reading articles 5. NotebookLM for learning What's your stack of five life-changing tools?

High planting density improves defence responses by altering root microbiome. Maize plants emit a volatile compound called linalool that influences the growth and development of neighboring plants. In high-density plantings, linalool emissions trigger the release of

Diving into some genetics rest of the summer.

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