🌱 From marshes to mines: Crinum bulbispermum shows 85% germination & 100% seedling success on gold mine tailings. A resilient plant for #Restoration and #Phytoremediation 🌍 👉 brnw.ch/21wV1u4 #PlantScience #RestorationEcology #SustainableMining

🍓 Turning raspberry waste into wellness! Raspberry pomace, rich in antioxidants like kuromanin & chlorogenic acid, boosted phenol bioaccessibility 5× in meringue cookies and outperformed commercial colorants. Read more 👉 brnw.ch/21wV1Vq #FunctionalFoods #Antioxidants

💧 Water stress exposes papaya secrets! Hermaphrodite vs. female seedlings can be distinguished via non-invasive optical & physiological traits after short drought. ✍️ Trancoso et al.📖 brnw.ch/21wV2iI #Papaya #PlantScience #DroughtStress #Agronomy #SSD

🌿 Schinus molle essential oil shows power against oxidative stress, bacteria & tumor cells! 🧪 Rich in α-phellandrene & β-myrcene, it could inspire new natural therapies. 📖 Rómulo Oses et al. 🔗 brnw.ch/21wV2Uu #EssentialOils #MedicinalPlants #NaturalProducts

🌶️ Why are some peppers bumpy? 🔬 Rugose surfaces form when epidermal cells lose organization, starting ~10 DPA. 🧬 Genes in microtubule dynamics & hormone signaling drive the trait. 📖 Yiqi Xie et al.🔗 brnw.ch/21wV3jK #Pepper #FruitTexture #Transcriptomics

🌱 Plants use metabolites as signals to decide: ⚔️ Defense vs 🤝 Symbiosis This #SpecialIssue explores how targeted #metabolomics reveals plant stress responses & biotic interactions. 📖 Guest Edited by Prof. Dr. Els Prinsen 🗓️ Deadline: Sept 1, 2026 👉 brnw.ch/21wV3Us

🌞🌙 Plants keep time with light ⏰ — but metabolism fine-tunes the rhythm. A new review explores how #chloroplast & #mitochondrial signals entrain the #CircadianClock and shape stress adaptation. 📖 Cervela-Cardona et al. 👉 brnw.ch/21wV4et #MetabolicEntrainment

🌱✈️ Calling all young plant scientists! The Plants Travel Award 2025 is open! 🎉 🏆 CHF 800 + certificate 👩‍🔬 For PhD students & postdocs 🌍 Present at an intl. conference in 2026 📝 Apply by: 31 Oct 2025 🏅 Winners: 31 Dec 2025 👉 Apply: brnw.ch/21wV4Uo

🍇🌍 Douro wines face big climate challenges! A new study projects: 📉 Yields down (−1 to −3 t/ha) ⏰ Flowering up to 30 days earlier 🍷 Alcohol +2% vol in worst-case scenario 📖 Fraga et al. 👉 brnw.ch/21wV5iE #WineResearch #Viticulture #ClimateImpact #Douro

🌶️🦠 New study: PMMoV can escape N′-mediated resistance… but only by losing strength. ➡️ Mutants showed reduced virus accumulation ➡️ Loss of systemic infectivity in pepper ➡️ Attenuated virulence in N. benthamiana 📖 Hamdayanty et al. 👉 brnw.ch/21wV5Kx

🌱 Green manure = stronger wheat! New study shows legume GM during fallow boosts winter wheat yield, water use efficiency & nitrogen utilization—especially when combined with fertilizers + straw return. 📖 Xiushuang Li et al.👉 brnw.ch/21wV643 #Wheat #SustainableAg

🥬 White rot on cabbage in Serbia New study on Sclerotinia sclerotiorum shows: 🔬 Serbian isolates=one haplotype 📊 Cabbage-derived strains more aggressive than sunflower-derived 🌱 Key for disease management in Brassicaceae 📖 Brankica Pešić et al.👉 brnw.ch/21wV6FI

🍇 #PassionFruit #grafting just got smarter! New study shows 50% leaf retention = optimal for scion vigor 🌱 🔬 Enhances bud sprouting & growth 🧬 #Auxin balance + #cytokinin activation + dormancy suppression 📖 Xiuqing Wei et al.👉 brnw.ch/21wV751

🌱 Plants meet biotechnology for tomorrow’s medicines! 📖 Biotechnological Advances in Plant-Based Pharmaceuticals 🔬 Topics: recombinant proteins, omics, AI, synthetic biology & more. 🗓 Deadline: 31 Mar 2026 👉 brnw.ch/21wV7xu #PlantPharma #SyntheticBiology #Omics

🥗 Want healthier chickpeas? 🌿 Antioxidant boost during seed development is tied to phenylpropanoid biosynthesis & MYB factors. 🌱 Desi black-seeded genotype ICC 4418 = top performer! ✍️ Karen V. Pineda-Hidalgo et al. 👉 brnw.ch/21wV80x #FunctionalFoods #Antioxidants

🌸 Big step for #Peony research! A new Agrobacterium-mediated transient system with embryo-derived seedlings boosts gene studies in Paeonia ostii. 🧬 Year-round experiments + GFP tracking! ✍️ Yuhui Zhai et al. 👉 brnw.ch/21wVa5h #PlantBiotech #Agrobacterium

We pleased to announce the launch of Volume II of "Plant Invasion" following the successful completion of Volume I with 32 already published papers | Deadline: 31. 10. 2027 | Forests Agronomy MDPI Diversity MDPI Plants MDPI MDPI | 👉mdpi.com/topics/LL1109L…

⚡ Can pulsed electric fields + nanometals boost plant traits? In sunflower 🌻: ⬇️ Germination & growth ⬆️ Chlorophyll a & antioxidants 🌿✨ ✍️ Magdalena Kachel-Górecka et al. 📖 Full article: brnw.ch/21wVaxe #PlantScience #Nanotechnology #SeedBiology #Agriculture

🌽 Purple totomoxtle isn’t just beautiful—it's functional! Pigmented maize showed higher anthocyanins, healthier grain & yields up to 6.6 t/ha. Perfect for agroecological selection & genetic conservation! 📖 brnw.ch/21wVaYE #Agroecology #PlantBreeding #Anthocyanins

🐝🌱 Density drives plant success! Higher flower density attracts pollinators but also herbivores in Brazilian savanna species, influencing reproduction and survival. 📖 brnw.ch/21wVbfy #PlantEcology #PollinationBiology #FloralHerbivory #Botany