š± TWiB May 3, 2021
Welcome to another collection of the stories shared by people following @BotanyOne on Twitter. Usually, I remove all the COVID-19 stories from the list I get. This week there is a COVID-19 story, but it does have a plant connection.
It should be an interesting week next week. We have our first three-language post coming out. At the moment I'm slowly learning Spanish, so it'll be quite a while before I'm able to take on another. I've no doubt the newsletter I'll be sending next week will be in English as usual.
In the meantime, stay safe,
Alun (webmaster@botany.one)
Monday
Geographic patterns of genomic diversity in the C4 grass Panicum hallii ā www.botany.one Can new genomics approaches be used to assess and understand intraspecific diversity across large geographic distributions?
Pacific Northwestās āforest gardensā were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
A new study reveals that isolated patches of fruit trees and berry bushes in the regionās hemlock and cedar forests were deliberately planted by Indigenous peoples in and around their settlements more than 150 years ago.
The transcriptional landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana pattern-triggered immunity
Bjornson et al. performed a detailed transcriptomic analysis in an early time series focused to study rapid-signalling transcriptional outputs induced by well-characterized patterns in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
Regeneration of subglacial bryophytes broadens the concept of Ice Age refugia, traditionally confined to survival of land plants to sites above and beyond glacier margins. La Farge et al. emphasize the unrecognized resilience of bryophytes, which are commonly overlooked vis-a-vis their contribution to the establishment, colonization, and maintenance of polar terrestrial ecosystems.
Tuesday
A race against time: saving seeds to protect threatened plants in California ā www.botany.one
Binational conservation efforts offer hope for the protection of plant species living on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Also available in Spanish.
Future Leader Fellowships in Plant and Fungal Science
Equipping early-career researchers with the skills needed to become the worldās future leaders in plant and fungal sciences
Bee population steady in Dutch cities thanks to pollinator strategy Scheme involving ā bee hotelsā and ābee stopsā reaps rewards as census shows no strong decline in urban population
Dissecting the co-transcriptome landscape of plants and microbiota members
Nobori et al. monocolonized Arabidopsis leaves with nine plant-associated bacteria from all major phyla of the plant microbiota and profiled co-transcriptomes of plants and bacteria. These strains elicited quantitatively different plant transcriptional responses including typical pattern-triggered immunity responses.
Wednesday
Plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine candidate starts rolling review with Health Canada
Medicago has started a rolling submission with Health Canada for its plant-derived adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate: championing a unique and versatile platform that can also be scaled up easily.
Trapping pollinators with hot and smelly flowers: different strategies for different insects! ā www.botany.one New study finds that scent is more pollinator-specific than heating up the flower-like parts
Longāterm surveys support declines in earlyāseason forest plants used by bumble bees
Mola et al. document a decline in abundance of bumble bee forage plants in forest understories, which our phenology analysis suggests provide the primary nectar and pollen sources for foundress queens in spring, a critical life stage in bumble bee demography.
Joanne Chory is harnessing plants to stop climate change
The audience expected Chory to reflect on her achievements. Instead, she seized the chance to issue a warning.
Thursday
Genetic determinants of endophytism in the Arabidopsis root mycobiome
Mesny et al. report that root mycobiota members evolved from ancestors with diverse lifestyles and retained large repertoires of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) and effector-like small secreted proteins.
Postdoctoral Researcher (Arora Group) An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Dr Sanu Arora lab in the Biochemistry and Metabolism department.
Do Thoreau's observations and herbarium records see the same changes in fruiting? ā www.botany.one Thoreau's last manuscript could help understand the future climate of New England.
Life finds a way: in search of Englandās lost, forgotten rainforests
Much of Britainās temperate rainforest has been destroyed ā but it can sometimes regenerate. The race is on to map what survives and restore what we can
Friday
Chronoculture, harnessing the circadian clock to improve crop yield and sustainability Steed et al. discuss how agricultural productivity might be improved by consideration of how the plant's circadian rhythm alters plant responses to the challenges posed by its environment.
A more realistic model of sucrose accumulation in sugarcane ā www.botany.one Detailed kinetic modelling of sucrose translocation and metabolism captures the spatio-temporal evolution of the advection-diffusion-reaction system.
No Mow May launches for 2021: here's how to mow your lawn for wildlife
"Plantlifeās Every Flower Counts data released today ā the most thorough analysis of Britainās lawns ever undertaken - reveals the severe impact the May 2020 drought had on wild flowers and highlights how a little less mowing - such as through Plantlifeās No Mow May - delivers a lifeline for biodiversity, butterflies and bees."
BlĆ¼mke et al. found that the membrane-associated receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase (RLCK) MAZZA (MAZ) and additional members of the Pti1-like protein family interact in vivo with CLV1f receptors.
Plant parables for the 21st Century ā www.botany.one A lifestyle guide where plants take the lead instead of sitting in the background.
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