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🌱 Discussion of all plant-related research and concepts.
UC Davis supports academic and research programs in plant sciences, plant biology, plant pathology, viticulture and agricultural engineering.
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- 🧬 From Nature Plants: Plants send mobile small RNAs from maternal tissues to pollen, enabling essential gene control for normal male fertility. (Blake C. Meyers) ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience #PlantBiology
- 🌱 From Plant and Soil: Adding legumes to wheat and maize rotations can replace major fertilizer nitrogen inputs, improve cereal yields and reduce environmental risks. (Jagdish K. Ladha) ▶️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PlantScience #Agriculture
- 🌱 Frontiers in Environmental Science: Early ecovoltaic grassland restoration under solar panels boosts soil moisture and accelerates carbon and nitrogen gains, especially in runoff microsites. (Noah Z. Krasner, Rebecca R. Hernandez) ▶️ www.frontiersin.org/journals/env... #PlantScience #SoilScience
- Hey all. We've had a few questions about this article. If you have further questions or want to learn about the UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute, contact Noah Krasner for more information. ▶️ energy.ucdavis.edu ▶️ energy.ucdavis.edu/people/krasn...
- From Phytopathology: Quorum-sensing genes psyI and psyR enable a tomato pathogen to reach full virulence, linking bacterial communication to stronger disease symptoms. (Jirachaya Yeemin,Gabrielle Rossidivito, David F. Bridges, Maeli Melotto) ▶️ apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/... #PlantPathology
- 🌱 From Phytopathology: A wheat resistance gene stays effective even under heavy disease pressure, showing durable protection against stripe rust across genetic backgrounds and pathogen loads. (Gitta Coaker) ▶️ apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience #PlantPathology
- 🌲 From Forest Ecology and Management: Satellite time series reveal fewer surviving trees after wildfire than standard severity maps suggest, reshaping how delayed mortality and recovery are tracked. (Saba Saberi, Andrew Latimer, Derek J.N. Young) ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantScience