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📢 Online event: International Society of Root Research - Mini Symposium — Wed 28 Jan 2026, 10:00–17:00 UK (12:00–18:30 UTC). Talks + discussion for anyone into root research & related topics. @rootscientists.bsky.social @rootarchitecture.bsky.social #roots #RootResearch #PlantScience #Rhizosphere

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek The hidden half in the spotlight: the diverse strategies of root systems under stress by Hannah Schneider & Doris Vetterlein in @annbot.bsky.social #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/qjfr #RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek Hormonal regulation of root growth under moderately elevated temperatures by Tilman Jacob et al. in @annbot.bsky.social #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/ps8z #RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek Root system architecture reorganization under decreasing soil phosphorus lowers root system conductance of Zea mays by Felix Maximilian Bauer et al. in @annbot.bsky.social #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/qjpb #RootBiology #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek Did crop domestication change the fitness landscape of root response to soil mechanical impedance? An in silico analysis by Harini Rangarajan and Jonathan Lynch in @annbot #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/qjpm #RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek Drought response of the maize plant–soil–microbiome system is influenced by plant size and presence of root hairs by Roman Hartwig et al. in @annbot.bsky.social #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/qjpn #RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek On the importance of rhizosphere conductance and soil–root contact in drying soils by Axelle Koch et al. in @annbot.bsky.social #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/qjtk #RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek Responses of maize roots, rhizosphere enzyme kinetics and prokaryote diversity to alternating precipitation: insights from a three-year field study by Henrike Würsig et al. in @annbot.bsky.social #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/qjtn #PlantScience

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek Winter wheat phenotyping for deep root growth and function, reduced water stress and increased uptake of deep N and water by Arnesta Odone et al. in @annbot.bsky.social #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/qjtp #RootBiology #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

Rooting for roots? #PlantScience Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social Register here for free: tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx Programme👇

Rosie Shepherd, a fine art student at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) has drawn on the work of Dr Gwendolyn Kirschner of The James Hutton Institute. @gwenkirschner.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk www.hutton.ac.uk/fine-art-stu...

48th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 18 December 2025 at 15.00 CET discussing Roots for future crops: Horizon Europe Projects on Roots with Kati Retzer, Christopher Barnes, Charlotte White and Rafaella Balestrini. bit.ly/4pHuNkl. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

Cytosolic Ca2+ as a universal signal for rapid root growth regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683082v1

Karl Körber supported by his great lab team Lisa Martinez, Chandra Ramanathan, Devin Dalsgaard and Ahmed Salem are busy sampling barley varieties, mutants and introgression lines from his second controlled drought experiment to disclose links btw barley genes, microbiomes and drought resilience🌾🌞

Here’s a sneak peek from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social new poster featuring all the exciting projects we’re working on! My section explores the evolutionary role of PILS proteins in Chlamydomonas. Come join us for the intro in BIO I today at 13:50 & ur Master thesis. #plantbiology #masterthesis

The ability of roots to control their growth direction will never stop to amaze me 😀 #gravitropism #roots #barley #rootphenotyping monitoring dynamics of root growth changes on soil (frames every 10 min during 1h, 1DAG primary root, 2nd time gravistimulated in a row)

#roots #rootphenotyping on soil 🔬 DIY setup to track dynamic root growth continously without disturbing root using IRLEDs #plantscience @raspberrypi.com @openflexure.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social #simonpree @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

News & Views by #ambassadorISRRWP6 @bjazminrh.bsky.social

Our #AmbassadorISRRWP6 representing at #PlantBio2025 🌱 Talking about root systems in barley! 😊

A question of death ☠️ and life 🧬 Yesterday we hosted @moritznowack.bsky.social (from Ghent University and @viblifesciences.bsky.social), their research on root caps uncovers the gene regulatory and molecular mechanisms coordinating differentiation with developmentally programmed cell death.

Thanks a lot Jeremie and Thomas for the hosting me at @IPS2

A long road to the Cover of Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ROS #roothairs #roots

Membrane trafficking meets root barriers, resilience, and carbon storage 🌱🌍 New discovery: Blocking clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis roots sparks ROS bursts → ectopic suberization. This might unlock ways to increase suberization in roots and C in soils #PlantScience #RootBiology #Suberin

You have a strong interest in plant genetics and root biology? You have experience with modern genetic, genomic, and bioinformatic method? And you hold a PhD in plant science, molecular biology, or genetics? Then we have a great job offer! ➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2pyc68cu

It was a pleasure to host @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social at PLEN, where she shared updates from @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social as well as endeavors into imaging plant roots in the dark

Ambassador meeting in Copenhagen @bjazminrh.bsky.social @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @rootscientists.bsky.social WP6 #roots

📆Save the date: ISRR Mini-symposium: Between The Roots 28th January 2026. An online event hosted by the ISRR Working Groups. Mark it in your calendars! #Roots #Rhizosphere #Soil #biology

#roots, cell cycle and modeling!

Our collaborative research with Dr. Kawachi group have been published. PET-CT results suggest that nodules act as dynamic regulators of photosynthates translocation under soil variation in soybean. Congrats, Dr. Miyoshi!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Some very nice #PlantScience papers in this #Preprint list! I 👀 one by @aribidopsis.bsky.social on root hair development. Here's the direct link to the plant development section: thenode.biologists.com/august-in-pr...

#rootforaging correlation environment/ field (samlped in Austria @bokuvienna.bsky.social Wien, Morocco, Lebanon #ICARDA) of our 3 subset of 200 #barley varieties per panel #rootangle #roots #rootphenotyping in-field - super exciting @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

I am happy to present a, what I learned from our in-field to lab approach @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social -which #roottraits #rootphenotyping were informative in an approach across 3 countries (5 fields, Austria, Lebanon, Morocco) - and b, my long year interest of experimental design influences #root

Interested in root phenotyping in soil and in the dark? and in Copenhagen on Oct 2? @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social will give a seminar at @ucph.bsky.social PLEN at 11.00 in room M117 - stop by and see high-resolution imaging and multi-omics at work!

Regulatory Analysis of Root Architectural and Anatomical Adaptation to Nitrate and Ammonium in Brachypodium distachyon https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631519v1

Hot off the press!! At my exchange at @niab-uk.bsky.social, we found some interesting patterns in how root hairless wheat will use its microbiome (bacteria + fungi) to improve its phosphorus uptake. The results in one sentence: bacteria may be cool, but AMF are the superstar!

The level of talks on the 18th Symposium on #BiologicalNitrogenFixation with non-legumes is amazing. Plant-Bacteria interactions are complex and we need more of this, to figure out how to bring science to application. #BNF #ENFC16 #PMI 🧪 #PlantScience

ow.ly/pAzz50WIVzv Congratulations @gwenkirschner.bsky.social

Of The Oak - an immersive video installation celebrating the oak tree as a network of relationships. The artwork invites viewers on a sensory journey across seasons, unveiling the oak's hidden vibrancy. Currently showing at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 🧪🌳

At London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Marshmallow Laser Feast’s latest work situates a monumental, double-sided video of the Lucombe oak, portraying a “digital double” using real-world data. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/mars...

Out in @science.org The crazy sequence of events from planting maize in dense fields. Density-dependent linalool release triggers release of compounds into the soil affecting microbes and plants. Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #PlantScience

Our mini-review with @deenigeechte.bsky.social in @jxbotany.bsky.social on recent advances in CLE signaling field highlighting studies from bryophytes to angiosperms. @uni-muenster.de @unifrbiology.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

One of the key aspects influencing morphogenesis is mechanics. We mapped the mechanical properties of living roots at the tissue and cellular levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #pinformed2 #pin2 mutant in #barley shows modified #roots growth dynamic, changes in #gravitropism and #rootarchitecture

#roots #rootphenotyping From sky to soil: Samir Alahmad et al predict barley root distribution with drones and machine learning 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 👈

New YouTube video on arbuscular mycorrhiza: how can you tell if a plant's roots are colonized by AM fungi? youtu.be/EaS52TOLhVQ

new publication about the holobiont concept for sustainable agroecosystems www.cell.com/trends/plant...

new publication about natural variation of biological nitrification inhibition in a wheat germplasm collection. #rootexudatemetabolomics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... medienportal.univie.ac.at/en/media/rec...