🧪 Drip-Fed CO2 Acidifies the Rhizosphere to Liberate Nutrients and Boost Cotton Yield www.mdpi.com/3685386 #PlantScience

🧪 High-throughput Verticillium wilt detection in cotton: A comparative study of faster R-CNN and YOLOv11 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #PlantScience

🧪 Deciphering the transcriptional landscape of NLR genes responding to Verticillium dahliae infection in cotton tinyurl.com/4b5nytn9 #PlantScience

🧪 International Cotton Genomics Initiative (ICGI) 2026 Conference is at the Shine Dome, Canberra, Australia, March 30 - April 2, 2026 Abstract submission has been extended till January 18 tinyurl.com/mvkdj8xp #PlantScience

Investigation and characterization of the GhPPO gene family and its expression in response to fibre cell growth and biotic stress in Gossypium hirsutum L https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41423625/

Yep! This is one I saw in Pima Canyon in November, with close-ups of the bolls. Gossypium thurberi.

Genome-Wide Identification and Abiotic Stress-Responsive Expression Analysis of the SOS1 Gene Family in Gossypium hirsutum L https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41465782/

Multiomic analyses reveal transcription factors involved in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway under cold stress in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Frontiers www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

🧪 Resistance to Black Root Rot- how close is the horizon? www.cottongrower.com.au/read/163#26 We are optimistic that we may be able to achieve elite varieties with black root resistance in 6-8 years www.cottongrower.com.au #PlantScience

🧪 Progress on breeding for cotton host plant disease resistance in Australia cottongrower.com.au/read/163#20 This article aims to shed some light on what it takes to breed for resistance, what’s been achieved, and some current work cottongrower.com.au #PlantScience

🧪Nitrogen uptake preference of cotton dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... #PlantScience

Tri-trophic consequences of plant-to-plant volatile signalling and its contingency on plant relatedness in wild cotton url: academic.oup.com/aob/article/...

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot. Via @guardian #Agriculture 🧑‍🌾 #Farming 🚜 #Botany

🧪 Engineering seed-specific gossypol-free cotton for human-safe consumption by harnessing the dominant-negative effect of the Gl2e mutation doi.org/10.1016/j.xp... #PlantScience

Genome-wide characterization and expression divergence of voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in response to abiotic stresses https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41098923/

Integrating physiology and transcriptomics reveals the mechanisms underlying the differences in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) growth and development under different photoperiods https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.21.689390v1

🧪 Characterization of the spectrum of insecticidal activity of Cry1B.3, Cry1Da_7, and Vip3Cb1 proteins produced by lepidopteranprotected MON 89151 cotton rdcu.be/eRpoL #PLantScience

🧪 Cotton facilitates long-distance seed dispersal through bird nests: a mutualistic relationship? www.authorea.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

🧪 Establishment of a rapid split-root assay in hydroponic conditions for eight upland cotton varieties doi.org/10.1016/j.me... #PlantScience

🧪 Partial root-zone drying restricts root ABA accumulation thereby restoring fiber strength via synergistic regulation of cellulose biosynthesis and crystallinity doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... #PlantScience

Induction by caterpillars of stored and emitted volatiles among populations of wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.17.589906v1

☀️🌿 RESEARCH ☀️🌿 Gossypium herbaceum Rubisco carboxylation efficiency was greater than that of G. hirsutum and was modelled to improve photosynthetic carbon above 25 °C. However, Sargent et al. observed no differences in gas exchange parameters. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Methylome Changes Drive Fiber Differentiation in Cotton In a groundbreaking revelation within plant genomics, a recent study published in BMC Genomics has illuminated the intricate processes of fiber differentiation in the widely cultivated cotton species, Gossypium hirsutum. This research…

A synthetic transcription cascade enables direct in planta shoot regeneration for transgenesis and gene editing in multiple plants www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧪 Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses identify MYB genes regulating key metabolites and agronomic traits in upland cotton Gossypium hirsutum www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience

📢 New publication 'MicroRNA-Induced Gene Silencing ( #MIGS): A Tool for Multi-Gene Silencing and Targeting Viruses in Plants' by Marie-Emilie Gauthier et al. in Plant Biotechnology Journal 🧬🧪 #RNAi #GeneSilencing doi.org/10.1111/pbi....

🧪Biodegradable mulch enhances cotton yield via microplastic reduction and P cycling microbes modulation doi.org/10.1016/j.fc... #plantScience

Sustainable Gossypium arboreum biodiesel production using an industrial waste heterogeneous catalyst for RCCI engine applications rdcu.be/eNViQ

🧪PhD Thesis by Cao Fang (Grace) University of Canberra 'Insecticide resistance management in Australian cotton pests Bemisia tabaci and Helicoverpa armigera conferta' tinyurl.com/4d6fzhb8 #PlantScience

An Australian’s willingness to pay for a cotton t-shirt by The Australian Cottongrower www.cottongrower.com.au/read/160#52

Sadly I heard today that Jim Peacock has died. Jim was the foremost pioneer of plant molecular biology in Australia & globally. He was both my mentor and friend and will be sorely missed by many #plantscience 🧪 www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

Life cycle assessment and the emergence of product circularity: A review with context to the textile supply chain in Australia doi.org/10.1016/j.ei...

How ThredUp Resells 17 Million Garments Every Year www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdaP...

Compaction effects on crop yields in Vertisols: Transient under wet years tinyurl.com/mryuw7ct

Another bold colour added to the genome editing palette. Can’t wait to see how bridge recombinases reshape what’s possible in genome engineering. Megabase-scale human genome rearrangement with programmable bridge recombinases | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🧪Engineering Gossypol-Free Cottonseeds for Future Global Food Security and Agricultural Sustainability iadns.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

Challenges and Limitations in Recycling of Post-Consumer Cotton Denim Waste into New Textiles tinyurl.com/s5vxfevh

drhoz.tumblr.com/post/7950385... #3117 - Athetis tenuis A Noctuid found in all of Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand. Great Southern BioBlitz 2024, Wongan Hills - Christmas Rock

The Polyploid Continuum and Landscape of Polyploid Genomic Variation tinyurl.com/2esc7nfa

🏆2025 AACS Service to Cotton Science Award🏆 Goes to Kristen Knight tinyurl.com/5ep5vbxc Kristen is Bayer’s Australian lead for insect traits, focusing on resistance mechanisms in lepidopteran & sucking pests to guide the dev of future trait platforms & improve pest management

🏆2025 AACS Scientific Publication Award 🏆 Goes to Arun Chandra Manivannan et al. doi.org/10.1021/acs.... Textile Recycling’s Hidden Problem: Surface-Modified Fiber Fragments Emitted at Every Stage. Environmental Science & Technology @Uni_Newcastle @CottonResearch 🧪

🏆2025 AACS Early Career Scientist Award🏆 Goes to Manish Patel of CSIRO Agriculture & Food tinyurl.com/yc64abzs Leveraged AI & computer vision to detect & quantify Verticillium Wilt infection in cotton stems to aid breeding of resistant varieties #Plantscience

We celebrate new ⭐AACS Life Member- Stephen Yeates 🥳 tinyurl.com/7s4rbpk9 🌱Provided the foundation for successful cotton production to recommence in the Kimberley 🧪Showed the importance of understanding local factors in creating region-specific production systems

We celebrate new ⭐AACS Life Member- Gary Fitt 🥳 tinyurl.com/abrbxv9z 🐛 Made fundamental contributions to understanding the ecology of Helicoverpa spp. & other major pests 🗝️ Played a key role in integrating Bollgard varieties into Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for cotton

🧪 Assessing the impact of later emerging broadleaf weeds on the critical period for weed control in high-yielding cotton bit.ly/47GpHPR #PlantScience

Weed detection based on deep learning from UAV imagery: A review doi.org/10.1016/j.at...

Genome analyses and breeding of polyploid crops ->Nature | More info from EcoSearch

🧪 Patterns of domestication in upland cotton: a perspective from multielement stoichiometry rdcu.be/eBNDV #PlantScience

4. 🏭 A $60 million cotton gin has opened in Kununurra, Western Australia, allowing local growers to process cotton locally instead of transporting it to Queensland.

Affordable phenomics: Expanding access to enhancing genetic gain in plant breeding doi.org/10.1002/ppj2... #PlantScience