It’s just finished, and I thought it was excellent. In short, if you can identify whether or not something in a photo *is* a plant, you can help. I’ll be blogging about it.

1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants" doi.org/10.1101/2025... Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses! A thread ... #PlantScience

Any historians of science want to jump in to discuss how Friedrich Laibach, a (Jewish, by several accounts) member of the Nazi Party, managed to flourish during and after WWII? Laibach first proposed Arabidopsis as a model organism.

🌻🪖 War is turning Ukraine’s fertiliser problem into a catastrophe 🧪 Long-term declines in nutrients, and soil damage, have been turbo-charged by the Russian invasion. But a new plan may help restore some of the world’s most fertile soils. #Botany #PlantScience 🧵 (1/15)

Best time to join the growing ranks of #BSBImembers? In October to get 15 months of benefits for price of 12: that's when 100s of people inc @markavery.bsky.social & @alunsalt.bsky.social joined! 2nd best time? In November, to enjoy 14 months of benefits: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... #Botany #PlantScience

Join iNaturalist for a webinar to learn more about how you can help others, even if you're not an expert. Rather than doomscroll on social media, you can positively contribute to improving our knowledge about biodiversity! Nov 6, 2025 @ 1700 in London / Midday EST botany.fyi/diq8zn

UC Berkeley Botanical Garden houses crucial seed bank to preserve biodiversity At the University of California, Berkeley, Botanical Gardens, you'll find a critically important bank. It doesn't store hordes of cash or glittering gold bullion. This bank stores seeds. botany.fyi/627b45 #Botany

Meet the guardian of Dublin’s trees, who is making contingencies for climate change as he tends to ‘urban forest’ Balancing resilience with disease and weather changes, along with finding the right spaces for planting, are part of the job for Ludovic Beaumont. botany.fyi/0vkimh #Botany

My first peer-reviewed article. 🥳🍾🎉🥂🪅: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AcademicSky #History @jcucase.bsky.social @jcuofficial.bsky.social

The first chapter of my PhD is out! 🌱🔥 We looked at whether fatty acids (a common seed oil) changed composition across fire-prone and fire-free habitats + dormancy-breaking temperatures in physically dormant seeds! (1/2) @markooiecol.bsky.social @ryantangney.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

🌱 Studying seeds is vital for work on restoring lost species to semi-natural UK grasslands UKCEH plant ecologist @wagnermarkus.bsky.social chats to the Naked Scientists for their podcast on 25 years of @rbgkew.bsky.social's Millennium Seed Bank #MSB25 www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak... 🧪

NEW! A robust model based on #root morphological and anatomical features to distinguish high and low methane emission #rice varieties through #MachineLearning approaches doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience

Many consecutive annual fires? 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Not extreme nor a problem for the Cerrado grass layer!!! More like a solution!🔥🔥🔥 See community, functional, and population responses of Cerrado grasses to seven consecutive annual fires in our new manuscript out today in Open Access! doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Here’s an expanded microscopy paper by @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social related to his talk at @blackinplantsci.bsky.social doi.org/n96c #BlackInPlantSci

🔥 Postdoc: Biota-Cerrado on Fire (FAPESP) 3-yr position at LEVeg/Unesp (Brazil) on fire, open ecosystems & functional ecology. Pós-Doc (3 anos) sobre fogo, ecossistemas abertos e ecologia funcional. 📅 Deadline/Prazo: 30/11/25 🔗 Apply/Inscreva-se: fapesp.br/oportunidade... #Postdoc #FireEcology

🧪🌾PAPER - What makes a tree a tree?🧬 Read the paper by @siribirkeland.bsky.social and @trhvidsten.bsky.social with contributions from several UPSC researchers. By comparing dozens of genomes, they offer fresh insights into the genetic foundations of woodiness and perenniality in angiosperms.

Stellar start at #BlackInPlantSci. I particularly liked the observation that Imposter Syndrome is something that is done to you.

Excited to welcome speakers and delegates to Black In Plant Science 2025, today in Leeds! Thanks @newphyt.bsky.social & other sponsors! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @yoselin.bsky.social

At @blackinplantsci.bsky.social this morning. Apologies if I nod and smile in a slightly vacuous way. It’s a little noisy and my hearing if poor this morning.

I'm excited to share that I’ve been accepted onto the Society of Botanical Artists Distance Learning Diploma in Botanical Illustration! 🎨✨ Here’s the piece I submitted for my portfolio: Hippeastrum hybrid (seed-grown by me). Check out the Society here: www.instagram.com/so...

Today it’s a gentle drive to Leeds for @blackinplantsci.bsky.social tomorrow. I was thinking of calling in Jodrell Bank along the way, but it looks like the rain could be coming in when I arrive.

Vale Jim Peacock - a giant in plant physiology

Ready for the Plant Science Wales meeting, this morning.

Interested in learning about research into Cerrado fire ecology? Curious to hear about my views and experiences in plant sciences? Check out this new interview @botany.one botany.one/2025/10/fran... Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊

Fun fact: tiny crustaceans help pollinate seagrass flowers - under the sea water! 🌊🌱🪷🦐

Everyone agrees we should save pollinators, but do we only consider the cute ones? Andrés Pereira-Guaqueta on a pollinator for Balanophora tobiracola. botany.one/2025/10/ecce... #Botany #PlantScience 🧪 Image by zachcheng / iNaturalist CC-BY-NC www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Picking up social media again after family problems that have led to a LOT of paperwork. You can see what came out last week in the current Week in #Botany : botany.one/2025/10/the-... ..and I'll be posting things through the week.

My first PhD paper is out today! Huge thanks to Dr. Thuy Dang (UBC), Dr. Robin Buell (UGA), and @chenxinli2.bsky.social (MSU) for your guidance and support! Special thanks to Li, for his mentorship in single-cell analysis and bioinformatics.

💻 Measuring hidden phenotype: quantifying the shape of barley seeds using the Euler characteristic transform doi.org/10.1093/insi... #model #PlantScience

♻️Morpho-physiological and yield traits for selection of drought tolerant Urochloa grass ecotypes by Celestine Anyango Ochola and co-authors Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🎉🆕📰🎉: A new phylogenetic framework for the genus Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) and implications for infrageneric classification doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

I was deeply saddened today to learn of the passing of Steve Long. He was a pioneer and an inspiration to so many of us. Find his obituary here: www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...

We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long. His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..

We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long. Steve was a pivotal figure in plant research. He developed in silico Plants to provide a single point of focus for plant modelling to facilitate collaboration across disciplines and advance research and education in plant sciences...

📢The Call for Papers for in silico Plant’s Special Issue “Simulating plant-plant interactions and community dynamics” is now open 🔬 Editor: Andrew Friend (University of Cambridge) ℹ️ Find out more: academic.oup.com/insilicoplan... #PlantScience #DGVM

🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how pollinators, flower color, and spatial factors drive microevolution in a Mediterranean snapdragon, Antirrhinum charidemi. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... @mheuertz.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @pablovargas1111.bsky.social

🎉🆕📰🎉: Diversity patterns and knowledge gaps of Atlantic Forest epiphyllous bryophytes: a highly neglected group doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

🎉🆕📰🎉: Long-term coordinated morphological and hydrological traits of desert mosses in an arid temperate desert doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

💻🌿 3rd Symposium on Crop Modelling for Agriculture and Food Security under Global Change Florence, Italy | 2 – 4 February 2026 📢 Call for Abstracts Deadline Extended to 30th September! icropm2026.org/abstract/ #icropM #PlantScience

"Look for something that you are really passionate about in Botany, what makes your heart beat faster;" @glauceae.bsky.social shares her thoughts in Botany One. wp.me/pdRZhH-mpe #Botany #PlantScience 🧪

☀️🌿 The Farquhar-von-Caemmerer-Berry model is used to calculate CO2 assimilation in over 5,500 research papers A comparison of model variants finds omissions and errors and guides researchers in choosing the best option for their applications doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience #photosynthesis

♻️Global mRNA profiling reveals the effect of boron as a crop protection tool against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by Natalie Cale and co-authors Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

📣Now Free Access: Biological inhibition of denitrification (BDI): an early plant strategy for Fallopia × bohemica seedling development Get the Paper: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶‍♀️🐚👨‍⚕️🦀👩‍🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

♻️🆓: The ORGAN SIZE (ORG) locus modulates both vegetative and reproductive gigantism in domesticated tomato doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

🛰️ #Modelling seasonal pasture growth and botanical composition at the paddock scale with satellite imagery doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience

♻️Cross-continental comparison of plant reproductive phenology shows high intraspecific variation in temperature sensitivity by Rachel Reeb and co-authors Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Convergent evolution of sex chromosomes in two palm species, Phoenix dactylifera and Kerriodoxa elegans’ in @annbot.bsky.social by H. Tessarotto @htessarotto.bsky.social and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9) 👉 doi.org/p5cp #PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers

☀️ Optimal plant defence under competition for light and nutrients: an evolutionary #modelling approach doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience