Illustration showing a human brain in the background representing biological neural networks, overlaid with an artificial neural network model in the foreground. Input nodes represent combined plant stress factors, such as fungal infection and waterlogging, which are integrated through interconnected layers to predict plant traits. The output highlights predicted plant height, demonstrating how machine learning models can analyze complex stress interactions and their effects on plant growth.

An artificial neural network–based deep learning model to predict combined stress impact and interaction in plants

New in #AppsPlantSci by Piyush Priya, @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social, Senthil-Kumar, et al

doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #botany #deeplearning #machinelearning #plantphenomics #plantstress

For each species dataset, an alignment of 10 random leaf outlines including 100 pseudo-landmarks extracted from each species dataset. The tip of each leaf is marked with an orange circle, and the base of each leaf is marked with a blue circle. The vertical black line next to each leaf represents a 1 cm scale bar. For each species dataset, the total dataset mean leaf is represented by a black outline, which is superimposed onto the colored species mean leaf. Image credit: Hightower et al., 2026

Procrustean pseudo-landmark methods in Python to measure massive quantities of leaf shape data

New in #AppsPlantSci by Hightower et al

doi.org/10.1002/aps3... @puffballove.bsky.social @andreacase.bsky.social @husbandslab.bsky.social @emjo.bsky.social @zoemig.bsky.social #botany #morphometrics

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential”. The image beneath the title shows a phylogenetic tree on the left side, with images illustrating each genus in the tree on the right. Images from top to bottom are Hypogymnia inactiva, Imshaugia aleurites, Cladonia asahinae, Leptogium sp., Graphis plumierae, Opegrapha niveoatra. The text beneath the image reads: “Proposal deadline extended to May 15, 2026”. The Applications in Plant Sciences logo is in the bottom left corner, and a QR code is in the bottom right corner.

DEADLINE EXTENDED!
🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

More info at botany.org/home/publica...

#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

A post-pollination prefertilization drop can be seen exuding from the micropylar opening of a Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) ovule following removal of an ovuliferous scale-bract complex from a female cone. Scale bar = 1 mm. Photo credit: Coulter et al., 2026

Creation of a #Pseudotsuga menziesii nucellus cell suspension culture system to produce proteins involved in reproduction

New in #AppsPlantSci by Coulter, von Aderkas, et al

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @uvicscience.bsky.social #botany #gymnosperm #proteomics #pollination

Hey Asia Hightower's @puffballove.bsky.social cool paper analyzing 1000s of leaf shapes in published in #AppsPlantSci doi.org/10.1002/aps3...

Close-up view of maize roots growing in soil within a rhizobox. Three roots are within clear plastic tubes with liquid and have an associated post-it note with details of the treatment next to the tubes. Photo credit: Erin Sparks

Evaluating nitrogen uptake: Methods and applications for plant research

A new #AppsPlantSci review by Pierce, @razda5.bsky.social, Huddell & @erinsparks.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @danforthcenter.bsky.social #botany #plantscience #nitrogenfertilization #nanoSIMS

Workflow schematic for hyphal network/sclerotia primordia image processing and skeletonization. Grayscale TIF/PNG images are loaded into a GUI (input/output directory) and processed with adjustable steps (remove white/noisy islands, radial threshold, smoothing; or contrast adjustment, edge detection, smoothing) to generate skeletons (all / single / current sample). Output includes a CSV of trait metrics (e.g., center line width, average line length, line/cluster counts) and a color-annotated skeleton showing edges, nodes, and tips.

SkelPy: A graphic user interface–based approach for skeletonizing fungal networks

New in #AppsPlantSci by @melaniemadrigal.bsky.social, Aaron Moseley, Jenna Moseley & @volatileorganic.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @dowelllab.bsky.social #botany #mycology #fungi

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issue Call for Papers”. Photos, clockwise from top left: Pleopeltis michauxiana, Sequoiadendron giganteum, unidentified moss species, Azolla cristata. The text beneath the image reads: “New Perspectives from the Genealogy of Flagellate Plants (GoFlag)”. Photos by Jessie Pelosi.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS 🌿 FINAL WEEK!

Submit your proposal to joint special issues of #AJB and #AppsPlantSci highlighting new resources & advances from the #GoFlag project

Deadline April 1

More info: bit.ly/49JPtDe

@ebsessa.bsky.social #bryophytes #ferns #gymnosperms #botany #plantscience

A map of the United States shaded on a white-to-black gradient, indicating the percentage of plant species in each state that have an assigned NatureServe subnational rank (S-rank). Darker shading represents states with a higher proportion of ranked species. Image credit: Julia Prins

Semi-automated assessment for #NatureServe subnational conservation status ranks for state floras

New in #AppsPlantSci by Julia Prins & Joey Shaw

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @natureserve.bsky.social #PlantConservation #ConservationStatus #ExtinctionRisk #botany #PlantScience

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issue Call for Papers”. Photos, clockwise from top left: Pleopeltis michauxiana, Sequoiadendron giganteum, unidentified moss species, Azolla cristata. The text beneath the image reads: “New Perspectives from the Genealogy of Flagellate Plants (GoFlag)”. Photos by Jessie Pelosi.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿DEADLINE IN 2 WEEKS!

Submit your proposal to joint special issues of #AJB and #AppsPlantSci highlighting new resources & advances from the #GoFlag project

Deadline April 1

More info: bit.ly/49JPtDe

@ebsessa.bsky.social #bryophytes #ferns #gymnosperms #botany

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential”. The image shows a phylogenetic tree on the left side, with images illustrating each genus in the tree on the right. Images from top to bottom are Hypogymnia inactiva, Imshaugia aleurites, Cladonia asahinae, Leptogium sp., Graphis plumierae, Opegrapha niveoatra. A QR code is in the bottom left corner. The text at the bottom reads: “Proposal deadline March 16, 2026”.

DEADLINE MONDAY!
🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

More info at botany.org/home/publica...

#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

The cover of the January-February issue of Applications in Plant Sciences. The photo shows the mature fruit of the Australian bush tomato Solanum tudununggae, with a grayish prickly calyx in the foreground and flowers with purple corolla and yellow anthers plus silvery-blue foliage in background. Photo credit: @martinebotany.bsky.social

#AppsPlantSci special issue "Quantifying #PlantDispersal: New methods from multiple disciplines" is online!

Thanks to editors @noellebeckman.bsky.social, Sally Chambers, Irene Cobo-Simón & @llseedsull.bsky.social

Check out the intro: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantEcology

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issue Call for Papers”. Photos, clockwise from top left: Pleopeltis michauxiana, Sequoiadendron giganteum, unidentified moss species, Azolla cristata. The text beneath the image reads: “New Perspectives from the Genealogy of Flagellate Plants (GoFlag)”. Photos by Jessie Pelosi.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿DEADLINE IN 3 WEEKS!

Submit your proposal to joint special issues of #AJB and #AppsPlantSci highlighting new resources & advances from the #GoFlag project

Deadline April 1

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@ebsessa.bsky.social #bryophytes #ferns #gymnosperms #botany

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential”. The image shows a phylogenetic tree on the left side, with images illustrating each genus in the tree on the right. Images from top to bottom are Hypogymnia inactiva, Imshaugia aleurites, Cladonia asahinae, Leptogium sp., Graphis plumierae, Opegrapha niveoatra. A QR code is in the bottom left corner. The text at the bottom reads: “Proposal deadline March 16, 2026”.

DEADLINE IN 1 WEEK
🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

More info at botany.org/home/publica...

#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

Species and gene trees showing expected sequence divergence under ingroup versus ghost lineage introgression models.

From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci special issue "Branching out: Resolving #PlantEvolution through #Phylogenetic Networks"

Introducing ghostbuster: a new tool to detect cryptic ghost lineage introgression in genomic datasets (by Forsythe et al)

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential”. The image beneath the title shows a phylogenetic tree on the left side, with images illustrating each genus in the tree on the right. Images from top to bottom are Hypogymnia inactiva, Imshaugia aleurites, Cladonia asahinae, Leptogium sp., Graphis plumierae, Opegrapha niveoatra. The text beneath the image reads: “Proposal deadline March 16, 2026”. The Applications in Plant Sciences logo is in the bottom left corner, and a QR code is in the bottom right corner.

DEADLINE IN 2 WEEKS
🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

More info at botany.org/home/publica...

#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issue Call for Papers”. Photos, clockwise from top left: Pleopeltis michauxiana, Sequoiadendron giganteum, unidentified moss species, Azolla cristata. The text beneath the image reads: “New Perspectives from the Genealogy of Flagellate Plants (GoFlag)”. Photos by Jessie Pelosi.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AJB and #AppsPlantSci are accepting proposals for joint special issues highlighting new resources & advances resulting from the #GoFlag project, led by Gordon Burleigh, @ebsessa.bsky.social & Jessie Pelosi

Proposal deadline: 1 April 2026.

More info: bit.ly/49JPtDe

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential”. The image shows a phylogenetic tree on the left side, with images illustrating each genus in the tree on the right. Images from top to bottom are Hypogymnia inactiva, Imshaugia aleurites, Cladonia asahinae, Leptogium sp., Graphis plumierae, Opegrapha niveoatra. A QR code is in the bottom left corner. The text at the bottom reads: “Proposal deadline March 16, 2026”.

DEADLINE APPROACHING!
🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

More info at botany.org/home/publica...

#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

Illustration of the interdisciplinary frameworks to study seed dispersal, integrating general spatial patterns and processes from the generalized gravity framework, movement ecology paradigm, and seed dispersal effectiveness framework. The text at the top left reads Generalized Gravity Framework; the text at the top right reads Seed Dispersal Effectiveness Framework. From the tree at the center, the text moving to the left reads: "Source Processes," "Relocation Processes," and "Destination Processes"; the text moving rightward from the tree reads: "Quantity," "Vector Quality," and "Seedscape Quality." The text moving downward from the tree reads "Predispersal & Departure," "Drivers of Movement," "Movement Ecology Paradigm," and "Deposition & Postdispersal." The illustration shows various animals carrying diaspores away from the source tree.

From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱

Animal-mediated seed dispersal: A review of study methods (by @noellebeckman.bsky.social, @jmbecologist.bsky.social, et al)

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #zoochory #PlantEcology #SeedDispersal

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential”. The image shows a phylogenetic tree on the left side, with images illustrating each genus in the tree on the right. Images from top to bottom are Hypogymnia inactiva, Imshaugia aleurites, Cladonia asahinae, Leptogium sp., Graphis plumierae, Opegrapha niveoatra. A QR code is in the bottom left corner. The text at the bottom reads: “Proposal deadline March 16, 2026”.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿 Deadline March 16

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

More info at botany.org/home/publica...

#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

Part of the #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal special issue. Coming soon!

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Seed dispersal experiment setup states. (A) Primary wind dispersal, where seeds are held within the steel tube by a stopper, preventing them from falling. (B) Secondary wind dispersal, where seeds are contained under an iron cover to prevent them from being blown away prematurely by the wind.

From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱

A detailed review of #WindTunnel studies of #SeedDispersal that provides a roadmap for researchers conducting wind tunnel research (by Tian, @noellebeckman.bsky.social, et al)

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany

Comparison of two seed rain trap methods in the field: a sticky trap (a Petri dish with a sticky substance sprayed on it) and an artificial grass carpet. Both have known numbers of grassland seeds placed on them.

From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱

Are they two seeds in a pod? Comparing seed rain recovery in grasslands using artificial grass carpets vs sticky traps (by @llseedsull.bsky.social, DeSiervo, Kahan & Shoemaker)

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantEcology

Ficus tillifolia, a wild fig species endemic to Madagascar and surrounding island. Ripe figs are relatively dully colored but heavily scented, and rely on lemurs for seed dispersal. Photo from Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar by Linh M.N. Nguyen

From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue: A comprehensive review on methods to study fruit traits by @linhnchemeco.bsky.social et al

Unlocking fruit dimensions: Quantification of functional traits driving plant–frugivore interactions

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential”. The image shows a phylogenetic tree on the left side, with images illustrating each genus in the tree on the right. Images from top to bottom are Hypogymnia inactiva, Imshaugia aleurites, Cladonia asahinae, Leptogium sp., Graphis plumierae, Opegrapha niveoatra. A QR code is in the bottom left corner. The text at the bottom reads: “Proposal deadline March 16, 2026”.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

Proposals due by 16 March 2026

More info at botany.org/home/publica...

#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

Photo of the Australian bush tomato Solanum tudununggae. Grayish prickly calyx fully encloses the dry and mature berry held inside except for a 3 cm pore at its apex. Silvery-blue foliage in background plus flowers with purple corolla and yellow anthers.

From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱

A simple and affordable protocol to assess censer seed dispersal: First confirmation of the mechanism in the genus #Solanum

By Abigail Motter, @martinebotany.bsky.social & Melody Sain

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany

"AJB and APPS Special Issue Call for Papers”. Photos, clockwise from top left: Pleopeltis michauxiana, Sequoiadendron giganteum, unidentified moss species, Azolla cristata. The text beneath the image reads: “New Perspectives from the Genealogy of Flagellate Plants (GoFlag)”. Photos by Jessie Pelosi.

#AppsPlantSci and #AJB are accepting proposals for joint special issues highlighting new resources & advances resulting from the #GoFlag project: papers that present research advances, methodological innovations, and resources.

Deadline for proposals: April 1, 2026.

More details: bit.ly/49JPtDe

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

➡️Proposals due by 16 March 2026: https://ow.ly/LQzm50XXnEF

Botanical Society of America #genomics #plantscience

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential”. The image shows a phylogenetic tree on the left side, with images illustrating each genus in the tree on the right. Images from top to bottom are Hypogymnia inactiva, Imshaugia aleurites, Cladonia asahinae, Leptogium sp., Graphis plumierae, Opegrapha niveoatra. A QR code is in the bottom left corner. The text at the bottom reads: “Proposal deadline March 16, 2026”.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿

#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.

Proposals due by 16 March 2026

More info at botany.org/home/publica...

#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

An achene of the endangered species Dubautia menziesii (kūpaoa) (Asteraceae). The photo shows the ribbed achene with the pappus spreading outward to the left, on a black background. Photo credit: Nathaniel Kingsley

Assessing the viability of genebanked seeds from rare, wild plants native to the United States using the D.E.A.D. paradigm

New in #AppsPlantSci by Christina Walters @seedystudies.bsky.social @dustinwolkis.bsky.social et al

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #seedbank #genebank #botany