The mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stress Brillouin microscopy reveals in vivo dynamics of mechanical properties during plant development and response to stress.

Understanding these processes is key for designing crops that can withstand increasing drought and climate stress.

📖 Read the paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#PlantScience #PlantResilience #WaterStress

Material intelligence starts in nature.
Mimosa hostilis root bark is rich in natural tannins and pigments—evolved for protection, durability, and resilience. A plant shaped by survival.

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#MimosaHostilis #MaterialIntelligence #PlantResilience

Some plants simply survive. Others adapt. 🌱
Mimosa hostilis is known for its remarkable resilience and regenerative nature—valued across cultures for generations.

🔗 Explore more: https://mimosahostilis.shop/

#MimosaHostilis #PlantResilience #BotanicalHeritage #Adaptation

Acaulescent palms are resilient to disturbances: experimental and global evidence

🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Acaulescent palms are resilient to disturbances: experimental and global evidence’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gabriela da Silva and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9)

👉 doi.org/qnrn

@jgpausas.bsky.social

#PlantResilience #PlantEcology #AoBpapers #PlantScience

A special shape shift helps a shrub thrive in blistering heat A microscope reveals an algae-like adaptation that might future-proof crop photosynthesis in extreme heat.

From growing smaller leaves to shape-shifting its insides, a desert flowering plant goes all in to flourish in the harshest of conditions. ☀️ Learn how in this @sciencenews.bsky.social story about the remarkable research of Dr. Karine Prado from @rheelab.bsky.social.

#PlantScience #PlantResilience

Photosynthetic acclimation is a key contributor to exponential growth of a desert plant in Death Valley summer Heat waves, now more frequent and longer due to climate change, devastate plant productivity. Although they are rare, thermophilic plants could hold k…

New research out of Death Valley from @rheelab.bsky.social! 🏜️ Learn how one desert plant beats the heat through photosynthetic acclimation in their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#PlantScience #PlantResilience

An orange to blue gradient with abstract molecules around the edges serves as the background of the graphic. The 2025 NDiSTEM logo is at the top-center of the graphic bordered by two plant drawings. Below, there is a white box that contains the following text: "From Stress to Strength: Understanding Plant Resilience Across Scales, Thursday, October 30, 2025, 4:15-5:30 p.m. EDT, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Room A 110-111"

We're excited for #NDiSTEM2025 this week! For those of you heading to Columbus, Ohio to attend, join us at the STEM symposia "From Stress to Strength: Understanding Plant Resilience Across Scales."

Learn more at: www.sacnas.org/conference

@sacnas.bsky.social #SACNAS #STEMCommunity #PlantResilience

The PRI Seed Grant Program awardees of cohort 4 pictured together from left to right: Tyler Wintermute, Yuan Xu, Bailey Kleven, Donielle Brottlund, Tomas Lopes, Kaitlin Gattoni, Sydney Chen, Briana Hashim, and Trine Andersen

Congratulations to the newest cohort of PRI Seed Grant Program awardees! Their projects reflect the creativity and dedication of MSU trainees working collaboratively to address critical challenges in #plantresilience.

View the full list of funded projects at: plantresilience.msu.edu/resources/fu...

Michigan State University Plant Resilience Institute Director Sue Rhee stands in a field wearing a lab coat and holding a large beaker filled with soil planted with various small crops.

Plant scientists at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute, including @rheelab.bsky.social, stand ready to meet the challenge of improving global food security. Read more about how MSU is working to build climate-resilient crops: msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/10...

#SpartansWill #PlantResilience

Paige, Bri, Sue, and Danielle posing together in a dirt field.

Paige examining farming equipment.

Bri, Paige, and Danielle speaking to a farmer in the field.

Danielle, Bri, and Sue smiling together for a selfie in the barn.

Boots on the ground, science in action! 👩‍🌾 PRI Germplasm Curator Paige joined researchers in the @rheelab.bsky.social this week to begin fieldwork on pennycress – a humble "weed" with big potential for pollinators, soil health, & even biofuels!

#Pennycress #PlantResilience #PlantScience #AgResearch

A graphic with a dark blue-green gradient background and the MSU PRI logo in the upper left corner. There are photos of Drs. Emily Josephs, Hatem Rouached, and Addie Thompson behind a light green arrow with the following text: Congratulations to Associate Professors Emily Josephs, Hatem Rouached & Addie Thompson!

PRI faculty members @emjo.bsky.social, @hatem-rouached.bsky.social, and Addie Thompson have been promoted to associate professors! Each of these scholars has made exceptional contributions to advancing #plantresilience research and mentoring the next generation of scientists. 🌱 Congratulations! 🎉

🌱 New research identifies tomato lines with strong performance under salt stress using a salt tolerance index.

Salinity tolerance is one of the many challenges C-SPIRIT works to address in crop systems.

#PlantResilience

New Publication! Congratulations to C-SPIRIT Members Prasansah Shrestha, So-Ra Han, Tae-Jin Oh, and their colleagues on the publication of their article Unraveling the genetic mechanisms of UV radiation resistance in Bacillus through biofilm formation, sporulation, and carotenoid production! Read the full article!

🧫 Congrats to C-SPIRIT members Prasansah Shrestha, So-Ra Han, Tae-Jin Oh, & their colleagues on the publication of their article!

Their review shows how Bacillus resists UV radiation through biofilms, spores, and carotenoids.

👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yg...

#PlantStress #PlantResilience

🔬 A brilliant step toward resilient, consumer-friendly crops! This study reveals how silicon transport shapes both fruit appearance and stress tolerance in cucumber, advancing our understanding of the trade-offs at the heart of sustainable agriculture. #PlantStress #PlantResilience

This new study on the BEC1 gene in cucumber shows how plant genetics can link stress tolerance and market traits. It highlights the kind of integrative, climate-relevant research that informs C-SPIRIT’s mission.

#PlantResilience

Institutional Feature: University of Toronto Aims: 2: Metabolite Annotation & Database Development 3: Gene & Pathway Discovery C-SPIRIT Members: Nick Provart Asher Pasha Vincent Lau

Second up in our Institutional Feature Series: University of Toronto!

We have three C-SPIRIT members affiliated with @uoft.bsky.social who work to advance our Aims 2 and 3.

🔗 Learn more about our Aims: c-spirit.org/research/

#PlantScience #PlantStress #PlantResilience #InstitutionalFeature

Institutional Feature: Nagoya University Aims: 1: Metabolite Discovery, 3: Gene & Pathway Discovery C-SPIRIT Members: Toshinori Kinoshita, Kohei Fukatsu, Kwang-Chul Shin, Shogo Kuwayama, Taku Sakakibara

First up in our new Institutional Feature Series: Nagoya University!

We have five C-SPIRIT members affiliated with @en.nagoya-u.ac.jp who work to advance our Aims 1 and 3.

🔗 Learn more about our Aims: c-spirit.org/research/

#PlantScience #PlantStress #PlantResilience #InstitutionalFeature

#PlantResilience #PlantStress #PlantScience

New work from C-SPIRIT’s Dr. Sue Rhee & Dr. Robert VanBuren in Nature Comms!

Their paper maps out the future of desiccation tolerance research—calling for exactly the kind of coordination C-SPIRIT was built to support. 🌿💧

Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#PlantScience #PlantResilience

🌱🔬 Small but mighty! This new review decodes how small peptides act as master regulators of plant growth and stress resilience. A great resource for advancing sustainable crop science and adaptation in a changing climate.

#PlantResilience

Life on the dry side: a roadmap to understanding desiccation tolerance and accelerating translational applications - Nature Communications Desiccation tolerance is an extreme adaptation to water limitation. Here the authors envisage a roadmap to advance desiccation tolerance research, highlight key knowledge gaps, call for standardizatio...

📜 Life on the dry side: a roadmap to understanding desiccation tolerance and accelerating translational applications

🧑‍🔬 R. A. Marks, J. T. B. Ekwealor, M. J. Oliver, Sue Y. Rhee, et al.

📔 @naturecomms.bsky.social

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantResilience #PlantStress

MSU Plant Resilience Institute scientists have united the global community to call for advancing #plantresilience. Read the finalized version of their @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social article, "Resilient plants, sustainable future," out now for free: doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...

Continuing with “Understanding plant resilience against climate change through the lens of a thermophilic plant” by Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee. Investigating how plants adapt to warming climates. #PlantResilience #ClimateChange

The Hidden Role of Plants in Climate Change Explained The Climate Crisis: Are Plants Contributing to Global Warming? As the world grapples with escalating climate change, emerging research suggests a troubling trend: plants, which are often seen as essential allies in combating global warming, might be inadvertently contributing to it. This phenomenon occurs when rising temperatures lead plants to lose an increased amount of water, thereby diminishing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide.

READ THIS ARTICLE IN FULL ON-LINE: #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #Plants #CarbonSink #ClimateChange #Photosynthesis #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability #Biosphere2 #Ecology #HeatStress #PlantResilience #WaterLoss #ClimateResearch #Ecosystems #ClimateMitigation

How plants adapt to survive a changing climate Plants survive climate change using genetic variations. Scientists studied Marchantia polymorpha to find key adaptation traits.

How plants adapt to survive a changing climate: Plants survive climate change using genetic variations. Scientists studied Marchantia polymorpha to find key adaptation traits.

#ClimateAdaptation #PlantResilience #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalChange #SustainableEcosystems #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap

Resilient plants, sustainable future The accelerated pace of climate change over the past several years should serve as a wake-up call for all scientists, farmers, and decision makers, as it severely threatens our food supply and could result in famine, migration, war, and an overall destabilization of our society. Rapid and significant changes are therefore needed in the way we conduct research on plant resilience, develop new crop varieties, and cultivate those crops in our agricultural systems. Here, we describe the main bottlenecks for these processes and outline a set of key recommendations on how to accelerate research in this critical area for our society.

📜 Resilient plants, sustainable future

🧑‍🔬 Seung Y. Rhee, @apmweber.bsky.social, et al.

📙 Trends in Plant Science

🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #ClimateChange #Agriculture #Sustainability #PlantStress #PlantResilience

Corn growing at MSU's southwest research field.

Given the rapid pace of climate change, innovative solutions for #plantresilience are crucial to ensure global food security. Read more about the urgency of advancing plant resilience in this Michigan State University PRI-led article for free for a limited time: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kDGg4rGdj...

🌱🎉Announcing our second featured speaker for the 9th Annual Plant Science Symposium: Dr. Sue Rhee, direct of MSU's Plant Resilience Institute. Want to learn more?

Register for our FREE 2-day symposium (In-person & Online)!
www.ufplants.org/symposium

#PlantScience #PlantResilience #PSS2025

The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plants, crops, and ecosystems: how should we prep... Human activity is altering our climate increasing the intensity and complexity of stressors impacting plants and crops simultaneously or sequentially. Here, we discuss the different sources of these ....

📜 The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plants, crops, and ecosystems: how should we prepare for what comes next?

🧑‍🔬 Sara I. Zandalinas, Ron Mittler, et al.

📔 The Plant Journal

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#️⃣ (Feeds) #PlantScience #PlantResilience #PlantImmunity