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Meet the volunteer researchers behind TAIR12: Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, Czech Academy of Sciences - Phoenix Bioinformatics Scientists like Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková of the Czech Academy of Sciences chose to contribute to this work for the benefit of science. A. thaliana is key to understanding plant genetics, with implicatio...

Meet Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, of the Czech Academy of Sciences, one of the researchers behind #TAIR12, recently released on the ENA and NCBI. 🌾🧪🌱

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Red light, grower’s delight: Startup’s spray-on product transforms UV in greenhouses to improve crop performance - Farming Future Food Cambridge startup Lambda agri has developed a sprayable, biodegradable coating that converts UV light into red wavelengths, boosting greenhouse crop yields while cutting reliance on artificial lightin...

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Sprayable ‘origami’ RNA biopesticide shows promise for controlling caterpillar pests - Farming Future Food Scientists in China have developed a sprayable RNA “origami” biopesticide that improved control of beet armyworm caterpillars in early lab trials.

Some prolific crop pests are tough to control using conventional methods.

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A single‐MYB transcription factor GmMYB331 regulates seed oil accumulation and seed size/weight in soybean The soybean transcription factor GmMYB331 regulates oil content and seed size. Moderate expression of GmMYB331 significantly enhanced seed oil accumulation, and strong expression promoted increased s...

Manipulation of the gene for the MYB transcription factor GmMYB331 may be a breakthrough mechanism for breeding high-oil/high-yield #soybean cultivars.
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When 1–2 °C matters: climate warming reshapes maize disease and resistance networks This article comments on:Schwarz CG, Hartmann F, Zier C, van der Linde K. 2026. Characterization of the maize–Ustilago maydis interaction in a warming clim

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A leucine‐rich‐repeat receptor‐like kinase SERL1 phosphorylates and stabilizes OsALDH2B1 to promote alkaline tolerance and grain size in rice The rice aldehyde dehydrogenase OsALDH2B1 enhances grain size and tolerance to alkaline soil by repressing GRAIN SIZE 3 and activating catalases. SERL1-mediated phosphorylation stabilizes OsALDH2B1 u...

A #leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like kinase SERL1 #phosphorylates and stabilizes OsALDH2B1 to promote #alkaline tolerance and #grain size in #rice

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TALE Homeodomain Proteins in Plant Reproductive Development and Environmental Stress Resilience This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of the Three Amino acid Loop Extension (TALE) homeodomain gene family, integrating recent advances in structure, evolution, and mechanism to illuminat...

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From growth potential to drought survival: a trait‐ and time‐based framework for plant water economics across vascular species A framework of traits and strategies for drought adaptation is critical for understanding the effects of climate change on natural and cultivated plant communities. The ‘growth potential – stress sur...

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Integrating Physiological, Molecular, and Epigenetic Strategies for Drought–resilient Crops Drought is one of the most pressing environmental threats to global crop production, with its frequency and intensity escalating under climate change. To withstand water scarcity, plants deploy a s...

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February 2026 Newsletter: Future Crops Insights & Updates Stay updated with the Future Crops Centre's February 2026 newsletter. Download the latest insights and developments in the agricultural sector.

So much happens at the Future Crops Centre in three months. Check out our #industryplacements, #fieldwork, #cropscience, conferences, industry news, awards and more here: futurecropscentre.edu.au/newsletter-f...

A genotype‐independent and highly efficient Agrobacterium‐mediated soybean genetic transformation system A stable and efficient transformation system is crucial for functional genomics and trait improvement in soybean. This study developed a tissue culture based genetic transformation system incorporati...

🧪This tissue culture-based #genetic transformation system in #soybean significantly enhances transformation efficiency, shortens the transformation cycle, and demonstrates broad #genotype independence.
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🌍 Water-saving Strategies and Crop Adaptation
🌞Climate change is making drought a global challenge for food security. This review highlights how scientists use biotechnology to unlock the secrets of crop resilience and build a sustainable future.
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We are Hiring a Research Technician!
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Enjoying the Rothamsted PhD Symposium today - so many exciting posters and projects from single genes to tiny insects to wide agricultural landscapes @rothamsted.bsky.social #cropscience #phdlife

What does the new #TAIR12 Arabidopsis thaliana genome annotation look like?

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How Early Farmers Accidentally Bred Wheat to Fight Ancient cultivation created warrior plants. Modern breeding had to undo the damage.

Early farmers accidentally bred “warrior” wheat — plants shaped over millennia to fight neighbors for light and space. Then modern breeding had to undo all of it. A wild loop in crop evolution. #HumanEvolution #Archaeobotany #CropScience www.anthropology.net/p/how-early-...

🌾 Groundbreaking discovery in plant biology! Prof. Yan Changjie's team (Yangzhou Univ.) collaborating with Academician Zhang Qifa & Prof. Ouyang Yidan (HZAU) has cracked the evolutionary code of Gγ protein "tails" in crops!
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