#PlantScience from #CellBiology to #Ecosystems, or what we call #Botany. Weblog of the Annals of Botany Company, a charity dedicated to promoting the study of #plants.
Public Key
npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Profile Code
nprofile1qqsfpustgcpkmjp82j2sjwmhkv3rfe59jp784ujxmjp8fe3usj2z38cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qp34v59
Show more details
Published at
2026-08-01T21:16:43Z Event JSON
{
"id": "882e891e9c20a25f5561c09475734a8d9f7eafdc3f2404d70d90de480f155af9" ,
"pubkey": "90f20b46036dc8275495093b77b32234e685907c7af246dc8274e63c8494289f" ,
"created_at": 1785619003 ,
"kind": 0 ,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://botany.social/users/botanyone",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "{\"name\":\"Botany One\",\"about\":\"#PlantScience from #CellBiology to #Ecosystems, or what we call #Botany. Weblog of the Annals of Botany Company, a charity dedicated to promoting the study of #plants.\",\"picture\":\"https://cdn.masto.host/botanysocial/accounts/avatars/109/253/315/722/118/236/original/b6385ed275cf0d3e.png\",\"banner\":\"https://cdn.masto.host/botanysocial/accounts/headers/109/253/315/722/118/236/original/136c69db05f39672.png\",\"nip05\":\"[email protected] \",\"fields\":[[\"Website\",\"https://www.botany.one\"],[\"LinkedIn\",\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/botanyone/\"],[\"Bluesky\",\"https://bsky.app/profile/botany.one\"],[\"Non-Profit - All Science\",\"https://annalsofbotanycompany.co.uk\"]]}" ,
"sig": "3d5d2e4a49345b566c64db6c8d496f7312d4eb782795083386f2f4bdd4225630c4a6e3747a3ad518823a44aa65a52e55dcf5a55c9f7ac2789258c191a78c8894"
}
Last Notes npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Plant Hunt npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Research assignment holders - Arboriculture and forest systems (Prof. Zanotelli, Damiano - pos. 1) - FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN - BOLZANO npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One @nprofileā¦gydw I love that. I can see why you'd thank as a group if it were on physical pages, but it's nice to see it done in PDF. And I like that the journal has accepted this too because someone could have asked "Do we need all ten thousand names?" npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One How Thousands of Phone Snapshots Solved a Flower Colour Mystery npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One @nprofileā¦gt80 Interesting question. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Why Would the Plant Next Door Smell Different? npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Sudoku Garden npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One When Beetles Take the Lead in Orchid Romance npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Introducing Hot Botany npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Luiza Teixeira-Costa: Strange Lives of Plants and Their Human Stories npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Healing at What Cost? The Conservation Status of Britainās Herbs npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One What if a Flower Never Needed a Pollinator at All? npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One The Week in Botany March 23, 2026 npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One @nprofileā¦qysn I saw the thermal photo, and thought it was worth sharing. Itās a very vivid demonstration of the heat they produce. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Symplocarpus foetidus npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Plant Hunt npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Secrets of the Living Library npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Sudoku Garden npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Sowing for a Warmer Britain: Are Wildflower Seeds Climate-Ready? npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Shh! Here's a new thing I haven't launched yet that you can peek at: Hot Botany Near You npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Earthworms: The Invisible Gardeners of Tropical Bryophytes npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One @nprofileā¦xjxf I'll let you know if I find anything helpful, but I think that might be a case where you have to know the art styles of the period before you can say anything. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One News for iNaturalist Botanists. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Rising From the Ashes with the Sunbirds npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Tracing the origins of Stradivariās resonance wood npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Understanding plant resilience by putting photosynthesis and photorespiration in the metabolic context | Planta | Springer Nature Link https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00425-026-04961-9 npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One From growth potential to drought survival: a traitā and timeābased framework for plant water economics across vascular species npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Productores de yerba y mandioca hacia la agricultura regenerativa https://www.primeraedicion.com.ar/nota/101085864/productores-de-yerba-y-mandioca-apuestan-a-la-agricultura-regenerativa/ npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Sulfur in Dialogue with Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Iron: Regulatory Networks in Plant Nutrient Homeostasis npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Time running out to rescue āforgotten forestsā under plantations, charity warns npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Do stomatal traits modulate leaf microbiome assembly?https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70914 npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Can your tree do this? npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One @nprofileā¦qysn Yes. From my point of view outside the US, it's not all relevant, but the general approach is sound and accessible. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One getting comfortable with being uncomfortableĀ ā patter https://patthomson.net/2026/03/08/getting-comfortable-with-being-uncomfortable/ npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Light of the Future npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One World's largest urban coffee plantation welcomes new trees in Brazil npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Restoration of Brazilās Atlantic Forest may hinge on market for native plants npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Are Weeds Hurting Your LawnāOr Helping It? npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One The Week in Botany March 9, 2026 npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Rare pink daffodils might be growing in your garden - could you spot one? npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Assam Faces Ecological Loss as Over One Lakh Mature Trees Felled Since 2016 npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Drones and AI used to help farmers tackle weeds npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One How a Brazilian botanist uses Taylor Swift to teach plant science npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Las semillas de Salamanca que duermen en la bĆ³veda del fin del mundo de Svalbard npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Rootle npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Lights, Camera, Bloom! npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Ancient lands beneath Neanderthal feet npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One JerĆ³nimo VĆ”zquez-RamĆrez: From Eating Capulines to Researching Arctic Seeds npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One BogotĆ” Through Butterfly Eyes npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One The Week in Botany March 2, 2026 npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Plant Hunt npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Sudoku Garden npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Flora in Focus: A Journey into the Microscopic Life of Plants npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One When Flowers Go Silent npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Plant Hunt npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Will spring aid Omics? npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Sudoku Garden npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Cycads attract beetles with heat in the night npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One (Many edits because the link attachments didn't travel across from Buffer.) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Medinets, S. et al. (2025) āNutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture,ā Communications earth & environment, 6(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02826-9 (FREE) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One āWe propose that an Integrated Nutrient Management Plan for Ukraine be incorporated into the agriculture sector recovery under the Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction (URR) budget, which currently accounts for 10.5% of the total planned URR budget of USD 524 billion.ā (14/15) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Zhang et al. (2015) show integrated management, blending organic manure with precision-applied synthetic fertilisers, can improve nutrient efficiency. The Medinets study recommends exactly this approach: recycle that wasted manure, apply fertilisers precisely, & restore soil health. (12/15) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Worse, the FAO/World Bank found Ukraine's chernozems were already degraded by poor management and erosion, losing 500 million tonnes of soil yearly. That's 10 tonnes of soil eroded for every tonne of grain produced. The war is turning a chronic problem into a catastrophe. (10/15) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Sergiy Medinets and colleagues looked at three key nutrients, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), for wheat, maize and sunflowers. The authors find a gradual decline in NPK in the soil, then the war started and things changed dramatically. (4/15) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Medinets et al look at modernisation. Modern agriculture treats manure as a waste product not a resource. Livestock farms & crop farms operate separately, making it difficult to recycle nutrients. In Ukraine, this separation means 90% of manure produced, worth $2.2bn, never reaches cropland. (11/15) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One š»šŖ War is turning Ukraineās fertiliser problem into a catastrophe š§Ŗ npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One The World Food Programme says that Ukraineās exports of wheat, sunflower oil, and peas, help feed 400 million people worldwide. The WFP is working to overcome attacks on Black Sea ports, & ship food to Africa & the Middle East. This new study, by Medinets and colleagues finds a new challenge. (3/15) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Bioengineer.org reports on a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment that shows the war in Ukraine is causing its soils to lose vital crop nutrients. It threatens to leave Ukraine with a long-term drop in crop production, & the repercussions could be felt far beyond Europe. (2/15) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Everyone agrees we should save pollinators, but do we only consider the cute ones? AndrĆ©s Pereira-Guaqueta on a pollinator for Balanophora tobiracola. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One A study of over 30 community gardens in Berlin and Munich found that urban gardens are not as similar in plant species as previously thought, showing the importance of urban gardens in supporting biodiversity. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Analysing the calcium isotope ratios in the teeth of three herbivorous dinosaurs found together has revealed how dinosaurs, all after plants to eat, could exist side-by-side through niche separation. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Gunfire doesn't stop Botany. Researchers uncovered over 4,600 previously unrecognised specimens collected during the First World War, shedding light on the resilience of scientific curiosity and the importance of documenting biodiversity, even in conflict. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One @nprofileā¦uwy3 The only study that comes to mind on efficacy is a French one on Nepthenes and hornets. If I remember correctly, they found the plants didn't need to catch many hornets. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Farmers are doing their best, but climate change is playing havoc with traditional skills in adjusting seasonal planting. Anning et al 2022 find farmers now report intensifying sun, erratic rainfall, and increased bushfires as well as increased tree dieback. Itās also turbocharging pathogens. (4/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One What appeared to be a complicated genetic response to pathogens has been tracked. Baruah et al. (2024) identified specific gene expression patterns that distinguish resistant from susceptible cocoa varieties showing 1,625-6,957 differentially expressed genes during pathogen attack. (7/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Gene editing offers unprecedented precision in developing climate-resilient crops, but whether the consumer is going to accept it remains to be seen. Prices are already shifting consumers to gummy sweets. Without help 5 million farmers who depend on chocolate for a living will be in trouble. (8/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Phytophthora, which causes black pod disease, and has been destroying 20-30% of pods before harvest annually. Combatting it through breeding is difficult. Traditional breeding is slow, using Cacao trees that take 5-7 years to mature. CRISPR offers to speed things up. (5/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Itās a serious problem in West Africa, which produces 70% of the worldās cocoa. Rising temperatures are causing problems for farmers and rising temperatures are not abating. The result? Cocoa prices have surged 136% since 2022, with futures crossing $10,000/metric ton. (3/8) https://botany.one/2025/04/could-climate-change-and-pollinator-loss-turn-chocolate-back-into-an-expensive-delicacy/ npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Story source: Food Dive, https://botany.fyi/ps7vcy npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Recent research shows itās feasible. Fister et al. (2018) achieved the first successful CRISPR editing in cacao, targeting the TcNPR3 gene that suppresses plant defenses. Results showed 27% gene deletion rate and enhanced resistance to the Phytophthora tropicalis pathogen. (6/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One š« Chocolate fights climate change with gene editing š§Ŗ npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Food Dive has a blog post about Mars, makers of Snickers, M&Ms and the Milky Way, licencing CRISPR gene-editing from Pairwise to create disease-resistant cocoa plants. The aim is to use the genes cacao trees already have to help them fight stress and disease. (2/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One @nprofileā¦uwy3 I'm usually wary of claims that carnivorous plants can help with pests, but I can see how Pinguicula specifically to target fungus gnats would be a good idea. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One This is a problem, as higher latitudes are expected to change rapidly with rising temperatures, but Gonzalez et al write: āWe have low confidence in our knowledge of the pace, magnitude, and drivers of biodiversity change for most areas of the countryās land and waters.ā (4/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One The problem is accessibility. 88% of Canada's plant observations are within 1km of roads and 91% within 2km. And roads are mainly in the south. This means vast northern ecosystems, rare plant habitats, and Indigenous territories remain virtually unmonitored. (3/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One The Canadian Biodiversity Observation Network aims to unite Indigenous knowledge holders, researchers, and new technology (eDNA, AI, remote sensing) to create a national plant monitoring system, making the data available for easy use for anyone who needs it. (6/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Gonzalez, A. et al. (2025) āA Biodiversity Observation Network to support conservation action and mainstream knowledge in Canada,ā Facets (Ottawa), 10, pp. 1ā19. Available at: https://doi.org/pz3z npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Without tracking plant community shifts, itās hard to direct action where itās needed. The authors say: āThe spread of species northwards in response to climate change may create novel ecological communities, which in some regions will bring about the loss of traditional ecosystem servicesā¦ā (5/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Gonzalez and colleagues write: āCanada is at a critical juncture, presented with great opportunity now to invest in and build the BON to serve its biodiversity needs into the future. Now is the time for action.ā (7/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One āAssembling a CAN BON would demonstrate the value of understanding how nature and natureās contributions to people are changing in response to conservation action; this is an important step along the pathway to attaining an equitable and nature-positive society by 2050.ā (8/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One š±How Canada plans to plug biodiversity data gaps with CAN BON š§Ŗ npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Canada is in a region where the effects of climate change will be strongest. Scientists need to track plant diversity across temperate forests, Arctic tundra, and prairie grasslands spanning from Pacific to Atlantic to Arctic oceans, but right now they only have scattered data points. (2/8) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One "When you need to do something new, donāt waste time trying to reinvent the wheel. Ask someone who already knows how to do it. Learning from experienced peers or mentors will save you time, frustration, and help you grow faster as a scientist." npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One Gina Errico reports on a new technique that allows measuring growth in samples, without cutting them to count rings. npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One The team plan further research to see how microbiomes vary across global regions and climates. āThere is a massive reservoir of unexplored biodiversity ā countless microbial species living inside the world's trees that we've never documented,ā says Gewirtzman. (6/7) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One āWe need to catalog and understand these communities before climate change potentially shifts them. Some of these microbes could hold keys to promoting tree growth, conferring disease resistance, or producing useful compounds we haven't discovered yet.ā (7/7) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One They found distinct communities in the wood. In the sapwood the microbes were aerobic, meaning they need oxygen. But deeper in the tree, in the heartwood, they found the microbes were happy without. These microbes are actively producing gases and cycling nutrients. (4/7) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One āOne of the things I found most interesting was how these microbiomes varied across different species,ā said Arnold. āFor example, sugar maples hosted a very different community than the one within pines, and these differences were consistent and conserved.ā (5/7) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One The wood of living trees is Earth's largest biomass reservoir storing 300+ gigatons of carbon. Yet, despite microbiome research being a hot topic, itās gone largely unexplored. Now Wyatt Arnold, Jonathan Gewirtzman and other colleagues have published research on microbes inside living trees. (2/7) npub1jreqk3srdhyzw4y4pyah0vezxnngtyru0teydhyzwnnrepy59z0srxvtkn Botany One š³š¦ Tree-Microbe relationships run deep š§Ŗ
