Finding the most important plant questions in the world. A project by @BCAI_UoB and @NewPhyt. Tweets by @emilyxarmstrong.
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The sensationalism of the 'toxic' hemlock found near a Suffolk school, has sparked this great @BBCnews article about UK poisonous plants.
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DYK most native toxic plants evolved toxins to deter grazers like mammoths & aurochs, not to kill humans!
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100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
🌈The BES ALDER Network has produced a guide on using pronouns and gender-neutral language in order to help reduce misgendering in the ecological community!
Read it and share to help support LGBTQIA+ ecologists
#PrideMonth
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Great to see the @PlantQuestions project (part funded by @BCAI_UoB) featured in a @NaturePlants editorial: nature.com/articles/s41477-0… about the updated 100 important plant science questions recently published in @NewPhyt. #Plantsci @BristolBioSci @BristolUniMedia
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Our coverage of #WorldEnvironmentDay continues with the amazing work of our BCAI foundation, who are identifying the most urgent challenges for plant science!
Check out the paper (co-authored by @HarperHelen/@emilyxarmstrong/@PR0FG/@erlarson_phd) here:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
#Viewpoint: Re-examining the evidence for the mother tree hypothesis – resource sharing among trees via ectomycorrhizal networks
Nils Henriksson et al. 👇
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ALT Illustration of alternative C transfer pathways from a hypothetical donor tree to a receiving seedling.
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
New Phytologist is in the news! A recent paper by Traud Winkelmann was featured in New Scientist last week: newscientist.com/article/237…. You can also read an excellent summary of the 100 @PlantQuestions study by @alisonmsnyder in @axios: axios.com/2023/05/20/plant-p…
ALT Sticky glands on leaves of the liana Triphyophyllum peltatum that emerge when the plant turns carnivorous
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
🌎How will climate change alter the ability of plants to grow in different environments and how might plants evolve due to climate change?
Join us to read these @annbot papers to discover some answers to these questions taken from @PlantQuestions project (1/12)
ALT Question taken from New Phytologist article 'One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective' by Emily Armstrong and co-authors. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18771
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Happy celebration of "Fascination of Plants Day" with our 100PSQs |@PlantQuestions|
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100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
🦠How does the plant microbiome affect stress tolerance?
Let’s explore these @annbot papers that provide valuable clues to answer this question taken from @PlantQuestions project #PlantsFascinationWeek
ALT Question taken from New Phytologist article 'One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective' by Emily Armstrong and co-authors. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18771
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
For #PlantsFascinationWeek, @annbot are sharing some of our questions from the @PlantQuestions project - and highlighting some of their supporting papers. Excited to see how some of our questions are already being explored in the plant community! 💚🌱☘️🌵
🌿🌸🌱Welcome to #PlantsFascinationWeek!
To celebrate our fascination for plants, this week we’ll be sharing relevant plant science questions outlined on the @NewPhyt article buff.ly/42WPCwK together with the @annbot papers that contribute to address them. Stay tuned!
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
🌿🌸🌱Welcome to #PlantsFascinationWeek!
To celebrate our fascination for plants, this week we’ll be sharing relevant plant science questions outlined on the @NewPhyt article buff.ly/42WPCwK together with the @annbot papers that contribute to address them. Stay tuned!
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
Plant scientists!
What awesome facts should they include to get young people into plants? – at Cambridge, England
Our project wrangler @emilyxarmstrong and panel member @Russell_Arnott will be at this years #CheltSciFest talking about how amazing plants are for years 7-9 - tell us about your favourite plant and it might make it into our show! @CheltSciFest
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If you understand Afrikaans, please listen to my interview on the 100 most important questions facing plant science
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100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
Scientists identify 100 important questions facing plant science buff.ly/3lyH534 via @NewPhyt #plantscience
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
Harnessing social media as a driver of data collection, global collaboration, and international outreach - an amazing outcome for all involved @PlantQuestions
Plant Science Research Weekly -- One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective (New Phytol.) @emilyxarmstrong (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching) buff.ly/40LXZuJ
#PlantaePSRW
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
Plant Science Research Weekly -- One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective (New Phytol.) @emilyxarmstrong (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching) buff.ly/40LXZuJ
#PlantaePSRW
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
Calling all students - "Get Creative" with plants & send us your photos, art works or mixed media entries by 30th April, easy as B.U.C. to enter, results & prizes will be awarded at Student Botany Festival in July live at University of Nottingham and online... 🍃📸🎨🎥🩰💃🎶🪷🌻
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
Scientists identify 100 important questions facing plant science buff.ly/3lyH534 via @NewPhyt #plantscience
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
So when we were kids, our grandmothers used to say that don't pluck the leaf, the plant will cry and we as a kid used to think it's just a myth, plants don't have emotions. Turns out they were not completely wrong!! nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
100 Plant Science Questions retweeted
Scientists identify 100 important questions facing plant science @IPSiM4 @lacombebenoit1 @INRAE_DPT_BAP @INSB_CNRS @umontpellier @InstitutAgroMtp @NewPhyt ▶️link.infini.fr/FXhCKUTa
