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Francisco Navarro-Rosales @navarrosales.bsky.social · 6d

Interested in learning about research into Cerrado fire ecology? Curious to hear about my views and experiences in plant sciences? Check out this new interview @botany.one

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Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊

Francisco Navarro-Rosales: Studying Plant Resilience in the Cerrado and Beyond

Botany One interviews Francisco Navarro-Rosales, a PhD student fascinated by fire ecology in tropical ecosystems.

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 21d

🎉We invite you to meet Gláucia Silva author of the recently published article doi.org/p256 and PhD student at Systematic Botany laboratory at UFRN. Get to know her and her passion for plant awareness🧵
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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 25d

🎉 Great news! The paper ‘The role of ecological niche and seed mass in macroevolution of germination tolerance to salinity’ in @annbot by Keyvan Maleki and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/p53x

@meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social
#PlantScience #PlantReproduction #ClimateChange

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Botany One @botany.one · 27d

"Look for something that you are really passionate about in Botany, what makes your heart beat faster;" @glauceae.bsky.social shares her thoughts in Botany One.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

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Yuanshu Pu @yuansoup.bsky.social · Sep 11

First PhD paper out!🎉
Dive in here to see how past frugivores and present human pressure jointly shape seed size distributions on Madagascar: doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Huge thanks to Alexander Zizka and my supervisor Renske Onstein @renskeonstein.bsky.social
. Excited to keep going on this journey!

Legacy of the Lost and Pressure of the Present: Malagasy Plant Seeds Retain Megafauna Dispersal Signatures but Downsize Under Human Pressure

Using structural equation models, we show that Malagasy assemblages with higher human pressure have smaller maximum seed sizes, especially through downsizing of extant frugivores. Furthermore, among ...

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨 Applications are open for the 2026 JXB Editorial Internships! 🚨

🌱 Designed for ECRs, you will gain behind-the-scenes publishing experience, write commentary pieces & join the JXB Editorial Board meeting next year 👩‍💻✈️

Deadline: 30 Sept 2025

👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns

#PlantScience 🧪

JXB EDITORIAL
INTERNSHIPS 2026
Who is this for?
• Early career researchers (2-8 yrs postgrad/postdoc experience)
What will you do?
• Assess submitted manuscripts (with editorial mentorship)
• Write commentary articles for publication in JXB
• (Optional) Join JXB's social media activities
Benefits for you:
• Gain editorial & publishing experience
• Career development as a researcher
• Free SEB membership (1 year)
• Invitation to JXB's Editorial Board meeting in 2026
Apply by 30th September 2025
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Botany One @botany.one · Sep 9

How the Tlahuica-Pjiekakjoo Keep Their Mycological Heritage Thriving

A decade-long collaboration reveals how an endangered Indigenous group holds unparalleled knowledge of wild fungi, and how they’re passing it on to future generations.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

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Botany One @botany.one · Sep 4

"Diversity of perspectives and knowledge stimulates creativity, and collaborative work enables projects that would be impossible to achieve alone." - Dr. Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

Photo of Dr. Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona smiling at the camera.

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · Sep 3

Wrote a quick explainer of the new paper, led by @kheyduk.bsky.social showing that Joshua trees can use water-saving CAM photosynthesis, which should be mighty handy for a desert plant facing hotter summers and more stressful droughts 🌿

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New publication: How Joshua trees switch up their photosynthesis game

Joshua tree seedings in one of the JTGP experimental gardens (jby) Joshua trees can beat the heat of the desert with the help of a special form of photosynthesis, according to data presented in the…

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Botany One @botany.one · Aug 29

Seedling emergence is catastrophically affected by depth of volcanic ash

5 cm of volcanic ash leads to the loss of seedling emergence on the volcanic island of La Palma, likely affecting succession for decades after a recent eruption.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

A pine cone and a tiny seedling on otherwise barren volcanic ash.

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Mason McNair, PhD (he/him) @sarraceniamason.bsky.social · Aug 28

We still need >60 plant submissions for the Botany & Dragons Bestiary! Please share the flyer with your students! #iamabotanist #plantsci #ttrpg forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌱Check the newly published article ‘Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advance organizers for meaningful learning in Botany’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gláucia Silva and co-authors 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/p256

#AoBpapers #PlantAwareness #Botany

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · Aug 17

Underground networks of mycorrhizal fungi quietly support life on Earth, but scientists say they're often overlooked. A new digital atlas puts the spotlight on these hidden ecosystems and where they need more protection. 🌍🍄

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Photo of a women smiling. Text says: "Plants wouldn’t be able to
acquire their nutrients without those fungi. So that’s really eye-opening
for people, that agriculture depends on these fungi to thrive. —Dr. Adriana Corrales"

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Botany One @botany.one · Aug 18

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.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

A patchwork of green in the city

Wild plants in city gardens are defying expectations and keeping urban biodiversity alive and surprising.

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International Society for Seed Science @intlsocseedsci.bsky.social · Aug 14

In black grass, one of the most important weeds in Central European cereal fields, winter cold during vegetative growth boosts seed dormancy in the offspring. A study in #SeedScienceResearch links this to epigenetic changes, influencing weed emergence patterns in crops.

Vernalization enforces seed dormancy in the agricultural weed Alopecurus myosuroides (Huds.) | Seed Science Research | Cambridge Core

Vernalization enforces seed dormancy in the agricultural weed Alopecurus myosuroides (Huds.)

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International Society for Seed Science @intlsocseedsci.bsky.social · Aug 12

This year's ISSS Conference brings you not only fascinating talks, but also four exciting workshops to deepen your knowledge in cutting-edge aspects of #SeedScience: from statistical modelling to lab protocols! 🫘🌱 Check the following link for the full programme 👉 : isss2025.com.au

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Botany One @botany.one · Aug 15

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.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

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Botany One @botany.one · Aug 13

Liedson Carneiro: "I believe it’s essential to build a strong foundation in natural history. Observing organisms in their environments and understanding their traits and behaviors sharpens your intuition and helps you ask meaningful questions."

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

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Botany One @botany.one · Aug 6

"We resubmitted the paper elsewhere, and for the next 10 years, it was the most cited publication of my career."

Dr Juliane Ishida on the importance of perseverance in publishing papers

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

Dr. Juliane Ishida, a smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a black sleeveless top and pearl earrings, photographed against a lush green backdrop of leafy plants with small pink flowers.

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · Aug 6

🐝🌸Join us to explore the newly published paper “Evolutionary consequences of flowering–pollinator asynchrony: The case of a floral oil-producing plant and its oil-collecting bees” in @annbot.bsky.social t by Liedson Tavares Carneiro @liedcarneiro.bsky.social and co-authors. (1/7)

👉 doi.org/g9v97c

Evolutionary consequences of flowering–pollinator asynchrony: The case of a floral oil-producing plant and its oil-collecting bees

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Botany One @botany.one · Aug 1

The Flower That Defies Its Genus

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Scientists studying Cryptanthus bahianus found it might represent an ancestral state - showing us what bromeliads were like before some species switched to using perfume instead of nectar to attract pollinators.

#Botany #PlantScience

Cryptanthus bahianus: The Flower That Defies Its Genus

The exception that proves the rule: Cryptanthus bahianus takes the sweet route, not the aromatic one

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · Jul 29

🌱Annals of Botany invites submissions to the new Special Issue "Exploring seed development, structure and physiology", edited by AoB editors Gabriela Auge and Chunhui Zhang. (1/4)

#seeds #plantscience #specialissue
‪@gabyplantbio.bsky.social‬

Flyer announcing the Annals of Botany Special Issue titled 'Exploring Seed Development, Structure and Physiology,' with editors Gabriela Auge, Chunhui Zhang, Maria Crepy, Mariel Gerrard Wheeler, and Hannetz Roschzttardt. Submission deadline: June 30, 2026. The right side features a multicolored maize cob against a black background.

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Botany One @botany.one · Jul 28

The Chemical Lives of Trees: Why No Two Are Exactly Alike

New research reveals every tree has a unique "chemical fingerprint" - even within the same species. 300 trees studied across 10 species show distinct metabolite profiles.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

The Chemical Lives of Trees: Why No Two Are Exactly Alike

Individual trees carry their own chemical signatures and they may be rewriting the rules of how ecosystems work.

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · Jul 29

Good morning #botany2025! Go ahead and put the Belonging in Botany panel on your schedules and come hear from immigrant scientists in our community about their experiences and challenges. 11-12, Ventura.

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