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Hannah Stabb @hannah-stabb.bsky.social · 16d

Another bold colour added to the genome editing palette. Can’t wait to see how bridge recombinases reshape what’s possible in genome engineering.

Megabase-scale human genome rearrangement with programmable bridge recombinases | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Megabase-scale human genome rearrangement with programmable bridge recombinases

Bridge recombinases are naturally occurring RNA-guided DNA recombinases that we previously demonstrated can programmably insert, excise, and invert DNA in vitro and in Escherichia coli. In this study,...

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · 2d

🧪Engineering Gossypol-Free Cottonseeds for Future Global Food Security and Agricultural Sustainability
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Engineering Gossypol‐Free Cottonseeds for Future Global Food Security and Agricultural Sustainability

This study depicting the role of transcriptomics, RNA interference (RNAi), and CRISPR/Cas9 technologies in the breeding of glandless cottonseed and glanded cotton tissues. This approach demonstrates ....

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · 2d

Challenges and Limitations in Recycling of Post-Consumer Cotton Denim Waste into New Textiles
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Challenges and Limitations in Recycling of Post-Consumer Cotton Denim Waste into New Textiles

This study investigates the feasibility of recycling post-consumer cotton denim waste into new yarns by examining the effects of recycled fibers percentage, twist level, and spinning methods (ring ...

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Drhoz @drhoz.bsky.social · 24d

drhoz.tumblr.com/post/7950385... #3117 - Athetis tenuis

A Noctuid found in all of Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand.

Great Southern BioBlitz 2024, Wongan Hills - Christmas Rock

#3117 - Athetis tenuis

A Noctuid found in all of Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand. The larvae have been found feeding on the stems of young Cotton plants (Gossypium species), of which Australia has a few endemics,....

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · 23d

The Polyploid Continuum and Landscape of Polyploid Genomic Variation
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The Polyploid Continuum and Landscape of Polyploid Genomic Variation

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Sep 4

🏆2025 AACS Service to Cotton Science Award🏆

Goes to Kristen Knight tinyurl.com/5ep5vbxc

Kristen is Bayer’s Australian lead for insect traits, focusing on resistance mechanisms in lepidopteran & sucking pests to guide the dev of future trait platforms & improve pest management

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Sep 4

🏆2025 AACS Scientific Publication Award 🏆

Goes to Arun Chandra Manivannan et al.
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Textile Recycling’s Hidden Problem: Surface-Modified Fiber Fragments Emitted at Every Stage. Environmental Science & Technology

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Textile Recycling’s Hidden Problem: Surface-Modified Fiber Fragments Emitted at Every Stage

Chemical recycling methods for post-consumer textile waste are effective for sustainable textile waste management. However, recycling synthetic and blended (cotton and synthetic) textiles can contribu...

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Sep 4

🏆2025 AACS Early Career Scientist Award🏆

Goes to Manish Patel of CSIRO Agriculture & Food
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Leveraged AI & computer vision to detect & quantify Verticillium Wilt infection in cotton stems to aid breeding of resistant varieties
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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Sep 3

We celebrate new ⭐AACS Life Member- Stephen Yeates 🥳
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🌱Provided the foundation for successful cotton production to recommence in the Kimberley

🧪Showed the importance of understanding local factors in creating region-specific production systems

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Sep 3

We celebrate new ⭐AACS Life Member- Gary Fitt 🥳

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🐛 Made fundamental contributions to understanding the ecology of Helicoverpa spp. & other major pests

🗝️ Played a key role in integrating Bollgard varieties into Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for cotton

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Sep 2

🧪 Assessing the impact of later emerging broadleaf weeds on the critical period for weed control in high-yielding cotton
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Assessing the impact of later emerging broadleaf weeds on the critical period for weed control in high-yielding cotton | Weed Technology | Cambridge Core

Assessing the impact of later emerging broadleaf weeds on the critical period for weed control in high-yielding cotton

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Sep 1

Weed detection based on deep learning from UAV imagery: A review
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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · Aug 28

Genome analyses and breeding of polyploid crops
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Genome analyses and breeding of polyploid crops

Grant, V. Plant Speciation (Columbia Univ. Press, 1981). Masterson, J. Stomatal size in fossil plants: evidence for polyploidy in majority of angiosperms. Science 264, 421–424 (1994). Cui, L. et al. Widespread genome duplications throughout the history of flowering plants. Genome...

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧪 Patterns of domestication in upland cotton: a perspective from multielement stoichiometry
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WA News Daily 📰 @wanewsdaily.bsky.social · Aug 11

4. 🏭 A $60 million cotton gin has opened in Kununurra, Western Australia, allowing local growers to process cotton locally instead of transporting it to Queensland.

🏭 Cotton Gin Opens

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Aug 13

Affordable phenomics: Expanding access to enhancing genetic gain in plant breeding
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Affordable phenomics: Expanding access to enhancing genetic gain in plant breeding

Affordable phenomics approaches are emerging to address the needs of plant breeders and researchers. Internet of things, 3D printing, and open database platforms are affordable tools enhancing acces...

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Aug 13

Comprehensive Assessment of PeriodiCT Model for Canopy Temperature Forecasting
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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Aug 3

🧪 Master of Science Thesis by Diva Nicole Rigney 'Investigating Genetic Influences on Nutritive Value of Whole Cottonseed' @auburnuniversity.bsky.social
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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Aug 1

🧪 Quantitative genetic analysis of diamide resistance in Australian Spodoptera litura
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Quantitative genetic analysis of diamide resistance in Australian Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Scientific Reports - Quantitative genetic analysis of diamide resistance in Australian Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Jul 18

🧪 Beyond nature's clock: Accelerating genomic diversity through hypermutation
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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Jul 13

🧪 Nitrogen sources and sinks – Understanding the fate of nitrogen fertiliser when applied at various times and quantifying internally remobilised nitrogen in cotton
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Redirecting

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Species-specific phylloplane responses to changes in external pH
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Only Gossypium species displayed strong buffering
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Species-specific phylloplane responses to changes in external pH

Comparative transcriptomics analysis across species with a broad range of leaf-surface pH indicates the molecular mechanisms underlying differing buffering

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Jul 4

🧪 Identification of genetic basis underlying mature cotton fiber length through metabolite-based genome-wide association analysis
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Identification of genetic basis underlying mature cotton fiber length through metabolite‐based genome‐wide association analysis

Intracellular and cell wall metabolites of cotton fiber cells are believed to influence processes of cell elongation and cell wall synthesis, which have a profound effect on mature fiber length. How...

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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Jun 29

🧪 Comparative Genomics Reveals Ancient & Unique Pathogenicity Features in Australian Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum
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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · Jun 2

Have you wondered how cotton came to be that natural fibre we know & love? 🤔🧵❤️

Register for the #AACS Aus Cotton Res. Conf. & hear from
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'The fabric of a family tree'

More speakers & conference registration here: shorturl.at/dzfHm