The Global Plant Council
@globalplantgpc
Global coalition of plant/crop science societies seeking to develop #plantscience. Curated by @isabelmyp.bsky.social
Why natural forests survive heat waves better than planted forests New research reveals a balance between two important aspects of forest resilience: the ability to resist damage during a weather event and the ability to recover afterward. buff.ly/LY0G1XR #PlantScience #Forest
Rice Grown on the Moon? Securing sustainable food supplies is a key challenge for long-term human exploration and potential habitation of the Moon. buff.ly/zsxSNyP v Tohoku University #PlantScience
The evolutionary secret of the California poppy The biosynthesis pathways of alkaloids and carotenoids in this flowering desert plant are the result of different evolutionary processes. buff.ly/ZZPSKDh via @jlugiessen.bsky.social #PlantScience
Scientists uncover how protein helps plants grow in early stages buff.ly/1Mo22VF via Rice University #PlantScience
How Plants Rebalance Their Energy under Stress When under stress, plants cut back on energy production to focus on breaking down damaged proteins. buff.ly/gOmDH6e via @ruhr-uni-bochum.de #PlantScience
Last of its kind: Critically Endangered tree clinging to cliffside finds hope at Kew and Logan Botanic Garden Conservationists are in a race against time to prevent one of the world’s rarest island plants from disappearing forever. buff.ly/hglX0rq via @rbgkew.bsky.social #PlantScience
Why plant cells need heme: Hidden signal reshapes photosynthesis gene control buff.ly/zYTix5w via University of Tokyo #PlantScience
Genome editing turns red lettuce green and increases beneficial flavonoid content buff.ly/TYyP5Lj via University of Tsukuba #PlantScience
📷 Spotlight: Hormone-Induced Plant Stress Adaptation — Brassinosteroids and Beyond One of six Research Topics in the 2026 GPC × @frontiersin.bsky.social Call: globalplantcouncil.org/ecri/ecri-ou... 📷 Deadline is aproaching: 31 August 2026
🏮REMEMBER WEBINAR TOMORROW🏮 📢 Join us and The Plant Journal for our 4th webinar together! 🗓️ June 30th ⏰ 15:00 CEST Reserve your spot today: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Feel free to share with colleagues who may be interested. We look forward to seeing you there with us!
Last of its kind: Critically Endangered tree clinging to cliffside finds hope at Kew and Logan Botanic Garden Conservationists are in a race against time to prevent one of the world’s rarest island plants from disappearing forever. buff.ly/hglX0rq via @rbgkew.bsky.social #PlantScience
How Plants Rebalance Their Energy under Stress When under stress, plants cut back on energy production to focus on breaking down damaged proteins. buff.ly/gOmDH6e via @ruhr-uni-bochum.de #PlantScience
📢 New webinar announcement 📢 Discover how structural biology is reshaping our understanding of the molecular machinery in photosynthetic life. 🗓️ June 30th ⏰ 15:00 CEST To register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Feel free to share!
6️⃣ Abiotic Stress and Plant Cytoskeleton Dynamics Deadline: 19 Nov 2026 Actin, microtubules, and how plants hold themselves together under salt, drought, microplastics. globalplantcouncil.org/ecri/ecri-ou... (7/8)
5️⃣ Molecular Characterization of Humic Substances, Vol. III Deadline: 10 Nov 2026 Mechanism-driven studies only. globalplantcouncil.org/ecri/ecri-ou... (6/8)
4️⃣ Legumes for Global Food Security, Vol. III Deadline: 30 Sep 2026 Climate-resilient legumes — physiology to policy. globalplantcouncil.org/ecri/ecri-ou... (5/8)
3️⃣ Enhancing Agricultural Systems with Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes Deadline: 30 Sep 2026 PGPM formulations, multi-omics, precision ag integration. globalplantcouncil.org/ecri/ecri-ou... (4/8)
2️⃣ Plant–Nematode–Microbiome Networks in Sustainable Biological Control Deadline: 7 Sep 2026 Holobiont thinking applied to nematode suppression. globalplantcouncil.org/ecri/ecri-ou... (3/8)
🌱 Plant science early career researchers — The Global Plant 2026 @frontiersin.bsky.social Call is now open! 4 full APC waivers. 6 Research Topics. Deadlines Aug–Nov. Thread with all six topics + deadlines 👇 globalplantcouncil.org/ecri/ecri-ou... (1/8)
New analysis of nearly 40 years of data from three tracts of North American grassland confirms what researchers have long said: that biodiversity can be a natural defense against climate threats. buff.ly/KMXrLyi via @michiganstateu.bsky.social #PlantScience
Tracing the evolutionary history of chemical warfare between plants and insects A new study connects plant and insect physiology, chemical ecology, molecular function, and evolutionary analysis to offer a new perspective on plant–insect coevolution buff.ly/KE1cPNa via @NTU_TW #PlantScience #Plants
Barley #plants produce unique antifungal compounds called hordedanes. But one of them, B. sorokiniana, exploits these defenses to thrive. By neutralizing theme, it extends its parasitic phase, showcasing the evolutionary battle between plants and pathogens. buff.ly/5LV93xB...
Uncovering how parasitic plants avoid attacking themselves to improve crop resistance Researchers uncovered how glucosylation of lignin-derived signals enables parasitic plants to avoid attacking themselves and related plants buff.ly/E02e14U via NAIST #PlantScience
Plant discovery could lead to new ways of producing medicines Scientists have shown how plants produce natural chemicals that could help in the production of new medicines in more environmentally friendly ways. buff.ly/LQl04Wa via Uni Of York #PlantScience
How an alga makes the most of dim light by rearranging ordinary chlorophyll Researchers have found that a freshwater alga captures far-red light as an additional energy source by arranging ordinary chlorophyll in an extraordinary way. buff.ly/xZXGtED via Osaka Metropolitan Univ #PlantScience
Young maritime pine trees retain a memory of early temperature conditions through epigenetic changes; marks persist for up to 2 years post-germination. Discovery shows how trees could be conditioned to adapt to climate change. buff.ly/40hLTKy... via @inrae-france.bsky.social
No longer extinct, just critically endangered Citizen science platforms including iNaturalist are leading to major new discoveries and are becoming crucial to the work of scientists. buff.ly/uDgXY04 via University of New South Wales #PlantScience
Key survival strategy for soybeans during heat and drought identify Study reveals that soybeans use a natural targeted cooling mechanism to protect reproduction under tough weather conditions. buff.ly/dD2Or89 via Mizzou #PlantScience
A new technique predicts the ripeness of fruit by analysing leaves A new method analyses the biochemical changes in the leaves closest to the fruit without damaging it. buff.ly/TZOIHcF via @urv.cat #PlantScience