New Methods paper in #SeedScienceResearch! #PlantScience #Botany #SeedScience 🧪
Heredia & Hanke present a protocol to measure photosynthetic activity in green developing seeds, a promising technique for investigating photosynthesis in non-foliar tissues 💡🟢🫘 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
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Data mechanics visualization of the significant (p-value < 0.05) differences in the two-way interaction of biometric features between soybean seeds displaying fast (O2 cluster 3) and intermediate (O2 cluster 7) respiration patterns. Red tiles in the heatmap indicate the presence (1) of a characteristic, while blue tiles represent its absence (0). The row-axis represents each soybean, colour-coded according to its respiration pattern (O2 cluster), as well as its round and batch. The column-axis represents each significant biometric characteristic, colour-coded based on its corresponding two-way interaction category. The presence or absence of the characteristic in the seed is colour-coded as red or blue, respectively. The row-axis dendrogram groups the oxygen consumption patterns based on similarities in biometric characteristics, while the column-axis dendrogram groups the features by type.
🌱 From Seed Science Research: Single-seed respiration in soybean correlates with spectral and morphological traits, showing imaging can noninvasively reveal seed physiological status. (Fushing Hsieh, Pedro Bello, Bárbara Blanco-Ulate)
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New year, already a busy one teaching #SeedScience & on our new @cropxr.bsky.social course on #ClimateResilientCrops 🌱
Being back with students is a great reminder of how curiosity matter in science.
Some reflections on my journey in an interview with @botany.one
Happy New Year & fresh starts!✨
With her leadership at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and dedication to collaboration and innovation, Dr [Name] will help guide ISSS toward a more connected, equitable, and globally engaged future for #SeedScience 🌱 🫘 (3/3).
🌱 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Si-Chong Chen has been elected as President-Elect of the International Society for Seed Science (ISSS)! 🎉
Her vision is to make ISSS an outward-facing, inclusive hub connecting rigorous seed science with global capacity building and EDI (1/3) #SeedScience 🧪
After #ISSS2025, we have seen quite a lot of movement among seed scientists here on Bluesky. If you want to make part of our Starter Pack, please leave a comment below! #SeedScience #PlantScience #Botany 🧪
Please help us grow our community of seed scientists on this social media! 🌱🫘
Presented single-cell 'omics work on seeds at the International Seed Testing Association & @intlsocseedsci.bsky.social webinar - what a blast! 🌱
Great questions from ~250 seed enthusiasts (academics + industry). Cool to see how lab science connects to real agricultural impacts.
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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
@annbot.bsky.social is preparing a Special Issue entitled "Exploring seed development, structure and physiology", edited by @gabyplantbio.bsky.social and Chunhui Zhang 🫘🌱 #SeedScience #PlantScience #Botany
Submissions' Deadline: June 30, 2026.
Big news in plant evolution! 🌿 Our recent paper in New Phytologist reveals how embryo size in seeds underwent major evolutionary shifts early in angiosperm history, often linked to major climate events! #PlantEvolution #SeedScience #PaleoClimate Read it here:
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Working with lithium chloride solutions to control relative humidity (niche, we know)? We just published a paper + app for you:
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🖥 pagoba.shinyapps.io/LiClcalc/
Use these tools to make, tweak, or mix solutions to hit your RH target.
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Leonurus cardiaca seeds show type 2 non-deep physiological dormancy. A study in #SeedScienceResearch reveals they germinate best at ≥25/15°C, with cold stratification boosting germination at cooler temps #SeedScience #Botany #PlantScience 🧪
Want to connect with researchers from all over the world working on #SeedScience? Check out our Starter Pack and help us grow our online community! #Botany #PlantScience 🧪
If you are a seed scientist and want to join the starter pack, please leave a comment below! go.bsky.app/H38GoMy
🎨🔬The intersection of #art & #science gives me #PlantJoy!
🌱We are using Bidens torta (#Asteraceae) seeds to test hypotheses about speciation and loss of dispersibility.
🖌️Botanical Illustrator Veronica Fannin drew seeds to showcase native Hawaiian seed diversity.
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One week to submit your abstract for this year's Biennial ISSS Conference!
With more than 150 abstracts submitted to date, this #SeedScience event promises to bring you all the exciting advances in the area. More information is available at the following link: isss2025.com.au/conference-s...
The latest issue of #SeedScienceResearch is out! This issue is full of fascinating #SeedScience: from seed #dispersal 🐦, passing by internal morphology 🔬, to the #germination in MAGIC tomatoes ✨🍅! buff.ly/3rXJAGl
🌺 For rare species the # of seeds per collection is often limited. Ever wonder how these small accessions should be used for viability testing?
🧮 In our new paper we use math to aid in this decision making.
🌱 We hope the equations will improved management of ex situ seed collections.
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For my latest post for @botany.one, I was able to interview Dr Karen Sommerville from the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.
You don't wanna miss all the exciting #SeedScience and #biodiverstity conservation projects she's currently involved in! #Botany #PlantScience 🧪🌱🫘 botany.one/2025/02/kare...
There are 10 days left to submit your abstract for the ISSS 2025! Don't miss the opportunity to send your work to one of the largest events devoted to #SeedScience 🫘🌱! #Botany #PlantScience 🧪
More information on the following link: isss2025.com.au
The ISSS has curated a starter pack with seed scientists working on a wide variety of #SeedScience topics, from molecular biology to ecological restoration.
If you want to be part of the starter pack or know another fellow seed scientist, please leave us a comment bellow! go.bsky.app/H38GoMy
The logo of the International Society for Seed Science, which is a golden circle with a sprout emerging from the top-left corner, resembling seed germination. The lower bottom of the circle is surrounded by the organisation's name.
The International Society for Seed Science —the non-profit academic organisation committed to promoting research, education and communication in the understanding of seeds— has made its way to Bluesky. If you are interested in #SeedScience, you can't miss our activities and updates! 🫘🌱🧪
Welche Innovationen braucht die Landwirtschaft? Laut MdB Dr. Oliver Vogt (CDU), sind Technologieoffenheit und eine andere Regulierung gefragt, um ökonomische und klimatische Herausforderungen zu bewältigen. #SeedScience #PlantBreeding
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New preprint just available. Can germination of highly variable tree #seeds be predicted using images? 🌱📸.
We analyzed thousands of individual colour & X-ray seed images from 5 UK tree species, using XGBoost & CNN models to find out.
with @robertadayrell.bsky.social
#plantSci 🌲🧪🌿 #SeedScience
Petra Jorasch (PhD) von Euroseeds im Interview. Sie sieht den Trend, dass bereits 20 Länder #NGTs differenzierter regulieren. Europa könnte mit neuen Gesetzen endlich aufholen und Innovation fördern. #SeedScience
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Die größten Sorgen der Landwirt:innen, laut MdB Dr. Oliver Vogt (CDU): übermäßige Bürokratie und fehlende Transparenz bei Dokumentationspflichten. Hemmt das auch landwirtschaftliche #Innovation, z. B. #NGTs? #SeedScience
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MdB Dr. Oliver Vogt: Landwirt:innen brauchen Wertschätzung für ihren Beitrag zur Ernährungssicherheit und Planungssicherheit, um nachhaltig in die Zukunft investieren und gesellschaftliche Anforderungen erfüllen zu können. 🌾 #NGTs #SeedScience
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🇪🇺Strenge EU-Regulierungen blockieren Innovation. Die hohen Kosten und vielen Auflagen schrecken Unternehmen ab, in #NGTs zu investieren, so Petra Jorasch (PhD) von Euroseeds. #SeedScience
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Taking a closer look at Arabidopsis thaliana seeds using the #BoxSeed robot in our phytotron! 🌱 Exciting times in the lab with robotics and plant science!
#PlantBiology #Arabidopsis #SeedScience #RoboticsInResearch #LabLife #UUPlants
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