Joe Edwards
@rhizosphere.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Texas A&M University | Plant Microbiomes | www.bulksoil.org
Thrilled to say that we published the first paper from my lab. Check it out. doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...
A Broadly Distributed Rhizobacterium, Roseateles chitinivorans P500, Promotes Growth and Systemic Resistance via Jasmonic Acid-Dependent Oxylipin Signaling in Grasses | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interac...
Harnessing root-associated microbiomes to promote beneficial microbial compositions could offer a sustainable strategy to increase crop resilience. Major challenges impeding this strategy are the lack...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Thrilled to say that we published the first paper from my lab. Check it out. doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...
At the Eagle Lake Rice Field Day. Great exhibit put on by @TAMU Agrilife bringing together growers, industry, and academic researchers. Impactful rice research happening here.
June 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
At the Eagle Lake Rice Field Day. Great exhibit put on by @TAMU Agrilife bringing together growers, industry, and academic researchers. Impactful rice research happening here.
Anyone keeping up with the Prototaxities literature? You should. The amount of scientific sparring over these fossils is legendary. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I so badly wanted it to be a rolled up mat of liverworts.
I so badly wanted it to be a rolled up mat of liverworts.
Prototaxites was an extinct lineage of multicellular terrestrial eukaryotes
Prototaxites was the first giant organism to live on the terrestrial surface, reaching sizes of 8 metres in the Early Devonian. However, its taxonomic assignment has been debated for over 165 years1-7...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Anyone keeping up with the Prototaxities literature? You should. The amount of scientific sparring over these fossils is legendary. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I so badly wanted it to be a rolled up mat of liverworts.
I so badly wanted it to be a rolled up mat of liverworts.
Has anyone seen a root phenotype like this? The root hairs grow long around the root tip make it look like a broom. It's induced by the microbe labeled in green.
January 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Has anyone seen a root phenotype like this? The root hairs grow long around the root tip make it look like a broom. It's induced by the microbe labeled in green.
My department is hiring an Environmental Microbiologist (very broadly defined). We have impressive facilities and wonderful faculty members in Plant Pathology and across the College and University. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/160087
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January 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
My department is hiring an Environmental Microbiologist (very broadly defined). We have impressive facilities and wonderful faculty members in Plant Pathology and across the College and University. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/160087
Oh No. MDPI found my new email address.
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Oh No. MDPI found my new email address.
If you are at #PAG32 and want to learn more about how long read sequencing is enabling plant and soil microbiome research, come by our session this evening in Pacific H-I at 6:20.
January 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you are at #PAG32 and want to learn more about how long read sequencing is enabling plant and soil microbiome research, come by our session this evening in Pacific H-I at 6:20.