Tonni Andersen
@tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social
MPG group leader and AvH fellow with interests in development, physiology and CLSM. I need to know how 🌱 communicate with environment. privately: huge cat-fan
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Join us in Toulouse !!
[#Job]📢Post-doc position in protein interactomics of Sclerotinia effectors!
▶️We are seeking a motivated postdoc researcher to join the LoSica consortium, project aimed at improving disease resistance in Brassica crops through the identification of susceptibility factors
🔗 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-27655
▶️We are seeking a motivated postdoc researcher to join the LoSica consortium, project aimed at improving disease resistance in Brassica crops through the identification of susceptibility factors
🔗 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-27655
February 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Join us in Toulouse !!
@deutschebahn.com it would be cool with a sticker book like in the good old days to collect all your delay reasons. - like a bingo. First full book gets to delay 3 trains of their own choice!
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
@deutschebahn.com it would be cool with a sticker book like in the good old days to collect all your delay reasons. - like a bingo. First full book gets to delay 3 trains of their own choice!
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Interesting that a 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 mutant (𝘢𝘣𝘪𝟣-𝟣 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝟣 𝘦𝘥𝘴𝟣 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝟤 𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘩𝘋 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝟤) is less sensitive to fungal infection than a 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝟩𝟫𝘣𝟤/𝘣𝟤 mutant (Similarly, 𝘦𝘥𝘴𝟣 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝟤 is more susceptible to bacterial infection than the 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴).
From @newphyt.bsky.social: shorturl.at/jYbOS
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
From @newphyt.bsky.social: shorturl.at/jYbOS
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Interesting that a 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 mutant (𝘢𝘣𝘪𝟣-𝟣 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝟣 𝘦𝘥𝘴𝟣 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝟤 𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘩𝘋 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝟤) is less sensitive to fungal infection than a 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝟩𝟫𝘣𝟤/𝘣𝟤 mutant (Similarly, 𝘦𝘥𝘴𝟣 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝟤 is more susceptible to bacterial infection than the 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴).
From @newphyt.bsky.social: shorturl.at/jYbOS
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
From @newphyt.bsky.social: shorturl.at/jYbOS
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
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Job alert🚨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. 🌱Reposts are appreciated!
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Job alert🚨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. 🌱Reposts are appreciated!
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
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This is a really interesting read on the history of the Journal @nature.com.
Very informative.
#SciPub #ScientificPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Publishing
Very informative.
#SciPub #ScientificPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Publishing
How did @Nature become "prestigious" to scientists?
In our opening article of Issue 09, writer Robert Reason traces the journal's history.
By understanding how Nature’s prestige was constructed, we can also clarify which elements are deserved and which are entrenched.
In our opening article of Issue 09, writer Robert Reason traces the journal's history.
By understanding how Nature’s prestige was constructed, we can also clarify which elements are deserved and which are entrenched.
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This is a really interesting read on the history of the Journal @nature.com.
Very informative.
#SciPub #ScientificPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Publishing
Very informative.
#SciPub #ScientificPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Publishing
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Root exudates as the architects of the rhizosphere microbiome (Plant Physiol.) @cornepieterse.bsky.social @gstringlis.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/3AyltI0
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Review: Root exudates as the architects of the rhizosphere microbiome | Plantae
The “Green Revolution” transformed global food production through the use of fertilizer, but at the expense of rising costs and reliance on non-renewable inputs, prompting modern agriculture to shift…
buff.ly
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Root exudates as the architects of the rhizosphere microbiome (Plant Physiol.) @cornepieterse.bsky.social @gstringlis.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/3AyltI0
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
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📣 Save the date!
The GfE Meeting 2026 is coming to Potsdam 🇩🇪🌱
✨ Four outstanding keynote speakers
(Hans Clevers, Isabel Fariñas, Thomas Bosch, Frank Bradke) ✨
🏅 Celebration of the Klaus Sander, Hilde Mangold, and José Campos-Ortega Awards 🏅
👉 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
The GfE Meeting 2026 is coming to Potsdam 🇩🇪🌱
✨ Four outstanding keynote speakers
(Hans Clevers, Isabel Fariñas, Thomas Bosch, Frank Bradke) ✨
🏅 Celebration of the Klaus Sander, Hilde Mangold, and José Campos-Ortega Awards 🏅
👉 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📣 Save the date!
The GfE Meeting 2026 is coming to Potsdam 🇩🇪🌱
✨ Four outstanding keynote speakers
(Hans Clevers, Isabel Fariñas, Thomas Bosch, Frank Bradke) ✨
🏅 Celebration of the Klaus Sander, Hilde Mangold, and José Campos-Ortega Awards 🏅
👉 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
The GfE Meeting 2026 is coming to Potsdam 🇩🇪🌱
✨ Four outstanding keynote speakers
(Hans Clevers, Isabel Fariñas, Thomas Bosch, Frank Bradke) ✨
🏅 Celebration of the Klaus Sander, Hilde Mangold, and José Campos-Ortega Awards 🏅
👉 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
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During the spring of 2026, we will open a position as Assistant/Associate Professor in Plant Biochemistry.
If you think plant terpenoid biochemistry is your thing (or you know a good candidate for this), and you want to move to the middle of France, then follow @lbvpam.bsky.social for updates.
If you think plant terpenoid biochemistry is your thing (or you know a good candidate for this), and you want to move to the middle of France, then follow @lbvpam.bsky.social for updates.
December 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
During the spring of 2026, we will open a position as Assistant/Associate Professor in Plant Biochemistry.
If you think plant terpenoid biochemistry is your thing (or you know a good candidate for this), and you want to move to the middle of France, then follow @lbvpam.bsky.social for updates.
If you think plant terpenoid biochemistry is your thing (or you know a good candidate for this), and you want to move to the middle of France, then follow @lbvpam.bsky.social for updates.
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May their words reach politicians‘ ears…
Comment in @nature.com: "Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
May their words reach politicians‘ ears…
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🧬 🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅 🧬
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
![Fig. 2 (shortened, full legend in paper): Perturbations of SlMYB41, SlMYB92, and SlWRKY71 expression affect the suberization of tomato exodermis. (A) Percentage of cross-sections showing a non-suberized, an early suberized (suberin in <50% of exodermal cells), or a late suberized (suberin in >50% of exodermal cells) exodermis phenotype in hairy root cultures of the control (empty vector), CRISPR knockout lines [Slmyb41-ko, Slmyb92-ko, Slwrky71-ko(4), and Slwrky71-ko(5)], and overexpressing lines (SlMYB41-OX, SlMYB92-OX, and SlWRKY71-OX). The number above the bars represents the number (n) of individual roots examined in each genotype. Asterisks denotes statistically significant differences between each line in comparison with the empty vector control, whereas n.s. indicates no significant differences (P<0.05, χ2 test).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ggz22gcwkakll7efac23g33s/bafkreidbanhpxnb52kuljrltp3voz7jfnkuh4js6tbmdxudjsbfxuozteu@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🧬 🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅 🧬
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
I leveled up in German society
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I leveled up in German society
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We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables.
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
Head of Cell Biology KWS Vegetables
Head of Cell Biology KWS Vegetables
jobs.kws.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables.
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
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FX-Cell: a method for single-cell RNA sequencing on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FX-Cell: a method for single-cell RNA sequencing on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples - Nature Methods
This work describes FX-Cell and its derivatives to achieve single-cell RNA sequencing from challenging and cryopreserved plant tissues, expanding the scope of single-cell genomics across field-grown s...
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
FX-Cell: a method for single-cell RNA sequencing on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cracking the code of NPF transporters: function, specificity, and evolution in plants
#TansleyReview by Laura Morales de Los Ríos et al. @frannybarbs.bsky.social @lacombeb.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyReview by Laura Morales de Los Ríos et al. @frannybarbs.bsky.social @lacombeb.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Cracking the code of NPF transporters: function, specificity, and evolution in plants
#TansleyReview by Laura Morales de Los Ríos et al. @frannybarbs.bsky.social @lacombeb.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyReview by Laura Morales de Los Ríos et al. @frannybarbs.bsky.social @lacombeb.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
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Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
A common pathway controls cell size in the sepal and leaf epidermis leading to a nonrandom pattern of giant cells
Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells have a wide range of sizes and ploidies, but the mechanisms patterning their size and spatial distribution remain unclear. This study shows that the pathway controllin...
journals.plos.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Why are leaf cells of so many different sizes?
Our paper explores how giant cells form!
We also provide automatic cell-type classification and perform statistical quantification of cell spatial organization.
If interested, check it out in @plosbiology.org. Thanks Pau and @roederlab.bsky.social
Our paper explores how giant cells form!
We also provide automatic cell-type classification and perform statistical quantification of cell spatial organization.
If interested, check it out in @plosbiology.org. Thanks Pau and @roederlab.bsky.social
Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
A common pathway controls cell size in the sepal and leaf epidermis leading to a nonrandom pattern of giant cells
Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells have a wide range of sizes and ploidies, but the mechanisms patterning their size and spatial distribution remain unclear. This study shows that the pathway controllin...
journals.plos.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Why are leaf cells of so many different sizes?
Our paper explores how giant cells form!
We also provide automatic cell-type classification and perform statistical quantification of cell spatial organization.
If interested, check it out in @plosbiology.org. Thanks Pau and @roederlab.bsky.social
Our paper explores how giant cells form!
We also provide automatic cell-type classification and perform statistical quantification of cell spatial organization.
If interested, check it out in @plosbiology.org. Thanks Pau and @roederlab.bsky.social
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Are you expecting a new age of microbiome engineering
Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases
Although metagenomic sequencing has revealed a rich microbial biodiversity in the mammalian gut, methods to genetically alter specific species in the microbiome are highly limited. Here, we introduce ...
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Are you expecting a new age of microbiome engineering
Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Looking to move out of the USA and to Germany for a postdoc, as you can't conduct your work in the USA under the current political restrictions? (e.g visa issues, funding cuts, etc.)
The state of Baden-Württemberg funds novel postdoc fellowships for this:
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
The state of Baden-Württemberg funds novel postdoc fellowships for this:
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Looking to move out of the USA and to Germany for a postdoc, as you can't conduct your work in the USA under the current political restrictions? (e.g visa issues, funding cuts, etc.)
The state of Baden-Württemberg funds novel postdoc fellowships for this:
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
The state of Baden-Württemberg funds novel postdoc fellowships for this:
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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#plantjob If you are interested on the evolution of plant-microbe interactions and have a PhD degree obtained between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2025, come join us and apply to the "Juan de la Cierva" postdoctoral contracts!. Drop a mail with your CV + motivation letter!
November 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#plantjob If you are interested on the evolution of plant-microbe interactions and have a PhD degree obtained between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2025, come join us and apply to the "Juan de la Cierva" postdoctoral contracts!. Drop a mail with your CV + motivation letter!
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Postdoc position in my lab in Cologne starting early next year or latest in spring to get this exciting project started.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Postdoc position in my lab in Cologne starting early next year or latest in spring to get this exciting project started.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
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Registration is open to take part in the Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026), which especially invites early career scientists to present their molecular #plantsci research www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Registration is open to take part in the Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026), which especially invites early career scientists to present their molecular #plantsci research www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
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🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
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Lignin diversity helps plants thrive on land – without them, they become small, sterile plants that produce far less biomass. 🪴
This is revealed in a new study in @newphyt.bsky.social by @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social & #TUAT 👇
This is revealed in a new study in @newphyt.bsky.social by @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social & #TUAT 👇
Lignins – not so random after all - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
Lignins – not so random after all - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
www.su.se
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Lignin diversity helps plants thrive on land – without them, they become small, sterile plants that produce far less biomass. 🪴
This is revealed in a new study in @newphyt.bsky.social by @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social & #TUAT 👇
This is revealed in a new study in @newphyt.bsky.social by @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social & #TUAT 👇
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And @newphyt.bsky.social continues it's great series of Profiles with this one on @pdchristine.bsky.social:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
And @newphyt.bsky.social continues it's great series of Profiles with this one on @pdchristine.bsky.social:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries