📢Excited to share a new paper from my PhD thesis at @fisioklima.bsky.social!🌾Sorghum maintained better photosynthetic performance and water use efficiency than maize under high CO2, hig temperature and drought, even without a growth advantage. A promising climate-resilient crop!
#PlantScience

Last week I started a new position as a Senior Research Officer in @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social at @universityofessex.bsky.social! Looking forward to new challenges and continuing to grow as a plant researcher🌾

🌾 Did you know? Our paper published in the Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science on Sorghum bicolor's resilience to drought stress was:
🏅 Among the top 10% of downloads for 2022.
🏅 Ranked as one of the top 10 most-cited papers between 2022–2023.

#TopDownloadedArticle #TopCitedArticle #PlantScience

Throwback to a field day in Elvas, Portugal 🇵🇹! We explored how different wheat varieties🌾 handle drought stress. #PlantScience

Last Saturday I took part in Science Week with
@amoadrian-bl.bsky.social! We explored the incredible world of plants 🌱, covering everything from photosynthesis to plant fungi symbiosis, healthy soils and more! #ScienceWeek

Exploring sorghum's diversity! 🌾 These seeds showcase a range of colours, reflecting the genetic variability that makes this crop so resilient to drought. #Sorghum #Agrobiodiversity #DroughtTolerance

Did you know that buckwheat🌱 can cope with extreme drought? Our research found that while wheat and spelt suffer under mild drought, buckwheat maintains high water-use efficiency and photosynthesis under extreme drought conditions. A suitable alternative crop for the future drought episodes!🌾

Curious about how sorghum landraces and modern varieties respond to water stress? Or how conventional crop maize and alternative crop sorghum cope with high CO2, high temperature and drought? Then check out the posters I presented at #SEFIMEC2024 in Salamanca! 🌾🌍

Last week I presented two flash talks at the Spanish Symposium on Cereal Physiology and Breeding! One on maize vs sorghum’s ability to cope with future climate change🌍🌡️, and another on sorghum landraces vs modern varieties under different water regimes in Mediterranean climates🌾 #SEFIMEC2024