The more we dig into horticulture & agriculture, the more humbled I am by my limited experience and how little I know
Even someone farming a seasonal crop for 30 years only had 30 'attempts' to practice and refine their approach! 🤯
Info passed between people is so important!
The ISC offers online courses to help you learn about these harmful pests and protect ecosystems.
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🎄🌿 Spread joy, not pests! Check your holiday decor for invasive species like spongy moth & spotted lanternfly. If you find egg masses, take a photo, remove properly, and report them. Let's keep the holidays festive & ecosystems safe! Learn more: https://t.co/KlGzrsbh0R
Crispr–Cas9 was used to knock out 2 tomato genes, generating mutants that didn’t suppress sugar synthesis. This enhanced glucose & fructose levels by 30% participants rated the gene-edited tomatoes to be sweeter, compared with traditional varieties https://t.co/vLzM9DAu3t
New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30
Tomato with a quadruple set of chromosomes.
Three of these chromosomes are derived from the common garden tomato, one originates from the wild tomato.
A new breeding technique was employed to produce genetically identical seeds from hybrid plants.
https://t.co/r59jKt9jFp