Wayne Parrott

Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics. Fascinated by plant genetics & agriculture. Supporter of all technology in agriculture.

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

@ThomasWidiez @NaturePlants @iasprr The ability of meiotic parallel spindles to restore fertility to haploids was first described in peach in 1971. https://t.co/5sJSOExH8Y They have also been reported restore fertility to synaptic mutants of potato and clover.

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

Looking forward to try juice from the tomato edited for higher GABA content.

[PlantCenterUGA @PlantCenterUGA]

The UGA Integrated Plant Science Graduate Program is accepting applications for 2025. Cohorts can enroll in 1 of 9 degree programs, perform research with one of 80 faculty, collaborate across disciplines & campuses, & participate in Plant Center events. https://t.co/iri8sufq1x

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

@angelopolitan No es así. Lamentablemente la senadora ha sido víctima de desinformación.

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

Hey GreenGate users - Ever need to assemble more complex cassettes or more cassettes than can be done with GreenGate? Here is a new, more flexible version. Check out @VincentPennetti 's MultiGreen version at
https://t.co/hef8T5bEhW

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

Trying to get a handle on future transformation needs, particularly for bioenergy crops https://t.co/GJZn62DdMk

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

We've lost another of the great ones.
https://t.co/6XRc4UQpkb

So many people alive today have are living better than they would have been without his work. Not enough people realize the contributions from the Green Revolution & its leaders.

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

@ChenxinLi2 NSF 23-019
Dear Colleague Letter: Advancing Plant Transformation
https://t.co/21QMMFu35V

See also the PlantGENE Research Coordination Network, https://t.co/RBCMSyuXe8
@plant_gene

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

https://t.co/tjoqrxCkGs

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

There are so many great biotech traits that can make huge differences -- here is another one:

Ultra-low gossypol cottonseed could reduce world hunger https://t.co/2CvdXLbmGR

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

Wonder why plant tissue culture can be so irreproducible? Here are 4 recipes for Murashige & Skoog micro nutrients pulled off the internet:

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

Sexually incompatible grasses can exchange genes with a frequency that would make GMO regulators' heads spin. How does that happen? https://t.co/Yzutd4UfVU

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

Don't count your chestnuts before they are growing in the forest. They still need to get through EPA before there is any chance of being planted. It is not up to just the USDA.

[Be the change you want to be @AgBioWorld]

Billions of majestic chestnut trees once covered the eastern USA and they all died from blight in the early 20th century. Now, USDA may allow the planting of blight-tolerant GMO chestnut trees on public and private lands

https://t.co/t3zuMjfLQX

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

Ad for mutagenized seeds, from a time when "expect the unexpected" was a call for adventure and discovery, and harmless genetic changes in plants did not evoke fear, precaution, and regulations. From Chicago Daily Times, 26 Apr 1961.

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

@GuyCardineau No, his answer was "That confirms what I thought."

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

"What's the difference between gene pool and genome?" the immigration officer asked me upon arriving at the Dhaka airport and finding out I was coming for a genetics workshop. No other immigration officer has ever asked me a similar question before. I am going to like it here!

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

I learned a new word today- Beadledom. And, it is not nearly as useless as Merriam-Webster says- it is is the perfect description for the modus operandi of way too many of the crop biotech regulating agencies around the world. https://t.co/hbmLl49xdW

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

And yet, we've been safely breeding fungus-resistant crops for decades.

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

@AgBioWorld Goodbye, wonderful colleague that you were. Thanks for bringing a much-needed scientific foundation and common sense into biotech risk assessment. It will be different without you around.

[Wayne Parrott @ProfParrott]

@argenbiooficial @Exactas_UBA @REDBIOArgentina @grupobioceres @ASASemilleros @Agrobio_andina @EugeSegretin @ICCASciencia Goodbye, dear friend! Without your extraordinary leadership in science-based regulations, Argentina would not be the biotech powerhouse it is today, nor would biotech crops be as globalized as they are today. We will miss you & your wisdom!