just a physiologist

“Shiny-pants pencil-pushing producer of unworkable regulations”. Some time Actinidia embryo tickler. Plant imports, biosecurity, quarantine. Still a scientist.

[Bryce Edwards @bryce_edwards]

https://t.co/Cvgtc0wvxF

[Joe Swartz @HydroConsultant]

Have you checked your #roots today?

Often times, we can learn much more by looking at the parts of the plant that too many people ignore.

#BackToBasics #Foundation #FocusOnThePlant
@AmHydro https://t.co/SKxtXKATBn

[Plant Health Aust @planthealthaust]

🪰 Not all fruit flies need to buzz off 🍎 🍇

Australia is home to thousands of fly species, but only a few are considered serious agricultural pests.

Queensland fruit fly, Oriental fruit fly, and Mediterranean fruit fly are the top biosecurity concerns due to the potential damage they can cause.

But here’s the catch: other non-pest species can look very similar, making correct ID a key part of surveillance and response.

👀 Learn how to spot the difference: https://t.co/xv9yVEvmBg

📸: USDA ARS Photo Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, https://t.co/nI0d4WbBom and Joseph Berger, https://t.co/nI0d4WbBom

#preventfruitfly #fruitflies #biosecurity #agriculture

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

@KiffinEileen @Nic18111 Sorry - physiology says a variegated spider plant in a typical bedroom has neither the leaves nor chlorophyll nor light to significantly affect oxygen levels. And at night, it’s respiring just like you, producing carbon dioxide and using up oxygen.

Just enjoy it looking pretty.

[Newsroom @NewsroomNZ]

The scathing review will not be heard in person, despite offering a clear alternative to a Bill it described as "authoritarian" and "dangerously radical", reports Fox Meyer https://t.co/47ZQMWTSlh

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

@agronomistag Is this to deal with the issue of glyphosate tolerance in common agronomic weeds spreading more widely, or its emergence of tolerance in suburban gardens?

Otherwise, I don’t understand the logic of this ‘brew’ in a home garden context, apart from leveraging the RoundUp brand.

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

@KiffinEileen @Kimble_Bent Worthy contenders all.

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

Wondering why olive oil costs so much this year?

Violent storms and hail at harvest time in some parts of the Mediterranean is one cause. Another is drought.

But there's another, slow-motion tragedy happening... 🧵

[Kiwifruit Vine Health @KVHNZ]

A big shoutout from us to the Accredited Person (AP) at the Port of Tauranga who detected two live queen tree ants on a sea container from Malaysia. They were in a power cable plug and were huge – about 20-25mm long! All the details here: https://t.co/MmL7mKR3iV

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

A huge accomplishment, and for some a very difficult one, for farming in Aotearoa NZ.

[The Detail @TheDetailNZ]

Today, New Zealand has no farms infected with cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, with the last property being cleared of cattle and declared disease-free.

Last year, we looked at that final push to do what no country had done before and eradicate it ⬇️

https://t.co/iL1dwYTRjF

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

@wekatweets @GeoffreyKeey @Forest_and_Bird Good photo archive of historic erosion after original clearance >
https://t.co/RzVPuy8kmn

More detail on underlying rock mineralogy > https://t.co/G5xnAamJ4r

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

@wekatweets @GeoffreyKeey @Forest_and_Bird Roots not deep enough. It’s the rock those hills are made of. It becomes unstable when wet (eg Tarndale Slip), and can become mobile (recent hillside movement destroyed a road)

Water retention in the highly organic soil under original forest somewhat reduces this risk.

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

@HKerckhoffs Co-gen makes sense for greenhouses: gas in; electricity for light + CO2 out & used near directly; heating also useful, as GH likely thermal negative when lighting is needed.

However, how is low grade heat used in a fully enclosed lit space, which is probably thermal positive?

[Thomas Austin @Tom_Austin]

Going to have month or so break in work. The joys of fixed term contracts 😅. If anyone in Wellington has/knows of any short term employment opportunities I'm hunting!

[APCoAB @APCoAB]

Incredible bacterium can transfer its genes into plants and give them superpowers.

Researchers at Univ. of Copenhagen are taking a natural shortcut to promote beneficial changes transferring bacterium genes into plants.

https://t.co/lUAsE3GcH9
Image: University of Copenhagen

[MosquitoPapers @mosquito_papers]

Vegetable oil surfactants are synergists that can bias neonicotinoid susceptibility testing in adult mosquitoes.

https://t.co/sxLMHjSaF9

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

Yes. And, if physical, then also profoundly physiological.

Objection to the cosmically comprehensive materiality of Jesus’ resurrection reflect insufficient grasp of the deep ecological inter-knittedness of our human existence with all created life.

https://t.co/CIglqUH7Eu

[Fr. Joash P. Thomas @JoashPThomas]

The resurrection of Jesus wasn’t just a spiritual event.

The resurrection is first and foremost a physical event. It’s an event of Jesus defeating death – a current physical reality.

But Jesus defeating death also points to a future physical reality – the resurrection of life.

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

Raised Respiring

Did
- reactive oxygen from that cool chamber refill pierced lungs
- crimsoned cells uncoagulate stiffened arteries
- ventricular rhythm beat in time from seized heart
- neuronal spark & electric heat reboot silent brain
- air return recognition to stilled voice?

[just a physiologist @PtwoAus]

If all Creation rose redeemed in that one Body, then
- neutrons and nucleotides
- mud and membranes
- imagination and memory
- stars and starfish
- nematodes and viruses
will join the grass beneath my feet, forgiven in that one eternal Life.

[Apologies to Murray J. Harris … 🙂]