Arthur Selwyn Mark

Transitioning from plant ecologist-insect behavioralist-sustainability consultant developing best practices for startups & corporates. @UniofAdelaide #Simsy.io

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They named roaches after their exes for Valentine’s — and have no regrets https://t.co/gAlaYQAMUk
Happy Roache's Day!!
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@SandyKnapp @dhatchu83 It is. Now I understand, typo is forbidden in taxonomy especially here in Solanum. It's becoz I just woke up from my slumber (inactive for a while). Sorry I missed your publication too (Ranil et al. 2017). Thanks

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@SandyKnapp @dhatchu83 Thanks @SandyKnapp for the id. Solanum incanum, being a progenitor of brinjal, two recent publications by #PriyaDavidar came to my mind https://t.co/brKyJhTsd7
10.3732/ajb.1400403

[Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo]

Vibrations and #buzzpollination: Check out this #Shiny App for vibrations. Useful to develop intuition on how frequency, acceleration, velocity and displacement are related to one another. The full code is in my @NewPhyt paper: https://t.co/6ER219QGqP

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Took this video in elephant rehab centre for my 2yr old daughter. Mahout didn't allow this elephant calves to rest, but want them to keep walking around. Not sure whether to entertain us or it is an exercise for them. #indiaspride #kerala #saveforest

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Happened to see this tusker 'Soman' as he enjoys his retirement life at his 84 yrs age in rehab center in #Kerala. He served the forest department many years. Valiant 🐘. Happy for him.#Indiaspride #flagshipspecies #saveforest

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@nicrodemo Emoji on the concrete wall

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Today we had Retd.Forest Officer & medicinal plants expert, Dr. GS Goraya and Emeritus professor KV Krishnamurthy in @TDUFRLHT campus. It was a good plant chat covering many genus, family extended for an hr(with me) #Tribulus #Ipomoea #Merremia #Garcinia #Sloanea @IndianBotanists

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Emeritus Prof. KV Krishnamurthy @TDUFRLHT shared today that Parthenium weed plant provides best fibre. Any work on that? He also wants revision work on Tribulus genus (Tribuloideae subfamily) called caltrop, puncture vine, goksura, highly medicinal @IndianBotanists. Interesting

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I am back. Hermaphrodites and male flowers of #Solanum torvum; very common in #tropics, sometimes as invasive; valuable #medicinal plant, dried berries of torvum and nigrum work well against #stomach complaints (for me many times)

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@MartineBotany @cheyennelmoore @T_Marie_Wms @JenL0vesPlants @bugsyjre @BucknellU @BucknellCAS @PABotany So Solanum is ubiquitous in Chris' lab

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@angelajmcd @MartineBotany @JasonCantley Good luck

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@DrAverbee @MissouriState @MOStateResearch Congrats

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Different #floral forms in hermaphrodite flrs in Muntingia calabura (#Muntingiaceae) clicked today in #Birur rail station, #Karnataka. Pollen from all floral forms are fertile; pistil size matters for making fruits. Useful tree in hot tropics for its #shade, beside other uses

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Some how #Cordyceps find ways to reach #China from #India. #himalayan #viagra. Shld we legalise them through sustainable wild collection and cutting down greedy middle players in the supply chain. Let's hope. Good on @TRAFFIC_India @PramodYadav31

[Anastasiya Timoshyna @A_Timoshyna]

Pramod Yadav of @TRAFFIC_India kicking off the session on sustainable use in India context with the illustration of medicinal plants trade from Himalayas @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @IUCNAsia @IUCNSULi

[dilys roe @dilysroe]

In the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve for a @IUCNSULi meeting to discuss sustainable use and livelihoods in an Indian context ⁦

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@dhatchu83 @GBPILLAI4 @iaimhealthcare @Invisible_Chat @VijaySrini27 @DirkSchmitz99 @TDU_HQRA @gwilde104 @BalaBiodiversit @sesamothamnus congrats

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@MartineBotany @SandyKnapp @JasonCantley @angelajmcd 1st obs: seeds from these hybrids probably germinate easily & more likely to become flring indl.
2nd obs: functional female flr may have aperturate fertile pollen (may be less).
#Solanum employ multiple survival tricks, stabilize what is successful. Solanum always inspires me

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Roses are red
Solanum flowers are purple, yellow, white
They are bisexuals, however, there are functionally unisexual & morphologically bisexual
Need #buzzing #bees though
I love #Solanum especially #dioecious Solanums from #Australia
#ValentineASpecies #Solanaceae #ValentinesDay

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@SandyKnapp @MartineBotany @JasonCantley @angelajmcd Yes. Tried with pollen from S.elaeagnifolium and tomato. but of no use. Probably in need of her boy, may be OK with a close relative (may be S.dioicum)