Danforth Center

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center: A St. Louis based non-profit committed to Improving the Human Condition through Plant Science.

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This month’s On the Vine is here! If you don’t already know, our monthly e-newsletter is the easiest way to follow along with all that’s going on at the Center. 📨

Check out our latest issue and be sure to sign up today: https://t.co/jBJ3s4IhtC

#ScienceNews #PlantScience

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@ilfarmertoday took a closer look at how this research connects to a challenge farmers are facing right now: more frequent and intense heat events that threaten crop yields and food security.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/cAOHUYY6uN

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Can a plant remember a heat wave?

Danforth Center principal investigator Ru Zhang is studying how photosynthetic cells retain "heat stress memory" to help breed more heat-resilient crops. 🌿

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We were honored to welcome @USDA Under Secretary Scott Hutchins (@USDAScience) to the Danforth Center this week. Thank you, Under Secretary Hutchins, for your time and for your commitment to supporting American agricultural innovation.

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St. Louis has spent 25 years building an ecosystem where world-class science stays and grows.

Here's how. 🔬 @stlmag

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🌾 Read the full story from @omahanews1 to learn why now is the time to invest in crops like sorghum:
https://t.co/pRQOdO1gCM

#PlantScience #Sorghum #Agriculture

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Nebraska farmers are weighing a shift away from corn — and sorghum may be one of the smartest alternatives. Danforth Center scientist Andrea Eveland explains why this drought- and heat-resilient crop requires fewer inputs and is built for what's ahead.

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Real-time crop stress monitoring. Soil sensors. Field environment data. The PheNode system is helping farmers adapt to a changing world — and Dr. @NadiaShakoor broke it all down for @KPLR11Fuller on @FOX2now: https://t.co/AvlZaXusGI
#PrecisionAgriculture #FoodSecurity

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Read the release here: https://t.co/6TS4mLDezu

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New research! Danforth Center PI Erin Sparks & @Bayer4Crops used the SMURF device to show that shorter corn plants have more flexible roots — helping them take wind damage at less than half the rate of conventional corn. Watch the SMURF in action 👇

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This month's On the Vine is here! If you don't already know, our monthly e-newsletter is the easiest way to follow along with all that's going on at the Center. 📨 Check out our latest issue and be sure to sign up today: https://t.co/oZwajnw50m

#ScienceNews #PlantScience

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From our FY26 New Investigators: Leading two sorghum projects, @NadiaShakoor will generate deep-soil DNA maps and a time-resolved activity dataset to support improved productivity and resilience. @DanforthCenter

Full portfolio: https://t.co/jcX0BWX1hJ

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STL agtech startup @AgrelaEco just closed a $500K funding round and is scaling its PheNode® sensor platform nationally. It's now being used for everything from research to specialty crops to transportation infrastructure, and it started here in St. Louis: https://t.co/5XuDZSyaPY

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Sabita Gyawali is our May Committee for Scientific Training and Mentoring Member of the Month! She studies plant-microbe interactions in the Bravo Lab and aims to eventually grow into a lead independent research role working on sustainable agriculture.

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On a recent trip to the UK, Giles attended a meeting at @royalsociety, and joined @niabgroup for a panel on regenerative agriculture. He then headed to the @theNASciences annual meeting in DC.

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Two prestigious academies. Two countries. One leader bridging them in service to plant science.

Our President, Dr. Giles Oldroyd is among the few scientists elected to both the US @theNASciences and the UK's @royalsociety. 🧵

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Dr. Ru Zhang is leading a DOE grant bringing together top research institutions to study sorghum photosynthesis, and the implications could shed light ☀️ on other crops, too—like maize, wheat, and rice:
https://t.co/OPdVywTPqG

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There's a reason the world's leading food and ag companies call St. Louis home. And BRDG Park, located on the @DanforthCenter campus, sits at the heart of it all.

https://t.co/lYMm8zkqNm

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Danforth Center scientists are co-authors on a landmark study published today in @Nature: the first comprehensive sorghum pangenome. Breeding better sorghum varieties has always been limited by an incomplete picture of its genetic diversity—until now.

https://t.co/jYFdP72S7r