David Comont

Ecologist and plant biologist, Postdoctoral scientist working at Rothamsted Research.

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Plenty of poppies on display as we survey the rare arable weeds on the Broadbalk long-term experiment today.

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After a hot day harvesting blackgrass, the cold store suddenly seems very appealing...

[Laura Crook @crook_laura]

Fancy a chat about #blackgrass Come to the @Rothamsted stand to speak to us. @RHull76 @ClaudiaLowe1 and @HMetcalfe1 all here #Cereals2017

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Blackgrass fieldwork off to a soggy start this summer!

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Just finished my Rothamsted #RResDays16 presentation. Hope everyone enjoyed my many photos of blackgrass...

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No Barn owl today, grass has all been cut. Instead, this was out menacing the local small mammal population:

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Thanks to everyone who visited the @BlackGrassRI at #cerealsevent today. Blackgrass breakfast 8:30 tomorrow on the @Rothamsted @BBSRC stand.

[BGRI @BlackGrassRI]

Problem black-grass in your wheat? Want to take part in a new resistance study? Come see us on the HGCA/ Rothamsted stands #cereals14

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And today, an unexpected trouser tourist; the black headed cardinal beetle (I think!)

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Today's fun: getting up close and personal with a hunting Barn owl...

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@AberMycol And here's your Sarcoscypha close up. Congrats to the unknown #BR12110 student who made these slides

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@AberMycol And another gametangia here.... well done to all the #BR12110 students that managed to identify these.

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@AberMycol #BR12110 When two fungal mating types collide. Formation of gametangia in phycomyces blakesleeanus

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Last in the series of #BR12110 practicals today. Oomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Ascomycetes, and Zygomycetes galore!

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Is it a Bird? is it a plane? no.. it's the cytoplasmic streaming of a slime mould from last weeks prac class http://t.co/qujFci0bKS #BR12110

[Hazel Davey🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @hazeldaveyaber]

#BR12110 C.diff treatment with faeces. Legally, is poo a tissue or a drug? http://t.co/9B78rUVb4q

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@AberMycol Putting the fun into fungal contamination… Some more microbial diversity from today’s #BR12110 labs!

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Just back from a great fieldtrip to Chester zoo for #BR24310. Back to teaching biodiversity of the microbial kind for the rest of the week!

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Just back from a work placement visit to the National Trust at Llanerchaeron. Nice to see our WEP students doing so well! #RDW0160.

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@AberMycol Here's the microbial diversity of lab 2.02 this afternoon! #BR12110