Matthew Gates

Integrated Pest Management Specialist ┃ Insectus Optimus Maximus ┃ Founder of #Zenthanol Consulting and the Zenthanol #SciComm YouTube channel

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

⚠️ Ultimate Aphid Analysis is Live!

This is probably the most in-depth video I've made on the #Zenthanol channel, definitely the most detailed aphid video for growers currently.

I took a personal challenge to level up my own domain knowledge about #aphids and share!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

Plant microbial symbioses are more capricious and potentially skew negatively under certain conditions like drought here with Streptomyces in diverse plant lineages.

[connor fitzpatrick @crfitzpat]

1/19
This story started ~2017

Multiple groups—different plants, methods, environments—reported the same thing:

👉 During drought, Streptomyces become enriched in plant roots.

Why? 🧵👇

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

Great Hash Church, we talked about powdery mildew's evolution, Septoria's resistance to biocontrol agents, chemistry of CBDVA, and other interesting cannabicultural research!

[Living Soil Geek 🪱 @LivingSoilGeek]

Church is in session!

@BCBubbleman
@Synchangel

https://t.co/VcerGfTRwU

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@Hoyaboya11 Extremely interesting to contrast these systems!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@GangYuPlant @AlbertoPMacho I would love a copy of this paper if you have one! This is a great topic and well illustrated!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

Plant biopriming and good nutrition are integral for defense against pests but many viral, fungal, oomycete, bacterial, and nematodal species have an arsenal of effectors that target most of the plant immune system and metabolism

We should be realistic about their capability.

[Enoch Lok Him Yuen @EnochYuen]

New review out in Open Biology by @royalsociety 🌱🔬🧬!
Together with @Tolga_Bzkrt, we explore how pathogens — from viruses and bacteria to fungi, oomycetes and nematodes — hijack or suppress host autophagy to promote infection in plants.

🔗 https://t.co/5Q3JZ41EMt

#Research #Autophagy #PlantImmunity

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@MrGrowIt Maybe in the future IG would be worth the extra platform maintenance, but your YouTube presence is great! Would love to talk IPM again sometime soon.

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@Chemistophe @Cornell @PNASNews I'll have to get a copy somehow, what an interesting topic!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@Prof_Braj_Singh @NatureRevMicro @NatureMicrobiol @NaturePlants @NatureBiotech @theGRDC @SmartHortCentre @NatureFoodJnl @Hort_Au @AUSVEG @FutureFoodCRC @AMIposts I would love a copy of this paper, what great graphical explanations!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

Such an excellent depiction of a prehistoric arthropod! I 💚 arthropod paleoart!

[Joschua Knüppe @JoschuaKnuppe]

🚨 It's finally out! 🚨
A new bizarre harvestman from Eocene Baltic amber, named Balticolasma wunderlichi!
This wonderful little guy was quite the challenge to work on as I don't do inverts that often...

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@PatrickForterre This is some of the coolest research ever, honestly. I follow it closely!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@naoyukinkhm All good, I thought maybe you read a copy already. Thank you for sharing!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@Takashirouzu I agree completely.

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@PanosSarris What a comprehensive set of diagrams!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@toooochan0514 Very fascinating, wish I had a copy!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@sagaOptics Their fine hairs are really hydrophobic, preventing them from being submerged, even under some force.

[Marco Zarattini @marco_zarattini]

Climate change effects on plant immune activation https://t.co/65M7zrAkfY
We explore…
🌱 The impact of environments on defense activation in plants
🔗 Molecular hubs bridging stress responses and immunity,
and other..
Join the conversation!
@INRAE_PV @frsFNRS @ijpb_fr @ULB

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

Striking color, obviously a wasp mimic but still amazing!

[キリ @Hutuunikiri]

山形遠征でテンションの上がったスズキナガハナアブ。ここまで明るい黄色だと、どの蜂に擬態しているのかが不思議で、昆虫達には黄色の明るさの違いはさほど問題ではないのかとても気になる。複眼に入った模様や、M1+M2脈周辺のみ焦げ茶色となる所等、この種の説明は最高に��っこいいの一言に尽きる。

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

Sasagani here is amazing for recording this bola-spider, #Ordgarius sexspinosus! The adroitness of a Director!

[Sasagani_ya @Sasagani_ya]

遂にムツトゲイセキグモの投げ縄作成行動を動画に収めることができた！
I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this moment. Bola-building behavior in Ordgarius sexspinosus caught on my camera!!

[Matthew Gates @Synchangel]

@marco_zarattini @INRAE_PV @frsFNRS @ijpb_fr @ulb I would love a copy if you have one!