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May 14

Message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2021: “We’re part of the solution”

By Isabel Blog

If our aim is sustainable development, sustainable livelihood and if we are looking for sustainable solutions to tackle the issues of climate change, health, food and nutritional insecurity,the only way forward is to use, protect and conserve the existing biodiversity.

Apr 22

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Tell the world your #PlantSciStory2021

By Isabel Blog, ECRi, Science communication

The ability to briefly describe your research and its wider impact is a valuable skill. Whether for a poster presentation, conference talk or job application – being able to engage and interest people in your research with few words (and…

Apr 19

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Connecting plant stress response and caffeine

By Isabel Agriculture, Blog, ECRi, Plant Science, Post

Small to moderate amounts of caffeine can lift your moods and drop the stress levels. Caffeine (trimethylxanthine) is nothing, but a modified form of a related molecule called xanthine, which can also be converted into other smaller molecules that help…

Apr 13

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Fruit and Vegetable diversity attracts global attention

By Isabel Agriculture, Blog, Fruits and Vegetables

Over 400 people from around the world got online at the same time to listen to international experts discuss the status and challenges surrounding conserving, exchanging and using the diversity of fruits and vegetables in 2021, the International Year of…

Mar 29

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Be there or be square: nuclear-to-cytoplasm relocalization of Arabidopsis PRORP2 leads to virus resistance

By Isabel Blog, ECRi, News, Plant Health, Plant Science, Post

Commentary on Gobert et al. The authors prove the feasibility of an idea through this proof-of-concept work. As they point out, plant antiviral treatments are usually virus-specific, unfortunately for the moment a ‘broad-spectrum’ plant antiviral does not exist.

Mar 15

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Fruits and vegetables as key components of plant-based diet

By Isabel Agriculture, Blog, Fruits and Vegetables, Policy

A balanced nutritional diet rich in minerals, antioxidants, and vitamins is of vital importance for human health. Fruits and vegetables are rich sources for most of these dietary phytochemicals and micronutrients. However, today’s most common diets consist mainly of starchy…

Dec 24

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Best wishes for a less virus-ridden 2021

By Isabel Blog, Future Directions, General, Global Change, Global Collaborations, Plant Science, Public Engagement, Science communication

We are in the middle of a pandemic, but the experience is different for everyone. This was expressed beautifully in an original tweet by Damian Barr, later expanded by another author into a poem. “We are not all in the…

Dec 04

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Plant scientists need to urgently reconcile their open access needs with the benefit-sharing rights associated with plant material

By Isabel Blog, DSI, Policy, Research, Science communication

Many plant scientists rely on open access to information such as DNA sequence data to do their work. They are probably also aware of obligations to respect access and benefit sharing (ABS) rights under the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and…

Nov 24

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The Global Plant Phenotyping Survey 2020/21

By Isabel Blog, Global Collaborations, Research

For the past six years, IPPN and EMPHASIS have carried out their bi-annual "Plant Phenotyping Surveys". It covers basic and advanced questions related to plant phenotyping for the purpose of assessing the status of global plant phenotyping and emerging fields.…

Oct 30

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Identified a new synthetic antimicrobial peptide aptamer targeting the causal agent of grapevine downy mildew

By Isabel Agriculture, Blog, ECRi, Fruits and Vegetables, Plant Health, Post

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is a crop of great economic and agricultural value throughout the world. In 2019, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) reported that over 7 million hectares are dedicated to the cultivation of this crop,…

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