Raju Soolanayakanahally
@rajuaafc.bsky.social
Poplar & Willow Tree Improvement, Agroforestry, Integrative Crop Stress Physiology
Reposted by Raju Soolanayakanahally
We audited 14k #FigureSkating performances for Nationalistic Bias.
🔵 Punitive (Deflation)
🟢 Objective (Equilibrium)
🔴 Generous (Inflation)
The math shows compatriot judges inflating their own skaters by up to +8.3%. In some competitions, judges underscore their own skaters!. 📊 #DataScience
🔵 Punitive (Deflation)
🟢 Objective (Equilibrium)
🔴 Generous (Inflation)
The math shows compatriot judges inflating their own skaters by up to +8.3%. In some competitions, judges underscore their own skaters!. 📊 #DataScience
August 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM
We audited 14k #FigureSkating performances for Nationalistic Bias.
🔵 Punitive (Deflation)
🟢 Objective (Equilibrium)
🔴 Generous (Inflation)
The math shows compatriot judges inflating their own skaters by up to +8.3%. In some competitions, judges underscore their own skaters!. 📊 #DataScience
🔵 Punitive (Deflation)
🟢 Objective (Equilibrium)
🔴 Generous (Inflation)
The math shows compatriot judges inflating their own skaters by up to +8.3%. In some competitions, judges underscore their own skaters!. 📊 #DataScience
Reposted by Raju Soolanayakanahally
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
August 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
Reposted by Raju Soolanayakanahally
🌱🧬 One genotype, many phenotypes. Phenotypic plasticity lets crops adjust to changing conditions. Unlocking its genetic basis could yield stable harvests in a volatile climate
The future of farming is flexible. #plantscience @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The future of farming is flexible. #plantscience @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Plant Phenotypic Plasticity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Breeding and Climate Change Adaptation
Phenotypic plasticity (PP) is a fundamental property of plants, enabling a single genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to environmental variation. This ability is crucial for survival ...
www.annualreviews.org
July 25, 2026 at 7:35 AM
🌱🧬 One genotype, many phenotypes. Phenotypic plasticity lets crops adjust to changing conditions. Unlocking its genetic basis could yield stable harvests in a volatile climate
The future of farming is flexible. #plantscience @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The future of farming is flexible. #plantscience @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Reposted by Raju Soolanayakanahally
#CallForPapers!
This collection highlights AI-driven analytics, digital imaging, and data integration to advance crop performance and sustainability.
Submit your research ▶️ https://ow.ly/zEUJ50YAOAt
#PlantScience #AI
This collection highlights AI-driven analytics, digital imaging, and data integration to advance crop performance and sustainability.
Submit your research ▶️ https://ow.ly/zEUJ50YAOAt
#PlantScience #AI
July 20, 2026 at 2:05 PM
#CallForPapers!
This collection highlights AI-driven analytics, digital imaging, and data integration to advance crop performance and sustainability.
Submit your research ▶️ https://ow.ly/zEUJ50YAOAt
#PlantScience #AI
This collection highlights AI-driven analytics, digital imaging, and data integration to advance crop performance and sustainability.
Submit your research ▶️ https://ow.ly/zEUJ50YAOAt
#PlantScience #AI
Rising drought risks require resilient wheat. Δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O provide powerful tools for faster, more accurate breeding under climate change. doi.org/10.3389/fsuf...
@wheatinitiative.bsky.social @aafc-aac.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social
@wheatinitiative.bsky.social @aafc-aac.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social
July 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Rising drought risks require resilient wheat. Δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O provide powerful tools for faster, more accurate breeding under climate change. doi.org/10.3389/fsuf...
@wheatinitiative.bsky.social @aafc-aac.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social
@wheatinitiative.bsky.social @aafc-aac.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social
Reposted by Raju Soolanayakanahally
🌱🧬GELP80 & GELP100 shape stomatal cuticle structure early in development. Mutants lacking them developed stiffer guard cell walls with limited mobility but lost less water. After 14 days without water, survival was 80% vs near zero in WT
A path to drought resistant crops news.rub.de/english/pres...
A path to drought resistant crops news.rub.de/english/pres...
New Paths for Developing Drought-resistant Crops
Researchers are discovering how plants form their stomata – and are thereby able to save water. This insight could open up new paths for more drought-resistant plants.
news.rub.de
June 26, 2026 at 9:49 AM
🌱🧬GELP80 & GELP100 shape stomatal cuticle structure early in development. Mutants lacking them developed stiffer guard cell walls with limited mobility but lost less water. After 14 days without water, survival was 80% vs near zero in WT
A path to drought resistant crops news.rub.de/english/pres...
A path to drought resistant crops news.rub.de/english/pres...
Our GWAS identified a key genomic region associated with alkene production, providing new insights into poplar adaptation and climate resilience. doi.org/10.3389/fpls...
#Waxes #GWAS #Poplar @utsc.utoronto.ca @aafc-aac.bsky.social
#Waxes #GWAS #Poplar @utsc.utoronto.ca @aafc-aac.bsky.social
Frontiers | Cuticular wax profiling of Populus trichocarpa and P. balsamifera reveals surface similarities with underlying differences
Cuticular waxes are a mixture of hydrophobic components protecting plant tissues from the environment. Populus trichocarpa and P. balsamifera are closely-rel...
doi.org
June 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Our GWAS identified a key genomic region associated with alkene production, providing new insights into poplar adaptation and climate resilience. doi.org/10.3389/fpls...
#Waxes #GWAS #Poplar @utsc.utoronto.ca @aafc-aac.bsky.social
#Waxes #GWAS #Poplar @utsc.utoronto.ca @aafc-aac.bsky.social
Resilient landscapes can help cut agricultural GHG emissions while enhancing carbon storage and farm resilience across Canada. 🇨🇦 #ClimateSmartAgriculture #ResilientLandscapes #CarbonSequestration #NatureBasedSolutions doi.org/10.1007/s104... @aafc-aac.bsky.social @agroforestry.bsky.social
May 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Resilient landscapes can help cut agricultural GHG emissions while enhancing carbon storage and farm resilience across Canada. 🇨🇦 #ClimateSmartAgriculture #ResilientLandscapes #CarbonSequestration #NatureBasedSolutions doi.org/10.1007/s104... @aafc-aac.bsky.social @agroforestry.bsky.social
Reposted by Raju Soolanayakanahally
🌱🧬Phenotypic plasticity lets 1 genotype produce many phenotypes
This review links molecular mechanisms to breeding for climate adaptation. Understanding plasticity helps build crops that keep yields stable as climates shift #plantsci @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This review links molecular mechanisms to breeding for climate adaptation. Understanding plasticity helps build crops that keep yields stable as climates shift #plantsci @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Plant Phenotypic Plasticity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Breeding and Climate Change Adaptation
Phenotypic plasticity (PP) is a fundamental property of plants, enabling a single genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to environmental variation. This ability is crucial for survival ...
www.annualreviews.org
May 22, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🌱🧬Phenotypic plasticity lets 1 genotype produce many phenotypes
This review links molecular mechanisms to breeding for climate adaptation. Understanding plasticity helps build crops that keep yields stable as climates shift #plantsci @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This review links molecular mechanisms to breeding for climate adaptation. Understanding plasticity helps build crops that keep yields stable as climates shift #plantsci @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
New insights into how wheat responds to combined heat, drought, and salinity stress 🌾🔥💧🧂
Small RNAs are emerging as key regulators that fine-tune stress-response networks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @aafc-aac.bsky.social
Small RNAs are emerging as key regulators that fine-tune stress-response networks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @aafc-aac.bsky.social
Combinatorial stress accumulation of wheat small RNAs: Functions and applications
The known complexity of crop phenotypic responses to environmental conditions should be reflected in our exploration of the transcriptional controls t…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
New insights into how wheat responds to combined heat, drought, and salinity stress 🌾🔥💧🧂
Small RNAs are emerging as key regulators that fine-tune stress-response networks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @aafc-aac.bsky.social
Small RNAs are emerging as key regulators that fine-tune stress-response networks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @aafc-aac.bsky.social
Last week, International Poplar Sympoisum & Short Rotation Woody Crops came together at MSU, alongside field visits to Eastern cottonwood trials at Stoneville, Mississippi. #poplar #breeding #fast-growing-trees
April 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Last week, International Poplar Sympoisum & Short Rotation Woody Crops came together at MSU, alongside field visits to Eastern cottonwood trials at Stoneville, Mississippi. #poplar #breeding #fast-growing-trees
Reposted by Raju Soolanayakanahally
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I am grateful to my advisor @aribidopsis.bsky.social, Ashraf Lab members, and our collaborator @rajuaafc.bsky.social for constant support.
It wouldn’t be possible without generous funding from NSERC and CFI; and the supportive @ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca grad program.
I am grateful to my advisor @aribidopsis.bsky.social, Ashraf Lab members, and our collaborator @rajuaafc.bsky.social for constant support.
It wouldn’t be possible without generous funding from NSERC and CFI; and the supportive @ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca grad program.
February 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
(5/5)
I am grateful to my advisor @aribidopsis.bsky.social, Ashraf Lab members, and our collaborator @rajuaafc.bsky.social for constant support.
It wouldn’t be possible without generous funding from NSERC and CFI; and the supportive @ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca grad program.
I am grateful to my advisor @aribidopsis.bsky.social, Ashraf Lab members, and our collaborator @rajuaafc.bsky.social for constant support.
It wouldn’t be possible without generous funding from NSERC and CFI; and the supportive @ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca grad program.
Low nitrogen promotes longer roots but limits canola growth. Hybrids thrive under high N, while open-pollinated lines perform better under low N. Funded by AAFC, Sask Oilseeds, Alberta Canola, Manitoba Canola Growers, Canola Council of Canada. doi.org/10.1002/ppj2...
January 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Low nitrogen promotes longer roots but limits canola growth. Hybrids thrive under high N, while open-pollinated lines perform better under low N. Funded by AAFC, Sask Oilseeds, Alberta Canola, Manitoba Canola Growers, Canola Council of Canada. doi.org/10.1002/ppj2...
Using GWAS + deep learning, we show that balsam poplar TERPENE SYNTHASE5 is a key regulator of leaf size and shape. doi.org/10.3389/fpls... #poplar #GWAS #deeplearning #leaftraits
Frontiers | TPS5 and TOR signaling components are determinants of Populus balsamifera leaf morphology
Variation in leaf morphology in plant species predicts long-term growth and yield. Consequently, we aim to understand the genetic basis of natural variation ...
doi.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Using GWAS + deep learning, we show that balsam poplar TERPENE SYNTHASE5 is a key regulator of leaf size and shape. doi.org/10.3389/fpls... #poplar #GWAS #deeplearning #leaftraits
Breeding better #seabuckthorn! At AAFC, we identified 4 standout genotypes with longer fruit stalks (easier to harvest), larger, sweeter berries, and richer nutrition. Weather played a key role too. doi.org/10.1139/cjps...
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Breeding better #seabuckthorn! At AAFC, we identified 4 standout genotypes with longer fruit stalks (easier to harvest), larger, sweeter berries, and richer nutrition. Weather played a key role too. doi.org/10.1139/cjps...
Reposted by Raju Soolanayakanahally
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers review the rapidly growing use of drone technology in agricultural applications and the important, yet understudied, benefits and trade-offs involved. https://scim.ag/4gnuHea
Can the global drone revolution make agriculture more sustainable?
Rapid growth in drone use is upending expectations but also inducing trade-offs
scim.ag
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers review the rapidly growing use of drone technology in agricultural applications and the important, yet understudied, benefits and trade-offs involved. https://scim.ag/4gnuHea
Thank you, @aribidopsis.bsky.social for the insightful talk on cell division and root development under environmental stress. #cold #salinity #drought
August 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thank you, @aribidopsis.bsky.social for the insightful talk on cell division and root development under environmental stress. #cold #salinity #drought
Genetic and geographic determinants of nitrogen isotope discrimination in black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) url:https://academic.oup.com/treephys/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/treephys/tpaf072/8169181
June 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Genetic and geographic determinants of nitrogen isotope discrimination in black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) url:https://academic.oup.com/treephys/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/treephys/tpaf072/8169181
Drought stress reshapes canola's metabolic and water-loss strategies. Key findings: Cysteine aids stomatal control, epicuticular waxes limit water loss, and phenylalanine boosts drought tolerance. doi.org/10.3389/fpls...
Frontiers | Drought induced metabolic shifts and water loss mechanisms in canola: role of cysteine, phenylalanine and aspartic acid
Drought conditions severely curtail the ability of plants to accumulate biomass due to the closure of stomata and the decrease of photosynthetic assimilation...
doi.org
December 23, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Drought stress reshapes canola's metabolic and water-loss strategies. Key findings: Cysteine aids stomatal control, epicuticular waxes limit water loss, and phenylalanine boosts drought tolerance. doi.org/10.3389/fpls...