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🌾💧 RESEARCH 💧🌾

CNW-Wheat is an innovative whole plant functional–structural model coupling turgor pressure, carbon–nitrogen metabolism, and leaf growth in interaction with aboveground and belowground abiotic factors - Acker et al.

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#PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 2.Coordination of leaf elongation. The graph shows the normalized length (logarithmic scale) of main stem leaves versus the phyllochronic time relative to leaf emergence (based on Fournier et al., 2005; Gauthier et al., 2020). Symbols are phytomer rank. Each point is the median of 5–10 observations. The dashed line is the emergence of the previous leaf (En–1), which triggers the transition from an exponential-like elongation (phase I) to a sigmoidal elongation (phase II). Below the graph, illustrations of the growing leaf stages are represented during both phases. From the initiation of leaf n to En–1, leaf n is represented as a homogenous hidden growth zone (hz, yellow), and follows an exponential-like elongation. After En–1, leaf n elongation is calculated according to the turgor-driven growth model (Lockhart–Ortega phase).
October 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
exfumo.bsky.social
Some #plants are just made to be drawn (by Curtis Lubbe). Helianthus tuberosus produces wonderfully variable #stem #tuber, perfect for exploring the hidden #diversity of #belowground organs. #art #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #clonality
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October 1, 2026 at 8:18 AM
blamy.bsky.social
You can always count on Farmer's Almanac for the explanation for atmospheric weirdness. The universe is trying to make us all cut our bangs and go crazy with the manic panic.
Screenshot of the Farmer's Almanac "Best Days" page showing that 9/28-9/30 are the best days to cut and color your hair (along with harvesting belowground crops)
September 30, 2026 at 1:48 PM
nonviolence.bsky.social
Primary forests store 83% more CO2 than secondary forests. Primary forests also produce a lot more BVOCs which form half of all cooling clouds on Earth.

It’s insane to base the climate discussion predominantly on physics and not biology. The CO2 pump is biological. Life is biological.

#NTHE
• 80-150 years: may recover some mature-forest appearance • 150-300 years: may recover many old-growth structural traits in some forest types • 300-1000+ years: more realistic for something approaching ancient-forest complexity, especially belowground and in specialist biota • never fully restored: possible where primary-forest legacies were lost, soils altered, hydrology changed, or source populations disappeared That is why ecologists often distinguish: • mature forest • late-successional forest • secondary old-growth • primary or ancient old-growth A 200-year-old secondary forest may be very valuable and ecologically rich, but still not equivalent to primary old growth.
September 30, 2026 at 11:08 AM
ykuzyakov.bsky.social
NEW in ADVANCED SCIENCE
Rhizodeposition Drives One Third of Belowground #Carbon Input in Agroecosystems
doi.org/10.1002/advs...

Lead by Zhengjun Yan and Huadong Zang

#SoilOrganicCarbon #sequestration #soil #Roots #CO2
#rhizosphere #agriculture #Rice #wheat #maize #13Clabeling #isotopes
September 30, 2026 at 10:24 AM
jitkaklimesova.bsky.social
New on the Belowground blog: Tuberous inspiration plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/t...
Tuberous inspiration
Illustrations, photos, and commentary by F. Curtis Lubbe from the institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The illustration above features a relatively realistic image of the belowgrou…
plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com
September 30, 2026 at 6:20 AM
ucdavisplants.bsky.social
🌱 From UC Davis: After blue oaks died, deep-soil fungi shifted dramatically while soil carbon remained stable, revealing slower changes in belowground carbon cycling. (Laura Bogar, Anna Goodman)

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#PlantScience #PlantBiology
When Trees Die, Soil Fungi Shift—but Carbon Remains
A new study from UC Davis researchers shows that when oak trees die, it triggers major changes to the community of soil microbes living beneath them. These changes have implications for soil health th...
biology.ucdavis.edu
September 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
timberdoodlydoo.bsky.social
oh that looks great. I was thinking of exploring the belowground interactions between longleaf pine and their oak associates to see what component of it* was mycorrhizal, and this will make for lovely reading toward that.

*longleaf pine seedlings show increased growth/vigor in the presence of oak
September 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social
Belowground functional traits predict population temporal stability in grasslands https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.25.754125v1
September 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM
biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Belowground functional traits predict population temporal stability in grasslands https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.25.754125v1
September 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM
biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social
Forest belowground productivity and carbon allocation predominantly driven by soil properties rather than climate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.24.754289v1
September 28, 2026 at 10:32 AM
biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Forest belowground productivity and carbon allocation predominantly driven by soil properties rather than climate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.24.754289v1
September 28, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Tangwa Abilu.🌿🌏🌾🍀🍃.SDG's. (@AbiluTangwa) on X
Amazon carbon vault: 56.8 billion metric tons of aboveground carbon (2022 data), rising to 71.5 billion including belowground. That’s nearly 2 years of global CO₂ emissions. Brazil alone holds 57%...
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September 25, 2026 at 9:19 AM
biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social
Loss of a belowground mutualist disrupts a fundamental biodiversity-disease relationship https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.23.753874v1
September 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Loss of a belowground mutualist disrupts a fundamental biodiversity-disease relationship https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.23.753874v1
September 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
antonie.eurosky.social
Soil Health Week: Supporting the belowground farm workforce

Soil Biology Research Officer, Johnstown Castle, explains why together Soil biodiversity includes an incredible...

teagasc.ie/news--events/dai...

Via: Antonie.ai
#SoilHealth #Biodiversity #Ecosystem #Carbon #Agriculture #Farming
September 24, 2026 at 7:51 AM
newphyt.bsky.social
Phytochemical divergence between above- and belowground tree organs along elevational gradients

Asefa et al.

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Hypothesized patterns of phytochemical differentiation between aboveground (leaves) and belowground (roots) organs along elevational gradients.
September 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM
exfumo.bsky.social
What makes #Triffid a plant and what makes it almost not a plant at all? In the third #Belowground post @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social
dissects #morphology #movement #carnivory and #invasive potential of the most famous fictional plant 🪴
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#ExFuMo #GoBelowground @ibotcz.bsky.social
Book club 3: The Day of the Triffids
Commentary and Illustration by Jitka Klimešová from the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences. The image above is from a linocut by Jitka Klimešová, displayi…
1url.cz
September 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM
jitkaklimesova.bsky.social
New on the Belowground blog: Book club 3: The Day of the Triffids plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/b...
Book club 3: The Day of the Triffids
Commentary and Illustration by Jitka Klimešová from the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences. The image above is from a linocut by Jitka Klimešová, displayi…
plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com
September 23, 2026 at 9:02 AM
natabolite.bsky.social
Molecular biology and plant physiology in sorghum is still on the rise, however there’s more to come as sorghum GST research from Nanna Weise & @nbjarnholt.bsky.social shows while we are exploring metabolic network belowground for more resilience in sustainable agroecological settings
September 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
exfumo.bsky.social
The 5th day of #GoBelowground was all about mini-projects #Buds #Storage #FineRoots #Clonality #Rhizome #Stolon #Traits #FunctionalTraits #PlantEcology
Explore, measure, interpret and turn belowground traits into ecological stories.
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September 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
heyrhododendron.bsky.social
The Himalayan treeline
A climate sensitive ecosystem where belowground microbial communities may support Rhododendron long-term survival

Fungal-mediated nutrient cycling in Rhododendron arboreum & R. campanulatum treelines is shaped by elevation, season & rhizosphere soil chemistry

🧪 🌏 🍁🌱🌿🌸🌐🦠
Rhizospheric Microbial Colonisation in Himalayan Rhododendron Species Across the Treeline Ecotone of Parvati Valley, India - Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
The Himalayan treeline is a climate sensitive ecosystem where seasonal variability, increasing temperature, and altered monsoon patterns strongly shapes belowground plant-microbe interactions. Ericace...
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September 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
eisenhauerlab.bsky.social
New study from our myDiv tree diversity experiment out in @natecoevo.nature.com 🌳🍄

Harnessing the crossed design of mycorrhizal type x tree diversity, Yi et. al show that both factors drive multitrophic biodiversity, especially belowground 🦠🪱🪲
September 20, 2026 at 2:24 PM
ibotcz.bsky.social
What’s the coolest thing about belowground organs? 🌱 Our Go Belowground 2026 participants will tell you! 👀 ⬇️ #GoBelowground #GoBelowground2026 @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social @exfumo.bsky.social
September 20, 2026 at 12:14 PM
ibotcz.bsky.social
🌱 Go Belowground course - everything you ever wanted to know about belowground plant organs! Theory, experiments and hands-on fieldwork. Add the breathtaking landscape of the Novohradské Mountains, top experts and a greate international crew - and that’s #GoBelowground 2026. 🌿🔬⛰️
September 19, 2026 at 7:55 PM