Woohoo! Another paper accepted on the Australian crop wild relative of sorghum. Stay tuned for details... #plantscience #sorghum #cyanogenesis #GxE
May 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Woohoo! Another paper accepted on the Australian crop wild relative of sorghum. Stay tuned for details... #plantscience #sorghum #cyanogenesis #GxE
I’ve mentioned cyanogenic plants in some of my posts, but let’s take a proper look. Cyanogenesis is the ability to produce cyanide (HCN). It’s a widespread chemical defense in the Angiosperms + a few Gymnosperms & ferns. 🧵☠️ #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I’ve mentioned cyanogenic plants in some of my posts, but let’s take a proper look. Cyanogenesis is the ability to produce cyanide (HCN). It’s a widespread chemical defense in the Angiosperms + a few Gymnosperms & ferns. 🧵☠️ #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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A multi-factor experimental test of hypothesized selection on the cyanogenesis trait in white clover finds a much more complicated picture than expected
A field experiment assessing the roles of drought, herbivory, and local climate on cyanogenesis cline formation and local adaptation in Trifolium repens
Abstract. Projecting how populations will adapt to environmental changes requires a mechanistic understanding of selection imposed by various biotic and ab
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April 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
A multi-factor experimental test of hypothesized selection on the cyanogenesis trait in white clover finds a much more complicated picture than expected
My last PhD student where I am the primary supervisor submitted her thesis yesterday …on (no surprises) #cyanogenesis in #sorghum Now for that wait while it’s examined #PlantScience
May 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My last PhD student where I am the primary supervisor submitted her thesis yesterday …on (no surprises) #cyanogenesis in #sorghum Now for that wait while it’s examined #PlantScience
A field experiment assessing the roles of drought, herbivory, and local climate on cyanogenesis cline formation and local adaptation in Trifolium repens https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.07.642096v1
March 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A field experiment assessing the roles of drought, herbivory, and local climate on cyanogenesis cline formation and local adaptation in Trifolium repens https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.07.642096v1
Heteromeles is another monotypic genus of #Rosaceae #Amygdaloideae (but it’s sometimes placed in the larger, Asian genus Photinia). Immature fruits of H. arbutifolia are cyanogenic. As fruits mature, the toxin shifts out of the mesocarp & into the seeds. #cyanogenesis #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
May 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Heteromeles is another monotypic genus of #Rosaceae #Amygdaloideae (but it’s sometimes placed in the larger, Asian genus Photinia). Immature fruits of H. arbutifolia are cyanogenic. As fruits mature, the toxin shifts out of the mesocarp & into the seeds. #cyanogenesis #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
The roles of root-nodulating bacterial associations & cyanogenesis in the freezing sensitivities of herbaceous #legumes
New #AJB research by Samuel Rycroft & Hugh Henry
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #Fabaceae
New #AJB research by Samuel Rycroft & Hugh Henry
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #Fabaceae
October 23, 2024 at 2:43 PM
The roles of root-nodulating bacterial associations & cyanogenesis in the freezing sensitivities of herbaceous #legumes
New #AJB research by Samuel Rycroft & Hugh Henry
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #Fabaceae
New #AJB research by Samuel Rycroft & Hugh Henry
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #Fabaceae
Our Annual Review just hit 600 citations! It’s not like cyanogenesis is a big field.
Cyanogenic Glycosides: Synthesis, Physiology, and Phenotypic Plasticity - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Cyanogenic Glycosides: Synthesis, Physiology, and Phenotypic Plasticity - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Cyanogenic Glycosides: Synthesis, Physiology, and Phenotypic Plasticity
Cyanogenic glycosides (CNglcs) are bioactive plant products derived from amino acids. Structurally, these specialized plant compounds are characterized as α-hydroxynitriles (cyanohydrins) that are sta...
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May 26, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Our Annual Review just hit 600 citations! It’s not like cyanogenesis is a big field.
Cyanogenic Glycosides: Synthesis, Physiology, and Phenotypic Plasticity - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Cyanogenic Glycosides: Synthesis, Physiology, and Phenotypic Plasticity - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Our paper on identification of TF regulating cyanogenesis highlighted in Sorghum base - work was part of Viv Rosati’s PhD with additions by PhD student Alicia Quinn #cyanide #sorghum #plantsci 🌾🪴🌱
sorghumbase.org/post/identif...
sorghumbase.org/post/identif...
SorghumBase -
Comparative plant genomics focused on sorghum crop varieties
sorghumbase.org
August 6, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Our paper on identification of TF regulating cyanogenesis highlighted in Sorghum base - work was part of Viv Rosati’s PhD with additions by PhD student Alicia Quinn #cyanide #sorghum #plantsci 🌾🪴🌱
sorghumbase.org/post/identif...
sorghumbase.org/post/identif...
I wonder how they get around cyanogenesis?
November 19, 2024 at 7:27 AM
I wonder how they get around cyanogenesis?
MpaR-driven expression of an orphan terminal oxidase subunit supports Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm respiration and development during cyanogenesis
mBio journal from @laahrs.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
mBio journal from @laahrs.bsky.social
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December 20, 2023 at 1:28 PM
MpaR-driven expression of an orphan terminal oxidase subunit supports Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm respiration and development during cyanogenesis
mBio journal from @laahrs.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
mBio journal from @laahrs.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Deadline extended to 31st May 2026 for papers for the Poisonous Plants Special issue in Annals of Botany, edited by me & Elizabeth Neilson (Copenhagen) 🧪⚕️🪴#PlantScience #crops #SpecializedMetabolism #herbivory #cyanogenesis #alkaloids #glucosinolates #EssentialOils #allelopathy #ChemicalEcology
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May 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Deadline extended to 31st May 2026 for papers for the Poisonous Plants Special issue in Annals of Botany, edited by me & Elizabeth Neilson (Copenhagen) 🧪⚕️🪴#PlantScience #crops #SpecializedMetabolism #herbivory #cyanogenesis #alkaloids #glucosinolates #EssentialOils #allelopathy #ChemicalEcology
Another crazy Hakea story from Byron Lamont - obligate seeders have cyanogenic glycosides in flowers, resprouters concentrate them in leaves - academic.oup.com/aob/article-...
Injury-induced Cyanogenesis in Vegetative and Reproductive Parts of Two Grevillea Species and their F1 Hybrid
Abstract. When leaves of three Grevillea species were macerated, hydrogen cyanide was only released from the soft, immature ones. The bark but not wood of
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Another crazy Hakea story from Byron Lamont - obligate seeders have cyanogenic glycosides in flowers, resprouters concentrate them in leaves - academic.oup.com/aob/article-...
Fun evening judging the best eucalypt bonsai at the Native Bonsai Association show at Preston City Hall- in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day next week - I couldn’t go past this E.polyanthemos/red box which is polymorphic for cyanogenesis 🪴🌿🌾
March 15, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Fun evening judging the best eucalypt bonsai at the Native Bonsai Association show at Preston City Hall- in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day next week - I couldn’t go past this E.polyanthemos/red box which is polymorphic for cyanogenesis 🪴🌿🌾
Fun evening judging the best eucalypt bonsai at the Native Bonsai Association show at Preston City Hall- in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day next week - I couldn’t go past this E.polyanthemos/red box which is polymorphic for cyanogenesis 🪴🌿🌾
March 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Fun evening judging the best eucalypt bonsai at the Native Bonsai Association show at Preston City Hall- in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day next week - I couldn’t go past this E.polyanthemos/red box which is polymorphic for cyanogenesis 🪴🌿🌾
Another paper on sorghum transcription with focus on cyanogenesis pathway #sorghum #cyanide
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Tissue-specific transcriptomic dynamics under drought stress in domesticated sorghum, S. bicolor | Plant Genetic Resources | Cambridge Core
Tissue-specific transcriptomic dynamics under drought stress in domesticated sorghum, S. bicolor
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April 7, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Another paper on sorghum transcription with focus on cyanogenesis pathway #sorghum #cyanide
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Authors used pYeDP60-hATP13A2-WT from @addgene.bsky.social in their study. Including #RRIDs will make this less ambiguous.
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #RRID #reproducibility
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #RRID #reproducibility
Cyanogenic millipede genome illuminates convergent evolution of cyanogenesis-related enzymes
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March 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Authors used pYeDP60-hATP13A2-WT from @addgene.bsky.social in their study. Including #RRIDs will make this less ambiguous.
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #RRID #reproducibility
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #RRID #reproducibility
A field experiment by @lucasjalbano.bsky.social et al. assessing the roles of drought, herbivory, and local climate on cyanogenesis cline formation and local adaptation in Trifolium repens:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
A field experiment assessing the roles of drought, herbivory, and local climate on cyanogenesis cline formation and local adaptation in Trifolium repens
Abstract. Projecting how populations will adapt to environmental changes requires a mechanistic understanding of selection imposed by various biotic and ab
doi.org
March 26, 2026 at 9:53 AM
A field experiment by @lucasjalbano.bsky.social et al. assessing the roles of drought, herbivory, and local climate on cyanogenesis cline formation and local adaptation in Trifolium repens:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️
A genome assembly—powered by Omni-C—of white clover (Trifolium repens), a species linked to shamrocks, revealed how copy number variants at cyanogenesis loci shape its adaptation & defense.
🔬 Learn more: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Sláinte! 🍻
March 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️
A genome assembly—powered by Omni-C—of white clover (Trifolium repens), a species linked to shamrocks, revealed how copy number variants at cyanogenesis loci shape its adaptation & defense.
🔬 Learn more: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Sláinte! 🍻
Cyanogenic millipede genome illuminates convergent evolution of cyanogenesis-related enzymes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645106v1
March 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Cyanogenic millipede genome illuminates convergent evolution of cyanogenesis-related enzymes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645106v1
Looks really interesting - this is going to be important for understanding processes like cyanogenesis
June 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Looks really interesting - this is going to be important for understanding processes like cyanogenesis
Google scholar scholar.google.com.au/citations?us...
Ros Gleadow
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University (Melbourne) Australia - Cited by 6,208 - plant ecophysiology - cassava - sorghum - cyanogenesis - food sec...
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November 30, 2023 at 10:55 PM
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Cyanogenic millipede genome illuminates convergent evolution of cyanogenesis-related enzymes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645106v1
March 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Cyanogenic millipede genome illuminates convergent evolution of cyanogenesis-related enzymes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645106v1