Happy to share that our manuscript on virus-induced genome editing in a #ParasiticPlant has been published in Plant, Cell & Environment: doi.org/10.1111/pce.... The method also works well beyond the genes edited in the paper—so, more to come! The plasmids will soon be available from Addgene.

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New nature papers flagged #natureripoff #sciencecrisis PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE transcription factors enable arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis pubpeer.com/publications... Asymmetric selection of a rice immune module and rebuild of disease resistance pubpeer.com/publications...

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„Without funding of basic research – which is the advantage of doing research in Germany – our discoveries would not have been possible”, Nobel Prize laureate 2026 Peter Hagemann points out in German news @heutejournal.bsky.social (starting at 19:00 minutes) – in German www.zdf.de/play/magazin...

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5 years ago, @hacquardst.bsky.social and I became very interested in 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎, an emerging fungal pathogen that colonizes the roots of many plants 🌱 🍅 🌾 🆕📝 Final result of a huge team effort to uncover the bases of its multi-host compatibility👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Le défenseur des arbres, Thomas Brail, a été arrêté par les gendarmes sur le chantier de l’autoroute A412. Chantier qui menace d’artificialiser près de 180 hectares d’espaces naturels, dont 56 hectares de zones humides, et environ 70 hectares de terres agricoles ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/UrV

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