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In September, 22 new breaking plant science related news stories were posted on the GPC website including...
Inheritance in Plants Can Now Be Controlled Specifically
A new application of the CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors promises major progress in crop cultivation. Now researchers have succeeded in modifying the sequence of genes on a chromosome using CRISPR/Cas. For the first time worldwide, scientists took a known chromosome modification in the thale cress model plant and demonstrated how inversions of the gene sequence can be undone and inheritance can thus be controlled specifically.
Mystery solved: How do tips of plants stay virus-free?
Plants are able to keep growing indefinitely because they have tissues made of meristems–plant stem cells–which have the unique ability to transform themselves into the various specialized cells that make up the plant. Meristems exist at the tips of all plants, allowing them to grow new stems or new roots, and, in trees, also in the trunk, where they add extra girth. This virus-beating ability in perhaps the most important part of a plant has been exploited by scientists and farmers since then in order to cultivate new plants from donor plants that are infected, but without passing on the virus. Now researchers have offered new insights into this incredible ability.
Researchers find new way to protect plants from fungal infection
Widespread fungal disease in plants can be controlled with a commercially available chemical that has been primarily used in medicine until now. In a comprehensive experiment a research team has uncovered a new metabolic pathway that can be disrupted with this chemical, thus preventing many known plant fungi from invading the host plant.
Engineering Drought-Resistant Crops with Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) Photosynthesis
Drought causes major crop losses in many regions of the world, and climate change threatens to exacerbate the occurrence of drought in temperate as well as arid regions. A research team analyzed the potential for engineering drought-resistant plants via introduction of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). They used a sophisticated mathematical modelling approach to study the effects of introducing CAM photosynthesis, which is used by plants that are able to thrive in arid conditions, into C3 plants, which tend to thrive only in areas where sunlight intensity and temperatures are moderate and water is plentiful.
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ECRi is a collection of activities addressed to help the ECRs with 4 essential matters: job hunting, grant funding, dissemination of research results and networking.
Job hunting: We post daily opportunities on our Facebook and Linkedin groups. Next #plantscijobs Twitterstorm will take place on the 27th November between 3 and 4 pm CET.
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We have reviewed all of the following, but please, make sure to confirm with the event organizers.
Currently, 32 events are published in our events calendar.
ASA, CSSA, SSSA Virtual Annual Meeting: Translating Visionary Science to Practice
9–13 November 2020. Online.
Postharvest 2020 Webinar Series
11–13 November 2020. Online.
Quick Start Guide to Connecting with Industry
25 November 2020. Online.
XV Spanish Meeting of Plant Molecular Biology
26–26 November 2020. Online.
The 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Science
1-15 December 2020. Online.
Legal frameworks for research and innovation with plant genetic resources
25-29 January 2021. Alnarp, Sweden.
The 31st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR)
21–25 June 2021. Seatle, WA, United States.
26th International Conference on Sexual Plant Reproduction
21–25 June 2021. Prague, Czech Republic.
If you have a conference, meeting, workshop, training course or other event coming up, we can include it in our Events calendar! Please email isabel@globalplantcouncil.org
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"Focus Issue on Digital Agriculture" Focus Issue Call for Papers by "Plant Physiology"
This focus issue will include reviews that synthesize the current state of the art and future prospects in sustainable precision agriculture, including but not limited to phenotyping, artificial intelligence and deep learning, robotics, databases and data sharing, pangenomics, genomic selection, and neodomestication. Submission Deadline: December 1, 2020
"Focus Issue on Transport and Signaling" Focus Issue Call for Papers by "Plant Physiology"
This Focus Issue will highlight the recent advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind membrane transport, its integration with signaling, and its roles in homeostasis. A selection of Update Reviews, included within the Issue, will address new and transformative insights that are driving research beyond the traditional boundaries of transport physiology. We encourage submissions that address quantitative frameworks in understanding membrane transport, transport proteins, and the integration of transport and signaling across scales. Submission deadline: March 8, 2021.
"Redox Control during Developmental and Stress Processes through Nitric Oxide-Mediated Post-translational Modifications" Special Issue open call for papers by "Plants"
Nitric oxide (NO) has evolved as a key gasotransmitter in living systems. A growing number of investigations have shown the significance of NO in the regulation of developmental processes and in response to (a)biotic processes. How NO can exert its action has been extensively studied in recent times, highlighting that this molecule is able to modify biomolecules, including nucleic acids, proteins, and fatty acids. Importantly, NO alters the protein structure and function through post-translational modifications, including S-nitrosation, nitration of tyrosine residues, or nitroakylation. This Special Issue will gather articles converging on the study of the redox mechanisms underlying developmental and stress processes through nitric oxide- mediated post-translational modifications.
Submission date: 31st May 2021.
"Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species" special issue call for paper by "Forests"
Trees are dominant species in many land ecosystems and their economic relevance is well known, not only for the production of wood and other products, but also because they deliver a variety of ecosystem services, including temperature regulation, mitigation of soil erosion, and managing and filtering rainwater, and are habitats for other organisms. Due to their long reproductive and life cycles, trees require specific strategies for breeding and large-scale propagation. In recent years, biotechnology is assuming an increasingly important role in tree breeding and cloning, through the application of techniques such as somatic embryogenesis, propagation in bioreactors, genetic transformation, proteomics, genomics, and production of synthetic seeds, among many others. Based on these tools, improved trees displaying new features are now in the field assuring higher productivities and helping to preserve natural forests while contributing to fix CO2 and to avoid desertification, both from an ecological and human perspective. This Special Issue will keep researchers and other stakeholders on the cutting edge of the latest developments in the field of tree biotechnology. Those interested in tree biotechnology are welcome to collaborate and share their more recent results in this field. Submission date: 20 August 2021
Want to share a call for papers we've missed? Please tell us about it by emailing isabel@globalplantcouncil.org
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- Horizon 2020 Call: Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services. The EU Commision released a call for proposals on the 22nd of September. Actions are expected to demonstrate how transformational change through ecosystem restoration delivers at large scale, delivering first visible results and examples on land and at sea by 2024, with benefits increasing in the long-term. The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 16 and 25 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts. Funding rates in the 70-100% range. All details here. Deadline: 26th January 2021.
- The Plant Biotic Interactions (PBI) program supports research on the processes that mediate beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial, oomycete, fungal, plant, and invertebrate symbionts, pathogens and pests. This joint NSF/NIFA program supports projects focused on current and emerging model and non-model systems, and agriculturally relevant plants. Funding rates in the >30% range. Full Proposals Accepted Anytime.
- Funding Opportunity: AFRI Releases RFA for Foundational and Applied Science Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released a request for applications for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science (FAS) program. During the fiscal years 2021 and 2022 AFRI will distribute approximately $290 million per year. AFRI has numerous program area priorities and each program area priority has its own deadline(s). Please, check them here.
You are invited to check the grant ECRi devoted section and our Resources section for more on funding opportunities.
Spotted a funding opportunity we've missed? Please tell us about it by emailing isabel@globalplantcouncil.org
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The United Nations declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (#IYPH2020). IYPH2020 is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development.
At GPC we have a devoted IYPH2020 section where you will find news connected with plant health.
Are you organizing an IYPH2020 activity? Please tell us about it by emailing isabel@globalplantcouncil.org
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