Postdoc at @CropSciCentre, Cambridge. Trying to get crops and soil microbes to play nice. Mostly mycorrhizas
Cambridge, England
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Could be betalain, what do you think @dromius ?
Anyone help explain the vivid purple stain on this Hazel rod? It ran throughout the stem right down into the stool. First cut of a 15 year old Hazel on Skye. Alas it was very gnarly and not much of a rod. #coppice #coppicing
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Looking forward to a world-beating menu at the Festival of Brexit 🥴
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New paper out in @FoodEnergySec!
- Growth response to mycorrhizal inoculation is HIGHLY variable (-30% to +80%!) in different wheat genotypes
- We found some QTL linked to these responses
- Suggests mycorrhizal benefit could be bred for in cereals
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Getting ready for the explanation - “Nobody told me it was my birthday”
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson had a birthday party during lockdown in June 2020 despite rules forbidding social gatherings indoors, ITV News has learnt.
Up to 30 staff celebrated in the cabinet room where Carrie Johnson surprised him with a cake, we're told.
itv.com/news/2022-01-24/bori…
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Great opportunity here to work on a fantastic mycorrhizal project:
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Spotted a cracking display of orchids at the roadside this afternoon in Cambridge. Southern marsh orchid and bee orchid I think? #NoMowMay #RoadVerges @thenewgalaxy @Love_plants @Britnatureguide @camcitco
Excited to share our latest paper - Cultivar-dependent CO2 responses in mycorrhizal barley @plantspplplanet @field_lab_UoS @DariaPastok @KatieField4 @bmerry16 @JosieDriver
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Let’s hope nobody was crushed to death by bricks ‘worth millions of pounds’ 🙄 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo…
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Something to say when you don’t know what to say - This Too Shall Pass @tomhanks @simonmayo @KermodeMovie @wittertainment
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Can anyone help me ID what’s making this noise? Recorded in Leeds at about 8pm the other day. Had a look online but couldn’t find anything that sounded similar... @Britnatureguide
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