Was such great fun! And to complete your potato week new paper out on origin of the mighty spud @cellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
I’m a co author … it’s awesome!
Ohhh the lovely Solanum villosum!
Yep… been there! Colleagues are wonderful…
It’s been a great meeting… I think my brain might burst with me and exciting information and insights! #SOLRUB2025
So… climate change… Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle) as a street tree in London! A lovely splash of pink in late summer! #londonlife
Exciting arrival in the post today… hard copy of The Madrid Code! @iaptglobal.bsky.social
Same plant… summer!
Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid
interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million
years ago. The alter...
Interested in big flowering plant genera? Come work with the exciting global Solanum group - based at @nhm-london.bsky.social - phylogenomics, diversification, nightshade fun! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Sandy Knapp
Sandy Knapp
The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.
Sandy Knapp
The Mighty Spud - @sandyknapp.bsky.social, @glennbryan.bsky.social and Susan Calman
The Infinite Monkey Cage Series 33
Today 11:00
BBC Radio 4
@robinince.bsky.social and @profbriancox.bsky.social boil down the truth about one of the most beloved foods - potatoes.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@sandyknapp.bsky.social opens the #SOLRUB2025 meeting talking about how wonderful are #Solanaceae species. New dating results are coming out soon. The family is older that we thought. Almost 90 MY. She closes her presentation talking about the importance of community.
