Our study on the evolution of shade avoidance, a "selfish trait" in plants, over 80 years of soybean breeding history. Led by @lukecoevo.bsky.social and Emanuel Kopp, and published here: doi.org/10.1111/eva..... Great stuff!
Scaling law links development and resource use to grain yield in diverse environments
Golan et al. @guy2golan.bsky.social @leibnizipk.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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High planting densities expose field crops to competition for light, which typically induces shade avoidance responses such as stem elongation. While adaptive in natural environments, these responses...
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Homoeo-alleles of wheat GNI2 fuel grain yields across input environments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.28.721284v1
High density crop canopies create light environments that reshape plant development.
Our new preprint uncovers novel wheat phytochrome variation linked to shade-induced plasticity, flowering time and architecture under simulated canopy shade.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...