Exciting start to #IWC2026Bologna, this morning highlighting that optimising wheat crops needs to look beyond the plant, to nutrient cycling, crop rotations, precision planting and more.
#research #sustainableagriculture
In case you didn't make it to the end of a jam-packed day of talks - I spoke about the potential of a small signalling molecule T6P to make big impacts for yield and NUE #IWC2026Bologna #cropscience #biotech photo creds @rosemcn.bsky.social
Day 1 of #IWC2026Bologna 🌾
I enjoyed hearing about how we can try and make wheat more sustainable and enjoyed meeting old (and new!) friends all connected by a common interest in wheat. Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow....
Rose McNelly
Catherine Famelton
Catherine Famelton
The programme is out now! 🌐
Find it here: www.iwc2026.com/program/
Start planning your #IWC2026Bologna agenda! 📅
Days 2 and 3 of IWC showcased the growing array of resources for wheat genomics and wheat wild relatives, and how they are being harnessed to find new traits and disease resistances. What will be discovered next? Sky's the limit! - Le Due Torre of Bologna
Philip Pardey noted that while global R&D funding is increasing, agri-food is getting a smaller share. So more important than ever to show what the collaborative network of global #wheatresearch can achieve
"People are underpinning all of our success and I think making more of those people is key" - Dame Ottoline Leyser @slcuplants.bsky.social spoke with @stephaniemswarbre.bsky.social on career insights and cultivating a diverse, inclusive research environment at #Monogram2026 #WomeninSTEM
I saw this minute water lily at Kew Gardens in 2023 but had no idea how narrowly it was brought back from the brink!
Image: Nymphaea thermarum next to a larger waterlily #waterlily #conservation #plantstories
Full story ->
www.kew.org/plants/nymph...
And that's a wrap on #Monogram2026! Thank you to our sponsors @kwsgroup.bsky.social, RAGT, @newphyt.bsky.social & @novogene-europe.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to our New Phytologist poster prize winners Natasha Brock, Zoe Marshall & Hardik Patel 👏 👏 👏
See you all next year in Nottingham!
