Phenological stage accounts for ~49% of variation in root exudate profiles, while phosphorus supply has no significant overall effect, except at flowering.
Developmental timing turns out to be the primary driver. #metabolomics #phosphorus #rhizosphere
Happy to share my first paper ! 🚀
Thanks to the PEPA lab and my great coauthors @adrienheymans.bsky.social, Rémy Schoppach, Valentin Couvreur and @guillaumelobet.bsky.social !
"Secondary Growth and Exodermal Barriers Shape Local Root Hydraulics: Modeling Insights"
doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.27.701735
Marco D'Agostino
When the #wheat plants you have been nurturing for months fall down because of a storm, you need to give them a hand. #drooght
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From dial-up days to now, travel through Wikipedia's history.
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🌱 Does #phosphorus shape what #roots release into the soil? Yes, but only at the right moment in the plant's life.
New #preprint from Sasha Pollet and Jean-Thomas Cornelis team UBC on white lupin root exudates across development. #plantscience #rhizosphere 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Cabrera’s love for plant science started with his mother-in-law’s garden in Ecuador—around 100 species thriving in one place! academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
#WeAreASPB
🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek
Root system architecture reorganization under decreasing soil phosphorus lowers root system conductance of Zea mays by Felix Maximilian Bauer et al. in @annbot.bsky.social
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/qjpb
#RootBiology #RootPhysiology #PlantScience
On my back from the #GRC on #Salt and #water stress in #plant. This was such a fantastic meeting! The venue, of course, but most importantly the company!
4 days of intense discussions across a broad range of topics ( microbiome to biophysics, agar to field). Looking forward to the next one!
Practical takeaway: organic acid exudation in white lupin is highest during early growth and drops substantially by flowering. If the goal is phosphorus mobilisation in the rhizosphere, plant developmental stage may matter as much as fertilisation rate. #sustainableagriculture #soilhealth
