ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success

ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success

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Australian Research Council funded research centre bringing together #plant scientists, mathematical modellers, crop breeders, and legal experts to achieve #PlantSuccess 🌱🧬📈🌾 www.plantsuccess.org

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📢 New publication 'Phenomic prediction I: Plot-level prediction of #lodging severity in #sorghum breeding trials using UAV-based photogrammetric height data' by Srinivasa Reddy Mothukuri et al. in The Plant Phenome Journal 🧪 doi.org/10.1002/ppj2...

doi.orgPhenomic prediction I: Plot‐level prediction of lodging severity in sorghum breeding trials using UAV‐based photogrammetric height dataLodging in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) presents a significant challenge for plant breeders due to the trade-off between lodging resistance and grain yield. Manually measuring lodging across...

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in silico Plants
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NEW! PSoup: an R package for predicting the outcomes of biological networks without kinetic parameters by Nicole Fortuna, Brodie Lawson, Christos Mitsanis, Kevin Burrage and Christine Beveridge @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social @qaafi.bsky.social buff.ly/xRg3cDc #PlantScience #Networks #Branching

buff.lyPSoup: an R package for predicting the outcomes of biological networks without kinetic parametersAbstract. Mechanistic models built for prediction are often treated as a parameter estimation problem. Using Bayesian inference on a well-studied shoot bra
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📢 New publication 'On matrix-analytic #Markov modulated models for #evolution: application potential and future directions required to advance the field' by Małgorzata O’Reilly and Barbara Holland in Frontiers in Systems Biology 🧪 doi.org/10.3389/fsys...

doi.orgFrontiers | On matrix-analytic Markov modulated models for evolution: application potential and future directions required to advance the fieldMarkov modulated (MM) models in the theory of matrix-analytic methods (MAMs) are a class of probabilistic models whose key feature is an underlying Markov en...

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Applications are open for the Open Science at the ABS Program! Boost your skills in integrated data, connect with peers, and help build a stronger research ecosystem. Apply by 31 Oct 2026. Details: https://ow.ly/L5Xw50ZX26J #OpenScience #DataSkills #ABS #ResearchData #IntegratedData #NCRISimpact

ow.lyOpen Science at the ABSExpanding access to integrated data, building researcher capability, and advancing open science collaboration across Australia.
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📢 New publication 'Genome-wide prediction of cloned disease resistance homologues across the #Oryza genus' by Sabrina Morrison, Jacqueline Batley, Ian Paul Navea, Van Schepler-Luu and Robert Henry in The Plant Genome 🧪 #DiseaseResistance doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...

doi.orgGenome‐wide prediction of cloned disease resistance homologues across the <i>Oryza</i> genusThe wild relatives of rice (Oryza sativa L.) represent reservoirs of genetic diversity and potential sources of novel pest and disease resistance. The recent availability of high-quality Oryza genome....

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🧬🌽 Ensembles of Graph Attention Networks Supervised by Genotype-to-Phenotype Structures Improved Genomic Prediction Performance by Shunichiro Tomura, Owen Powell, Melanie Wilkinson, Mark Cooper @qaafi.bsky.social buff.ly/5uimYqT buff.ly/zmgesLv #PlantScience #GenomicPrediction #Ensemble

buff.lyEnsembles of graph attention networks supervised by genotype-to-phenotype structures improved genomic prediction performanceAbstract. Accurate selection of favourable crop genotypes has motivated the exploration of diverse prediction algorithms for crop breeding applications. On
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📢 New publication 'Targeted breeding for #drought -prone environments' by Mark Cooper, Carlos Messina, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos and Frank Technow in Journal of Experimental Botany 🧪 #Breeder’sEquation #GenomicPrediction doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

doi.orgTargeted breeding for drought-prone environmentsAbstract. Key components of targeted breeding for drought-prone environments are discussed. The “Breeder’s Equation” provides a framework to operationalise
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📢 New publication 'Linking #drought strategy to climate-of-origin in a widespread #C4 grass: hydraulic traits, #xylem anatomy and stomatal behaviour in Themeda triandra' by @vin-jacob.bsky.social et al. in @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

doi.orgLinking drought strategy to climate‐of‐origin in a widespread <fc>C4</fc> grass: hydraulic traits, xylem anatomy and stomatal behaviour in <fi>Themeda triandra</fi>Climate-of-origin of Themeda triandra populations used in this study.

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🌽 Optimisation of Weighted Ensembles of #Genomic Prediction Models in #Maize by Shunichiro Tomura, Owen Powell, Melanie J Wilkinson, James Lefvre, and Mark Cooper @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social @qaafi.bsky.social buff.ly/wdm6aAa #PlantScience

buff.lyOptimization of weighted ensembles of genomic prediction models in maizeAbstract. Ensembles of multiple genomic prediction models have demonstrated improved prediction performance over the individual models contributing to the
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📢 New publication 'Mutant Characterisation Reveals Two Candidate Sensors for the Rapid High Vapour Pressure Deficit (VPD) Response Pathway' by Hanh Vo, Timothy Brodribb and Frances Sussmilch in Plant, Cell & Environment 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/pce....

doi.orgMutant Characterisation Reveals Two Candidate Sensors for the Rapid High Vapour Pressure Deficit (VPD) Response PathwayWe investigated the rapid high VPD response pathway by characterising Arabidopsis thaliana mutants for five candidate genes: ATX2, HVR, ILK1, MSL2, and OSCA1.2, and identified HVR and MSL2 as critica....

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All of the entries are outstanding! Here's my favorite. See them all: www.plantsuccess.org/21-ways-to-c...

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Congratulations to our 2 winners in the Meme category of the Creative Communication Competition! 🏆 Judges’ 2nd Prize: Thomas Crow 'Genomic Prediction' 🏆 People's Choice: Hamza Ramzan 'PhD Student Life' Sometimes the best way to communicate is with humour! See all the entries: scienceart.com.au

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📢 New publication 'Evaluating #crop models for future climate scenarios: #wheat yield predictions using #APSIM and #STICS under combined CO2, warming, and water deficit conditions' by Alan Severini et al. in @insilicoplants.bsky.social 🧪 doi.org/10.1093/insi...

doi.orgEvaluating crop models for future climate scenarios: wheat yield predictions using APSIM and STICS under combined CO2, warming, and water deficit conditionsAbstract. Crop models are essential for predicting climate change impacts on agriculture, yet their validation under multi-stress conditions remains limite

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TranSpread
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In Horticulture Research, researchers generated a fully phased genome for ‘Smooth Cayenne’ pineapple. Using PacBio HiFi and Hi‑C, they resolved both 25-chromosome haplotypes, identifying 50 centromeres and 44 telomeres. #Collapsed genome #Pineapple Details: doi.org/10.1093/hr/u...

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📢 New publication 'Global variation in the ratio of #sapwood to #leaf area explained by optimality principles' by Huiying Xu et al. in @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

doi.orgGlobal variation in the ratio of sapwood to leaf area explained by optimality principlesThe sapwood area supporting a given leaf area (Huber value, vH) reflects the coupling between carbon uptake and water transport and loss at a whole-plant level. Geographic variation in vH presumably...
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📢 New publication 'New components in genetic regulation of age-dependent compound leaf architecture in pea' by Jacqueline Vander Schoor, Chantelle Beagley, Warwick Gill, Grégoire Aubert, Judith Burstin, Robert Wiltshire, Valérie Hecht & James Weller in @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

doi.orgNew components in genetic regulation of age‐dependent compound leaf architecture in peaCompound leaf development in pea (Pisum sativum).
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📢 New publication 'Predictive evolutionary genomics: principles, validation, and practice' by Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, Maddie James, Yang Liu, Dan Bock, Moisés Exposito-Alonso and Loren Rieseberg in @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #ClimateChange #evolution #agriculture

doi.orgPredictive evolutionary genomics: principles, validation, and practiceClimate change and habitat loss are driving rapid evolutionary responses in populations world-wide, which creates an urgent need for evolutionary forecasting in conservation and agriculture. Such for...

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💧🌾🌡️ Evaluating crop models for future climate scenarios: #wheat yield predictions using #APSIM and #STICS under combined CO2, warming, and water deficit conditions buff.ly/efqLjQE #PlantScience #drought

doi.orgEvaluating crop models for future climate scenarios: wheat yield predictions using APSIM and STICS under combined CO2, warming, and water deficit conditionsAbstract. Crop models are essential for predicting climate change impacts on agriculture, yet their validation under multi-stress conditions remains limite

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Ranawaka et al. in the de Felippes Lab at Queensland University of Technology demonstrate that the combination of terminators and introns significantly enhances transgene expression levels and stability in stably transformed plants.

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📢 New publication 'Species intraspecific variation drives tropical #forest #drought resistance' by Chris Smith-Martin, Robert Muscarella, Timothy Brodribb and María Uriarte in @natureportfolio.nature.com 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

doi.orgSpecies intraspecific variation drives tropical forest drought resistance - NatureSubstantial intraspecific variation, together with species turnover, drives coordinated shifts in drought resistance such as increased embolism resistance and wider stomatal safety margins in drier fo...

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MACSYS
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MACSYS was proud to join four other ARC Centres of Excellence for a communications & professional development workshop at UNSW Sydney this week. Researchers built skills in communicating across disciplines, research impact & translation, and the responsible use of AI tools. @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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📢 New publication 'microRNA-mediated control of cell fate specification and patterning in #Marchantia polymorpha' by Adolfo Aguilar-Cruz et al. in @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #auxin #microRNA

doi.orgmicroRNA‐mediated control of cell fate specification and patterning in <fi>Marchantia polymorpha</fi>The gemma developmental program in Marchantia polymorpha is coordinated by MpMIR166-mediated repression of MpC3HDZ and auxin homeostasis.
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📢 New publication 'Sizing up #phylogenetic testing in geometric morphometrics: a case study of #allometry' by D. Rex Mitchell, Ben Halliwell, Luke Yates, Sally Potter, Mark Eldridge and Vera Weisbecker in Contributions to Zoology. doi.org/10.1163/1875...

doi.orgSizing up phylogenetic testing in geometric morphometrics: a case study of allometryAbstract Accounting for phylogenetic relatedness in the analysis of shape is generally deemed necessary to acknowledge the non-independence between species due to common ancestry. However, some respon...
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📢 New publication 'Extreme #Polyploidy Reveals Functional Trade-Offs in #Plant #Drought Responses' by Javier López-Jurado, Enrique Mateos-Naranjo, Francisco Balao, Ajaree Thonglim, Frederic Lens and Timothy Brodribb in Plant, Cell & Environment 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/pce....

doi.orgExtreme Polyploidy Reveals Functional Trade‐Offs in Plant Drought ResponsesPolyploidy shapes drought strategies in Dianthus broteri, with cytotypes spanning a tolerance–avoidance continuum. Lower ploidies conserve water and maintain canopies, whereas the highest ploidy shed...
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📢 New publication 'Trait–climate relationships of #Sorghum #crop wild relatives grown in a common environment' by Emma Sumner, Vinod Jacob, Graeme Hammer, @sorgguy.bsky.social, Wil Harris and @ianjwright.bsky.social in Annals of Botany 🧪 doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

doi.orgTrait–climate relationships of Sorghum crop wild relatives grown in a common environmentAbstractBackground and Aims. The C4 Andropogoneae grass Sorghum bicolor is an important crop for food, forage and biofuel in tropical and subtropical, arid

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Statistical modeling of wheat and barley growth stages using high-resolution satellite imagery for precision agriculture by Yan Zhao, Ruizhu Jiang, Jason Brider, Scott Chapman, Andries Potgieter buff.ly/H08FowD #PlantScience #APSIM @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social @qaafi.bsky.social

doi.orgCharacterizing wheat and barley growth and phenology using multi-spectral remote sensing for site-specific precision agricultureAbstract. Crop phenology informs in-season management practices such as fertilizer and pest and disease controls to optimize final yield. However, tracking

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Technical Advance: Optimizing sorghum crop design through crop growth modeling and multi-objective optimization by Genevieve Durrington, Joseph Saddigh, Jason Brider, Graeme Hammer, Alex Wu buff.ly/P6WkzRi #PlantScience #APSIM @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social

doi.orgEnhancing sorghum yield and risk management via optimizing crop designAbstract. Globally, the need to intensify food production and accelerate crop yield gains requires new strategies for crop improvement. Agricultural produc

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📢The Call for Papers for in silico Plant’s Special Issue “Advances in Plant and Crop Modelling in the Era of Big Data and AI” is now open. 📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026 👩‍🔬 Guest Editors: Junqi Zhu, Karine Chenu, Bangyou Zheng, and Xinguang Zhu 📝 Find out more: buff.ly/NuXOA30

academic.oup.comCalls for Papers: Virtual Special IssuesIncrease the visibility of your research by submitting to one of our calls for papers listed below. Submissions to open calls are made via our regular submissi
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📢 New publication ' #MicroRNA networks integrate development and metabolism to control spikelet fate: implications for #cereal #yield improvement' by Ahmad Alqudah, Rajiv Sharma, Samar Thabet, Asad Riaz, Mashael Alqahtani and Asif Ali in npj Science of Plants 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s443...

doi.orgMicroRNA networks integrate development and metabolism to control spikelet fate: implications for cereal yield improvement - npj Science of Plantsnpj Science of Plants - MicroRNA networks integrate development and metabolism to control spikelet fate: implications for cereal yield improvement

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Plant Science Spotlight
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🌱🧬 Climate change is making crop performance harder to predict. The solution? Feed more plant biology into breeding models. Hierarchical genome–phenome frameworks can sharpen predictions, boost genetic gain, and help crops keep pace with a shifting world. #plantscience www.cell.com/trends/plant...

cell.comBetter breeding leveraging more biologyClimate change is creating increasingly severe and unpredictable conditions for agriculture, leading to diverse future scenarios. This poses a challenge for modern plant breeding, which has relied hea...
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📢 New publication 'Genetic basis of temporal variation in phenology in a woody perennial plant' by Yang Liu in npj Systems Biology and Applications 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #PhenotypicPlasticity #GeneticVariation

doi.orgGenetic basis of temporal variation in phenology in a woody perennial plant - npj Systems Biology and Applicationsnpj Systems Biology and Applications - Genetic basis of temporal variation in phenology in a woody perennial plant