Plant scientist turned science journalist, writing among other things about plants. I am based in the Netherlands, so next to English post maybe in Dutch. You can visit my website on http://plantenzo.net/en-2/ https://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mwuxmr7b7k2tWe like to think that new crop varieties are developed without modern techniques. But the honest story is that most are, even if they are not gene edited or genetically modified. So how do plant breeders now-a-days develop new crop varieties? https://plantenzo.substack.com/p/from-wild-tomato-to-super-crop-how?r=1uf00s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #PlantScience02 Oct 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuxmr7b7k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mwuxmr7b7k2tWe like to think that new crop varieties are developed without modern techniques. But the honest story is that most are, even if they are not gene edited or genetically modified. So how do plant breeders now-a-days develop new crop varieties? https://plantenzo.substack.com/p/from-wild-tomato-to-super-crop-how?r=1uf00s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #PlantScience02 Oct 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuxmr7b7k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mwngx4wge222When a leaf detects that it is wounded, it quickly sends a signal to the other leaves. When visualised this signal is a wave that travels through the above ground tissue. 👇 #PlantScience29 Sep 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwngx4wge222https://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mwngx4wge222When a leaf detects that it is wounded, it quickly sends a signal to the other leaves. When visualised this signal is a wave that travels through the above ground tissue. 👇 #PlantScience29 Sep 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwngx4wge222https://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mw3vz5kyx22uA new technique might make studying the genomics of slow reproducing plants easier. In this week’s paper highlight I discuss how this new technique gave the researchers who developed it some clues on which genes are involved in regulating the transition from vegetative growth to reproductive growth.22 Sep 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw3vz5kyx22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mw3vz5kyx22uA new technique might make studying the genomics of slow reproducing plants easier. In this week’s paper highlight I discuss how this new technique gave the researchers who developed it some clues on which genes are involved in regulating the transition from vegetative growth to reproductive growth.22 Sep 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw3vz5kyx22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mvkezyf2ac2zIt can feel like that all the big plant physiology discoveries have been made. I even came across and article this week arguing just that. That all is left is to fine tune our understanding. 1/3 #PlantScience15 Sep 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkezyf2ac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mvkezyf2ac2zIt can feel like that all the big plant physiology discoveries have been made. I even came across and article this week arguing just that. That all is left is to fine tune our understanding. 1/3 #PlantScience15 Sep 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkezyf2ac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mvajfsuxo22dA new In Conversation With is out. In this edition I talk with plant scientist Peter van Dijk who worked on apomixis, that is clonal reproduction through seeds. So, we talked about that and how he finally found some of the genes behind this phenomenon. 1/211 Sep 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvajfsuxo22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mvajfsuxo22dA new In Conversation With is out. In this edition I talk with plant scientist Peter van Dijk who worked on apomixis, that is clonal reproduction through seeds. So, we talked about that and how he finally found some of the genes behind this phenomenon. 1/211 Sep 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvajfsuxo22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mva275hf5c2dVoor de zomer interviewde ik voor C2W | Mens & Molecule meerdere experts over de ontwikkeling van bioherbiciden, en hoe het komt dat die langzaam gaat. Benieuwt? Het stuk is hier te lezen. https://c2w-memo.net/plant-versus-plant/11 Sep 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mva275hf5c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3muzbvi6mtk2gIn this week’s paper highlight a study that ended up tying not one but two loose ends. Research does that, bringing two seemingly unrelated research directions together. Leading to new insights. 1/3 #PLantScience08 Sep 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzbvi6mtk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3muh2fptbb222Scientific discoveries happen in bursts. Slowly filling in the blanks. Today’s paper highlight is fills in one of these blanks. In this case linking sounding the alarm after wounding and the subsequent biosynthesis of jasmonic acid, one of the plant hormones that coordinates the defence response.👇01 Sep 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh2fptbb222https://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3muh2fptbb222Scientific discoveries happen in bursts. Slowly filling in the blanks. Today’s paper highlight is fills in one of these blanks. In this case linking sounding the alarm after wounding and the subsequent biosynthesis of jasmonic acid, one of the plant hormones that coordinates the defence response.👇01 Sep 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh2fptbb222https://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mtvhzk4vlk2xSome insects use the volatile molecules for their own non-plant aligned goals. The tomato leafminer is one of those insects. Read in this week’s paper highlight, how it even manages to manipulate the plant in sending those volatiles in the first place. 👇25 Aug 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvhzk4vlk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mtvhzk4vlk2xSome insects use the volatile molecules for their own non-plant aligned goals. The tomato leafminer is one of those insects. Read in this week’s paper highlight, how it even manages to manipulate the plant in sending those volatiles in the first place. 👇25 Aug 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvhzk4vlk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mtluoevtmc23Plants talk, they are real chatterboxes, only not with who you might think. How they communicate is so completely different than how we communicate. So lets buckle up and dive in this piece about what we know about plant communication. https://plantenzo.substack.com/p/plants-talkjust-not-the-way-you-think?r=1uf00s #PlantScience21 Aug 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtluoevtmc23https://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mtluoevtmc23Plants talk, they are real chatterboxes, only not with who you might think. How they communicate is so completely different than how we communicate. So lets buckle up and dive in this piece about what we know about plant communication. https://plantenzo.substack.com/p/plants-talkjust-not-the-way-you-think?r=1uf00s #PlantScience21 Aug 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtluoevtmc23https://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mtduifgjdk2jOrchids are known for their beautiful flowers, as well as for their dependence on their symbiotic fungal partner. But did you know that orchids need that symbiotic help as soon as they germinate. 1/3 #PlantScience🧪18 Aug 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtduifgjdk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/plantenzo.bsky.social/post/3mtduifgjdk2jOrchids are known for their beautiful flowers, as well as for their dependence on their symbiotic fungal partner. But did you know that orchids need that symbiotic help as soon as they germinate. 1/3 #PlantScience🧪18 Aug 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:v474gfp2gxis5vj3d3ohn265/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtduifgjdk2j