Global Plant Council e-bulletin and PhD scholarships

A new member of the team!

First of all, I’d like to welcome our new Communications Officer, Dr. Isabel Mendoza (isabel@globalplantcouncil.org)! Please do email her if you would like us to feature any plant science events or news on our website or via our English and Spanish Twitter accounts!

GPC workshop

Hotel rooms are filling up quickly in Baltimore, so I wanted to quickly remind you about our GPC workshop!

The workshop, entitled “Enhancing Global Collaborations in Crop Science”, will be held in association with the ASA CSSA annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, on 4th November. At this one-day event, attendees will hear from experts in both crop science research and policy, and discuss new ideas for enhancing collaboration and kickstart an initiative to address one of the world’s major food security challenges.

The workshop will cost just $20 ($30 after September 20th), and places will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information, please click here.

Aphids manipulate their food 
Aphids are able to influence the quality of their food plants, and that this may enable them to construct a niche on their hosts.

In the Journal of Experimental Botany: Key gene to accelerate sugarcane growth identified
Breaking through the developmental threshold of sugarcane yields using conventional breeding can be difficult, but researchers have shown that the ScGAI gene may hold the answer.

In Frontiers in Plant Science: Genetic differences in trees untouched by mountain pine beetles
A University of Montana researcher has discovered that mountain pine beetles may avoid certain trees within a population they normally would kill due to genetics in the trees.

Secrets of plant development unlocked
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered an internal messaging system that plants use to manage the growth and division of their cells.

In Frontiers in Plant Science: Mechanism behind orchid beauty revealed
Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan identified the gene related to the greenish flower mutation in the Habenaria orchid.

Click here for details of the GPC Member Societies and their representatives. 

Please contact us (info@globalplantcouncil.org) to find out how your organization can join the Global Plant Council. 

Please click here to make a donation via PayPal to help support the GPC.

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