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Christophe Jenny

@christophejenny.bsky.social
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Senior researcher at CIRAD, France. Biodiversity, tropical agriculture, adaptation, genetic resources, CWR, banana specialist (yes, not a joke!), in and ex situ links, citizen science, information systems and databases.

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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On the role of geometric representations for ultra-fine-grained crop variety identification www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
[Daily Watch] Musa itinerans plays unexpected role in cultivated banana genomes across Mainland Southeast Asia 🌱🍌 #PlantGenetics #Agroecology #BananaResearch journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Beyond domestication: The unexpected contribution of native Musa wild relatives to cultivated banana diversity in Mainland Southeast Asia
The diversity of cultivated bananas remains partially unknown, whereas cultivars with suitable adaptive traits could address the drastically increasing biotic and abiotic constraints on banana…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
[Daily Watch] Rediscovery of a presumed extinct plant species, Ptilotus senarius, through iNaturalist. A plant thought to be extinct for nearly six decades has been found in northern Queensland. 🌿📱 #Biodiversity #Conservation #CitizenScience connectsci.au/bt/article/7...
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Rediscovery of a presumed extinct plant species, Ptilotus senarius (Amaranthaceae), through iNaturalist
Over the past few centuries, many plant species have gone extinct in the wild, but there are also many species that have been rediscovered, so documenting
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IRD @ird-fr.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Grâce à l’ADN environnemental, des scientifiques de l’IRD détectent des espèces là où on ne les attendait pas. Une révolution pour comprendre la biodiversité marine et anticiper les effets du changement climatique : lemag.ird.fr/fr/ladn-envi...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
[Daily Watch] Integrating ethnolinguistic and archaeobotanical data to uncover the origin and dispersal of cultivated sorghum in Africa: a genomic perspective. Sorghum domestication began in Eastern Sudan and Western Ethiopia around 4,600 years ago. 🌍🌱 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
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Integrating ethnolinguistic and archaeobotanical data to uncover the origin and dispersal of cultivated sorghum in Africa: a genomic perspective
Gilabert, Aude 1 , 2 ; Deu, Monique 1 , 2 ; Champion, Louis 3 ; Cubry, Philippe 3 ; Donkpegan, Armel 1 , 2 , 4 ; Rami, Jean-Francois 1 , 2 ; Pot, David 1 , 2 ; Vigouroux, Yves 3 ; Leclerc, Christian…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
[Daily Watch] A Direct Hit on Jamaican Forests: The storm severely damaged mangrove forests and freshwater swamp forests, with recovery depending on ecosystem health and species distribution. #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #Environment  earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15488...
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A Direct Hit on Jamaican Forests
Hurricane Melissa left the island nation’s forests brown and battered, but they won’t stay that way for long.
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Cirad @cirad.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🌍Alors que la #COP30 au Brésil vient de débuter, le #Cirad publie une note de position 📘 « Vers une agriculture et des systèmes alimentaires plus résilients face au changement climatique au Sud » 👉 short.do/hb2jb4 Elle sera aussi abordé lors d'un side event ce mardi 👉 short.do/j_wLJ9 #Agriculture
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
[Daily Watch] The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. 🌍🔥 #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Environment academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
L’abeille, ce supraorganisme - Comment se porte l'abeille réunionnaise ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=9os1...
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L’abeille, ce supraorganisme - Comment se porte l'abeille réunionnaise ?
L’émission "Cultiv'a nou" (Antenne Réunion) revient dans cet épisode sur une enquête sur la propagation et l'impact de pathogènes (#loque américaine, petit #coléoptère des ruches, #varroa…
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Infrastructure nationale de recherche RARe @brc-rare.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Accès aux ressources génétiques végétales du pilier #BRC4PLANT : Lancée en avril 2025, la nouvelle version du portail @florilege-rare.bsky.social centralise et simplifie l’accès aux ressources génétiques végétales françaises pour la recherche et l’innovation.👉 shorturl.re/7i1cy
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Cirad @cirad.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🌍 Dix ans après la COP21, le monde se retrouve en Amazonie pour la #COP30. Et si, cette fois, nous avions toutes les raisons d’être optimistes ? Dans la nouvelle saison du podcast “Nourrir le Vivant”, des scientifiques du #Cirad parlent #climat, #forêt et #alimentation. 🎧RDV le 24 octobre
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IRD @ird-fr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🌳 Selon une nouvelle étude les forêts tropicales d’Australie seraient les premières au monde à émettre davantage de carbone dans l’atmosphère qu’elles n’en absorbent. ℹ️ www.ird.fr/les-forets-t...
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Les forêts tropicales d’Australie, premières à basculer de puits de carbone à émettrices de CO2 | Site Web IRD
Selon une nouvelle étude, les forêts tropicales d’Australie seraient les premières au monde à émettre davantage de carbone dans l’atmosphère qu’elles n’en absorbent.
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IRD @ird-fr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🟠 Du 6 au 12/10, Montpellier accueille la Biennale Euro-Africa 2025 autour d’un thème majeur : "Une nouvelle ère de coopération entre l’Europe et l’Afrique : des réponses innovantes aux défis environnementaux". L’IRD sera présent à ce rendez-vous : www.ird.fr/cooperation-...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
[Daily Watch] Agroforestry Knowledge and Practices by Peasant and Quilombola Women in Brazil. Women use traditional knowledge to resist modern agricultural pressures and maintain biodiversity. 🌱 #Agroforestry #Biodiversity #WomenInAgriculture www.mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
[Daily Watch] Challenges in AI climate analytics: Data gaps, biases & ethical concerns. Addressing these for effective climate action. 🌐 #AI #ClimateAction #Ethics www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/10...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
[Daily Watch] Rice and wheat yields in Sub-Saharan Africa may increase due to CO2 fertilization effect. Significant yield gains in South Africa and Nigeria. 🌾🌍 #CO2Fertilization #CropYields #Agriculture www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Research on the impact of climate change on food security in Africa - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Research on the impact of climate change on food security in Africa
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
[Daily Watch] Enset, Ethiopia's drought-tolerant "tree against hunger," is gaining attention through innovation and development programs. 🌿🍪 #Sustainability #Innovation #Agriculture news.mongabay.com/2025/08/ethi...
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Ethiopian initiatives try to mainstream traditional and resilient enset crop in diets
ARBA MINCH, Ethiopia — On a late May morning, as the chill of dawn gives way to sunlight warming the hills of Hareba village in southern Ethiopia, 56-year-old Almaz Achamo tends to her staple crop: a…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
[Daily Watch] Engineered yeast provides essential sterols for honeybees, addressing pollen starvation due to climate change. 🐝🌍 #Honeybees #ClimateChange #Biotechnology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees - Nature
Genetic engineering of a yeast strain provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybee colonies.
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
[Daily Watch] Climate change impacts melliferous plant species on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Study reveals habitat shifts for 80% of species under future climate scenarios. 🌍🍯 #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Conservation www.mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
[Daily Watch] Global impact of AI on herbarium studies. Unlocking plant biodiversity data worldwide. 🌍🌱 #ArtificialIntelligence #Biodiversity #Herbarium theconversation.com/botanical-ti...
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Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections
Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
[Daily Watch] Extreme heat is wiping out tropical bird populations, according to 70 years of data. Urgent conservation efforts needed. #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #TropicalBirds theconversation.com/70-years-of-...
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70 years of data show extreme heat is already wiping out tropical bird populations
A study using more than 90,000 scientific observations shows Earth is getting too hot for many tropical birds.
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
[Daily Watch] Using private gardens for plant conservation proves successful for Minuartia smejkalii. A model for global conservation efforts. #PlantConservation #Biodiversity #Gardening botany.one/2025/07/a-ra...
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A rare plant with a taste for toxic soil is getting some help from unexpected allies with green fingers
Czech gardeners helped protect an endangered flower from extinction using their backyards. The simple trick could aid plant conservation...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
[Daily Watch] Species Conservation Dependence on a Reliable Taxonomy study uses IUCN criteria to confirm Critically Endangered status of Grindelia atlantica in Brazil. Taxonomy matters 🌿 #plantconservation #taxonomy #Pampas www.mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
[Daily Watch] Detection of Banana Diseases Based on Landsat-8 Data and Machine Learning reveals VI anomalies detect infections up to 2 months early 🍌 #RemoteSensing #PlantHealth #AgTech www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
[Daily Watch] Species loss in key habitats accelerates regional food web disruption reveals that common species matter more than rare ones for network stability 🦋🌿 #ecology #foodweb #resilience www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Species loss in key habitats accelerates regional food web disruption - Communications Biology
Simulating extinctions across regional food webs reveals that losing species from one habitat— especially wetlands—can cascade to others, accelerating multi-habitat food web collapse, highlighting…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
[Daily Watch] Planning sustainable urban lighting shows how adaptive streetlight policies can balance public safety and nature in Montpellier, using a new app, SustainLight, for smart decisions. 🐦🦇🛣️ #Sustainability #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity www.inrae.fr/actualites/r...
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Réduction de l’éclairage urbain : concilier besoins de la biodiversité et des habitants
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE - Pour la première fois, INRAE, le MNHN, AgroParisTech et La TeleScop ont livré, à l’échelle d’une métropole, une analyse croisée des besoins de réduction lumineuse de 6 groupes…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
[Daily Watch] Climate change alters Alnus species distribution in China. Temperature seasonality is key. 🌳🌡️ #ClimateChange #PlantScience #Biodiversity www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
[Daily Watch] Reducing global temperatures below 1.5°C can mitigate long-term forest loss, highlighting the urgency of climate action. 🍃🌡️ #ClimateAction #ForestConservation #Sustainability www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Risks of unavoidable impacts on forests at 1.5 °C with and without overshoot - Nature Climate Change
The authors assess the risk of overshoot beyond 1.5 °C warming, using three scenarios with minimal overshoot, brief overshoot and sustained overshoot. They show a risk of long-term Amazon dieback,…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
[Daily Watch] Morphological diversity, ethnobotany, and economic value of banana plants in Papua. 13 varieties show rich local knowledge and use 🍌. #agrobiodiversity #bananas #indigenousknowledge smujo.id/aja/article/...
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Morphological diversity, ethnobotany, and economic value of banana plants (Musa spp.) in the Keerom lowland area, Papua Province, Indonesia | Asian Journal of Agriculture
Abstract. Suharno, Suparno A, Yuliana, Tanjung RHR, Zebua LI, Prabawardani S. 2025. Morphological diversity, ethnobotany, and economic value of banana plants (Musa spp.) in the Keerom lowland area,…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
[Daily Watch] A Machine Learning Approach to Generate High-Resolution Maps of Irrigated Olive Groves. Efficient mapping for drought-prone regions 🛰️. #climatechange #agriculture #watermanagement www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
[Daily Watch] Study highlights how Indigenous and local communities observe climate change impacts on biodiversity, often differing from scientific reports. Their insights are invaluable for adaptation planning. #SustainableLiving #EcoResearch conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Cirad @cirad.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It is vital to estimate the yield potential of the agricultural land available in order to boost #FoodSecurity & avoid using new land for crops. An article in Nature Food, coordinated by #CIRAD in collaboration with several US universities, looks at possible methods. 👉 lc.cx/dFG1Ig #agroecology
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
[Daily Watch] Molecular Heterosis in the Abaca (Musa textilis Née) BC2 Hybrid, Bandala. The study focuses on a backcross hybrid of abaca named Bandala. #Abaca #Genetics #Agrobiodiversity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Molecular Heterosis in the Abaca (Musa textilis Née) BC2 Hybrid, Bandala
The Philippines supplies ∼85% of the global demand for abaca ( Musa textilis Née) fiber. A backcross (BC2) hybrid, named Bandala, was created by crossing Abuab, an abaca variety with high fiber…
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musagis.bsky.social @musagis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
tinyurl.com/yvk2k97k MGIS went alive in 2002 alwayd evolving with online request for ITC #KULeuven 🍌 collection 🎉 [MOOS] Order number #1000. 🎉 Let's continue #BananaDiversity journey @bioversityciat.bsky.social @christophejenny.bsky.social @agrobiodiverse.bsky.social Thank you tinyurl.com/59tr5av8
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
[Daily Watch] In "The generation of novel epialleles in plants," the use of epigenome editing technologies, such as ZFPs and TALEs, is discussed. This offers new ways to improve crop quality by enhancing nutritional properties and yield. #Agriculture #GeneEditing
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Frontiers | The generation of novel epialleles in plants: the prospective behind re-shaping the epigenome
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
[Daily Watch] Traditional cereals in Portugal offer unique sensory characteristics and high nutritional value. Effective strategies include farmer-led seed networks and hybrid distribution models. 🌾 #Agriculture #SustainableLiving #TraditionalCereals
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
[Daily Watch] New study focuses on CRISPR-Cas9 targeting of SIX9 in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 1. Potential breakthrough for sustainable banana production. #PlantScience #DiseaseResistance #CRISPRTechnology
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Frontiers | Optimization of a CRISPR-Cas9 in vitro protocol for targeting the SIX9 gene of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 1 associated with banana Fusarium wilt
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
[Daily Watch] Research on Campanula americana shows rear-edge populations have adapted to unreliable winter cues by altering flowering times and vernalization responses. #ClimateChange #Botany #Adaptation
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
[Daily Watch] Climate change will alter crop production, with banana production in Latin America and the Caribbean facing significant constraints. 🍌🌍 #ClimateChange #Agriculture #BananaProduction
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Socio-economic factors constrain climate change adaptation in a tropical export crop - Nature Food
Understanding and preparing for the impacts of climate change on tropical crops is key for global food security and sustainable development, especially in the Global South. This study maps banana…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
[Daily Watch] A 4°C global temperature increase would push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological limits, impacting their survival. 🌡️🐸 #ClimateChange #AmphibianConservation #Biodiversity
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Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming - Nature
A 4 °C global temperature increase would push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological limits.
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Organization of plant Biological Resource Centers for research in France: History, evolution BRC4Plants: Key player in agroecology and climate change mitigation. 🌱🌡️ #PlantGenetics #ClimateChange #SustainableAgriculture
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Organization of plant Biological Resource Centers for research in France: History, evolution and current status | Genetic Resources
Since their inception, the French academic organizations dedicated to agricultural research have developed plant collections in genebanks, often within a public–private framework, to support the…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
[Daily Watch] AI enhances biodiversity data collection and analysis. Improves understanding of species distributions and ecological functions. 🌳📈 #BiodiversityResearch #AI #Environment
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Harnessing artificial intelligence to fill global shortfalls in biodiversity knowledge - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Seven well defined shortfalls in global biodiversity data must be overcome to meet critical global biodiversity targets. Pollock et al. discuss the current and future roles of AI in bridging these…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
[Daily Watch] Conservation of native tree species is vital for African land restoration. The Svalbard Seed Vault safeguards seeds for future use. 🌍🌳 #Biodiversity #LandRestoration #Sustainability
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How does the Svalbard Global Seed Vault help drive African land restoration? - CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News
Depositing native tree species in Svalbard provides an insurance policy against unforeseen crises
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
[Daily Watch] Pesticides and land-use changes threaten wild edibles in India's rice fields. Documenting these plants is crucial for preservation. 🌾🍃 #BiodiversityLoss #Agriculture #Conservation
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Rice fields of India host valuable, but disappearing, wild edibles
Rice fields across India host a variety of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities value for their nutritional and medicinal properties. But these “weeds” are rapidly disappearing. To revive…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
[Is it really a surprise?] Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides negatively affect non-target species. Study reveals impacts on growth, reproduction, and behaviour. #PesticideResearch #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability
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Pesticides have negative effects on non-target organisms - Nature Communications
Pesticides affect a diverse range of non-target species and the magnitude of this hazard remains only partially understood. Wan et al. found that insecticides, fungicides and herbicides have negative…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
[Daily Watch] Unraveling the Musa genus. Research finds M. viridis is a synonym of M. splendida, highlighting the importance of genetic data in taxonomy. 🌾🔬 #Musa #Musadiversity #BananaGenetics #Conservation #Science
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A splendid banana enigma: Phylogenomic assessment of Vietnamese Musa splendida and Musa viridis populations shows that they are conspecific
Species delimitation is essential to study and conserve biological diversity. It is traditionally based on morphological trait variation observed in one or a few specimens. Nevertheless, such…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
[Daily Watch] AI predicts herbarium sequencing success. New model uses morphology, color, and metadata to forecast DNA extraction outcomes. 🌿🤖 #HerbariumResearch #AIBotany #Genomics
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AI-based prediction of herbarium sequencing success across the plant tree of life
DNA recovered from herbarium specimens represents a vital asset in botanical research, playing a pivotal role in unravelling the evolution, diversity, and ecological dynamics of plants. Despite its…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
AI models help identify wildlife 🐾, but are they missing the big picture? INQUIRE reveals their struggle with complex prompts like detecting habitat issues. #Sustainability #ArtificialIntelligence #Biodiversity
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AI can already identify species in photos. Can it extract even more data?
How do you identify an animal in a photo? These days, a host of AI-driven apps are available that make this an easy task. But what if you have more questions? Is the animal looking healthy? Are its…
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Can AI be unbiased about the environment? 🤖 A study finds chatbots often sidestep social justice issues and downplay radical solutions to environmental challenges. #GreenTech #AI #EnvironmentalJustice
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Does artificial intelligence bias perceptions of environmental challenges? - IOPscience
Does artificial intelligence bias perceptions of environmental challenges?, van der Ven, Hamish, Corry, Diego, Elnur, Rawie, Provost, Viola Jasmine, Syukron, Muh, Tappauf, Niklas
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🌿 Habitat loss and climate change threaten plant species worldwide. Discover simple ways to protect endangered flora in your community. Every effort counts. #PlantConservation #GreenPlanet #Sustainability #CitizenScience
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How to Identify and Protect Endangered Plants in Your Area-plantify - Plantify
In a world where biodiversity is under constant threat, the protection of endangered plants has become a critical responsibility for individuals,
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