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Mikey P

@polyploid.party
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MS Plant breeding & genetics. Batologist.

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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 23/09/2026
Today's winners. #pomology #fruitbreeder #plantscience
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 11/09/2026
There are many advantages of breeding fruits. (Beautiful scenery and walking away with a big ol' bag of Zestar!/Minnewashta and Chestnut Crab apples.) #pomology #fruitbreeding
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 10/09/2026
Of note. #pomology #fruitbreeding
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 27/08/2026
Tip rooting of Rubus occidentalis. #plantscience #batology
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 21/08/2026
pH of the beast
Digital pH meter reading 6.66
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 19/08/2026
Bonus photo: Trying to figure out what rust strain was plaguing me. Turns out it was squash pollen. #plantpathology #plantscience
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 19/08/2026
Today's little guys
Cecropia moth caterpillar on blackberry leaf.Tree frog on black raspberry leaf.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 17/08/2026
Last day of the Carver County Fair. #demolitionderby
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 16/08/2026
A good day on the Carver County clay. Only one broken drive shaft this year!
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 05/08/2026
A little guy.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 29/07/2026
Cedar-quince rust (maybe?) on crabapple. #plantpathology
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 25/07/2026
Hello, fren
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 21/07/2026
I could only get these bubble levels in a 5-pack. What else do I need to level?
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 17/07/2026
Rubus ID workshop. Screaming, crying, throwing up. #botany #plantscience
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 05/07/2026
#FreedomFromPantsRide got a lot of rain this year, but just turned into a dance party in the old sculpture garden conservatory.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 25/06/2026
Pawpaw don't preach.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 24/06/2026
Ghost in the (hazelnut) shell.
Cluster of dedicated hazelnut husks in front of green foliage.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 24/06/2026
The first year of everything fruiting from my germplasm collection. Now the fun behind... #pomology #rubus #plantscience
Cluster of Rubus occidental 
Is fruit with the center berry fully ripened.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 11/06/2026
Can we take a moment to appreciate the rendering of transposable elements as mischievous little scamps in this Medeiros et al paper? acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PlantScience
Illustration of double helix DNA strand with a transposable element depicted as a single twist of double helix with arms and legs running along the strand.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 11/04/2026
You would think that getting the liquid directly on the processor would make a liquid cooler even more efficient, but as it turns out: No.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 31/01/2026
Ok, here goes... I will say that even Plasma on the installation media was surprisingly snappy.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 11/12/2025
Field work.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 19/04/2025
Yeah, I'll stick with "Allegheny Blackberry", thanks.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 10/04/2025
ImageJ isn't gonna know what hit it.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 03/03/2025
Collecting dormant cuttings today.
A dude in a natural setting holding Rubus canes with work gloves.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 21/02/2025
Floating rice islands? #mnstateparks
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 10/02/2025
Take that, you stupid fruit.
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Mikey P @polyploid.party · 02/11/2024
Colorful CTAB extractions.
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