Joe Edwards @rhizosphere.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Prototaxites strikes again! This one of the only slices of literature I follow which is totally unrelated to my specialty. 010
Reposted by Joe EdwardsLaura Cooper @transitionalform.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below! Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage 401146417
Joe Edwards @rhizosphere.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Thrilled to say that we published the first paper from my lab. Check it out. doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...doi.orgA Broadly Distributed Rhizobacterium, Roseateles chitinivorans P500, Promotes Growth and Systemic Resistance via Jasmonic Acid-Dependent Oxylipin Signaling in Grasses | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interac...Harnessing root-associated microbiomes to promote beneficial microbial compositions could offer a sustainable strategy to increase crop resilience. Major challenges impeding this strategy are the lack... 011
Joe Edwards @rhizosphere.bsky.social · 26/06/2025At the Eagle Lake Rice Field Day. Great exhibit put on by @TAMU Agrilife bringing together growers, industry, and academic researchers. Impactful rice research happening here. 000
Joe Edwards @rhizosphere.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Anyone keeping up with the Prototaxities literature? You should. The amount of scientific sparring over these fossils is legendary. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... I so badly wanted it to be a rolled up mat of liverworts.biorxiv.orgPrototaxites was an extinct lineage of multicellular terrestrial eukaryotesPrototaxites was the first giant organism to live on the terrestrial surface, reaching sizes of 8 metres in the Early Devonian. However, its taxonomic assignment has been debated for over 165 years1-7... 011
Joe Edwards @rhizosphere.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Has anyone seen a root phenotype like this? The root hairs grow long around the root tip make it look like a broom. It's induced by the microbe labeled in green. 160
Joe Edwards @rhizosphere.bsky.social · 24/01/2025My department is hiring an Environmental Microbiologist (very broadly defined). We have impressive facilities and wonderful faculty members in Plant Pathology and across the College and University. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/160087apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 010
Joe Edwards @rhizosphere.bsky.social · 14/01/2025If you are at #PAG32 and want to learn more about how long read sequencing is enabling plant and soil microbiome research, come by our session this evening in Pacific H-I at 6:20. 032
