Silviculture

• "We are grateful to companies like EdgeCore that demonstrate sustainability leadership and partner with SRP to tackle the goal of preventing future devastating wildfires in Arizona's forests," said SRP Manager of Water and Forest Sustainability Elvy Barton.
• Most of the water delivered to SRP customers comes from snow and rain that falls on 8.3 million acres of forested watershed in northern Arizona.
• SRP is working with Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, Tonto National Forest and other partners on this project.
• Without these efforts, catastrophic fire can cause significant decreases in watershed health and overall water quality.

• Minnesota Grown Christmas trees along with wreaths, garland, and other seasonal décor offer a sustainable choice and are available throughout the state this holiday season.
• SAINT PAUL, Minn., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time for Minnesotans to deck the halls, and Minnesota Grown Christmas trees, wreaths, garland, spruce tops, and other seasonal decorations are ready for the task.
• Beginning mid-November, more than 50 Minnesota Grown producers across the state will open their farms and doors to mark the beginning of the holiday season.
• "Picking out a real Minnesota Grown Christmas tree is a beloved holiday tradition," said Rachel Wandrei, marketing manager for Minnesota Grown at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

• Usually it’s conditions like heat and drought that lead to this stress, and when they’re stressed, plants might not grow as large or produce as much.
• Similarly, improving the ability of plants to survive stress often results in plants that produce less because they put more energy into protection than into growth.
• I have been studying how the plant hormone ethylene regulates growth and stress responses in plants.

Ethylene is a plant hormone

• Ethylene was first discovered as a gaseous plant hormone over 100 years ago.
• Since then, research has shown that all land plants that have been studied make ethylene.

Ethylene as a way to ‘prime’ plants

• My lab focuses on how plants and bacteria sense ethylene and on how it interacts with other hormone pathways to regulate plant development.
• For this experiment, we’d exposed the seeds to ethylene gas for several days to see what effect this might have.
• They had larger leaves as well as longer and more complex root systems than plants that had not been exposed to ethylene.

• My colleagues and I wanted to know if diverse plant species showed growth stimulation when exposed to ethylene during seed germination.
• We tested the effects of short-term ethylene treatment on germinating tomato, cucumber, wheat and arugula seeds – all grew bigger.
• Studies have looked at how plants grow after priming at various ages and stages of development.

How does it work?

• One is that ethylene priming increases photosynthesis, the process plants use to make sugars from light.
• Correlating with the increase in photosynthesis is a large increase in carbohydrate levels throughout the plant.
• Understanding the mechanisms for this is more important than ever and could help improve crop production to feed the world’s population.

Brad Binder receives funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation.

• REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In conjunction with the Victoria’s Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) third quarter 2023 earnings release, which will cross the wire after market close on Wednesday, November 29th, you are invited to listen to a live webcast of the conference call on Thursday, November 30th at 8:00 a.m.
• ET with Victoria’s Secret & Co. executives.