Vikram Baliga, PhD🌵

Plants to the Rescue! comes out on July 11th, and we're having a couple of really cool events to celebrate! Join me virtually at 4 pm EST on July 9 at @BooksofWonder or in person at 4 pm CST on July 11 at 2nd Chance Books in Lubbock, Texas! @neonsquidbooks @MacKidsBooks

@HonkIfUrHoary @MustelidDwyer @EmmaIllustrate 💚💚💚

@MustelidDwyer @EmmaIllustrate book is amazing, as is @ThePlantProf

Anybody know any good ecology-related picture books to read to kids? It’s gonna be storming this week and my curriculum doesn’t leave much room for indoor activities

Much of the US has experienced a drought this summer. Learn how certain water retention products can improve turf quality in home lawns during drought in this #throwback paper by @TTUturf researchers. doi.org/10.2134/cftm20… @ThePlantProf @bulldawg3155

@Laura_Lamming Looks like you probably have an eggplant that hitchhiked its way in! We had a few that didn't do very well in the greenhouse, and I bet some seeds made their way into different pots.

Howdy, @ThePlantProf - we have a mystery plant growing right now. It was a tag-along in some pea plants we purchased at the TTU plant sale. Would you be able to help us ID? My MIL has affectionately named it Audrey II after the plant in Little Shop of Horrors.

Listen, I'm not saying you *have* to listen to my most recent episode @TheAngryOlogist, butI don't know where else you're going to hear an awesome chat about ecology, conservation, land management, forests, owls, scicomm, possibly antagonistic bear interactions, and much more!

@vivosaur That's more or less right.

@TheAngryOlogist is one of my favorite people, and I can't wait for you to hear this episode about Get Out Alive, the relationships between plants and animals, science communication, and "possibly antagonistic bear interactions." #getoutalive

Maybe next time

"This is a perfect book for 9-11 year olds to study a non-fiction text and it makes a lot of science readily accessible. A brilliant addition to class libraries." Check out this lovely review of Plants to the Rescue! by @ThePlantProf🌵🍄🪴 englishassociation.ac.uk/plants-to-the-… @EnglishAssoc

@heyaimsarah @HonkIfUrHoary @Planthropology_ Definitely yes.

@HonkIfUrHoary @Planthropology_ let’s do it again but involve bats this time @ThePlantProf

so my mom (who hasn’t always understood what I do for work) read through all these comments and called me crying. Seriously thank you guys 😭

@HonkIfUrHoary @FacebookAIslop @TheBirdist Is *that* coconut laden swallow?! I had it all wrong.

@FacebookAIslop @TheBirdist @ThePlantProf ❤️

@Oz9podcast @toastinbed @oz9drtheo Ahhhh this is so awesome!

"i prefer not to shake hands, actually. people tend not to let go" . the greatest haphephobic astromycologist in my book (...and his own)

@HonkIfUrHoary @BatPonyEcho Also this one is just a little guy.

@BatPonyEcho How @ThePlantProf responds to all my ID requests.

Bat ID request, central MT. My guess is a western small-footed myotis.

Check out @KidsBooksIrel's latest reading guide for a lovely review of Plants to the Rescue! by @ThePlantProf 🌿🌵 childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommenda…

Today is International Plant Appreciation Day 🌱🌱 To celebrate, pick up PLANTS TO THE RESCUE by @ThePlantProf & Brian Lambert - a brilliant botany book about the ways scientists are using plants to combat pollution & disease! bit.ly/3BUh1Ux

Y'all, seeing Plants to the Rescue translated and published in different languages and all over the world has been one of the coolest experiences ever.

If you love plants, this newsletter, guest-edited by @ThePlantProf, is for you! Discover the power of community gardens, why we should preserve prairies, debunking viral "Weaponized Nonsense" online, & climate action we can all be a part of. talkingclimate.ca/p/the-plant-pr…

Are you an undergraduate interested in algal photosynthesis? Apply for a summer internship with us in the @aburlacot lab 💚🧪jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/intern-al…

@BoyledWorms @erictwatkins @UMNTurf Congrats, that's awesome!!

☘️Very excited to announce that today marks my first day as a #postdoc with @erictwatkins and @UMNTurf! ☀️Looking forward to new adventures!

@ThePlantProf I'm simultaneously working on a dissertation and a book for work. I don't think I'm allowed to give anyone advice after my poor planning.

Hi, I need one of you nice folks to talk me out of writing a textbook. #AcademicTwitter

@TheAngryOlogist But...please?

@ThePlantProf no