News from the BSPP

Presidential Meeting 2012: Fitness Costs and Trade-offs in Plant-Parasite Interactions
Norwich UK, 16 to 18 Dec 2012. The BSPP 2012 Presidential Conference will bring together leading experts on fitness costs and trade-offs involved in plant disease. It will cover the full range of the subject from molecular biology and physiology to ecology and evolution, as well as the relevance of fitness costs to disease control. Registration will be open in April. Poster...

New Editor-in-Chief for MPP

The British Society for Plant Pathology and Wiley Blackwell are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Marty Dickman (Texas A&M University, USA) as the new Editor-in-Chief for Molecular Plant Pathology. Marty will take over editorial duties from Gary Foster who is now stepping down after 13 years as Editor-in-Chief. Marty on his appointment stated ‘I am grateful and excited to have the opportunity to serve as Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Plant Pathology'. More...