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13 undergraduates were supported through our Lockdown Bursary scheme 2020 to develop their skills in plant pathology. Exploring effective approaches to collating data and using technology to resolve plant health issues. Click here to see videos from the voices of some of the #FoodHeroes our society represents...

The British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) was founded in 1981 for the study and advancement of plant pathology. We support the professional interests of plant pathologists worldwide and provide information and communicate with our members via a newsletter, website and annual meeting. Read more here...

Read the thoughts of the invited speakers from the now
rescheduled ‘Our Plants, Our Future’ conference (now December 2021)

The BSPP produces resources to help promote the teaching of plant pathology from primary school up to university level. We have resources introducing plant pathogens for primary schools (Plant Doctors and Make a Plant Attacker) and more detailed content to help teach about major plant pathogens that are named on GCSE and A-level specifications.

The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The year is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development.... click here to read more

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The British Society for Plant Pathology

We support the professional interests of plant pathologists worldwide. We organise regular scientific meetings, edit three international pathology journals and make funds available to members.

The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others? (APS)

(Published: 18th January 2021)

Research in the Time of Covid-19 – BSPP Blog 2

(Published: 15th January 2021)

Newly discovered protein sheds light on a sugar beet pathogen’s dark secrets – ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Highlight

(Published: 11th January 2021)

40 Faces of Plant Pathology – Biographies of 40 plant pathologists to be collected

(Published: 6th January 2021)

Characterization of Erwinia sp. causing black rot of papaya (Carica papaya) first recorded in Okinawa Main Island, Japan

(Published: 20th January 2021)

Reconstruction and analysis of a genomescale metabolic model for Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(Published: 20th January 2021)

First report of Coleosporium montanum on Symphyotrichum in Austria and Europe

(Published: 23rd December 2020)

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Upcoming Conferences

Plant Health Summit for Future Leaders – Royal Society of Biology

2nd March 2021 - 4th March 2021

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Write Now! Residential course on popular writing about plant health

18th May 2021 - 20th May 2021

Oxon Hoath

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BSPP2021 – Our Plants, Our Future – Presidential Conference

6th December 2021 - 8th December 2021

The University of Birmingham

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BIFoR fifth annual (virtual) Community Meeting

27th January 2021 at 12:00 pm - 28th January 2021 at 12:00 pm UTC+0

VIRTUAL

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Journals

The BSPP is responsible for editing three international peer-reviewed journals

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Funds

The society provides funding for fellowships, travel and promotion

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Education

Events promoting knowledge and excitement about plant pathology

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BSPP members enjoy a number of exclusive benefits. Reduced rates for students!

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Retweet on TwitterBritish Society for Plant Pathology Retweeted
14th January 2021

Few avirulence genes are known in vascular bacterial plant pathogens.

This study in @MPPjournal identified RipAZ1: a type three-secreted effector in Ralstonia solanacearum, revealing new insights into this wilt-causing pathogen.

Read it here: http://ow.ly/PbVN50D1n3q

Retweet on TwitterBritish Society for Plant Pathology Retweeted
22nd December 2020

Conidogenesis and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae depends on correct recognition of the retromer cargo-sorting complex by MoYpt7 at the right time and in the right space: https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mpp.13029

Retweet on TwitterBritish Society for Plant Pathology Retweeted
19th January 2021

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