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Uncovering the diversity of Soybean rust in East Africa – ‘Plant Pathology’ Highlight

15th February 2021

“Rust never sleeps”, so goes the song. Yet, it is actually true that Phakopsora pachyrhizi, a biotrophic fungus that causes …

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Probing Historic Plant Collections. Is Hawthorn Powdery Mildew a threat to Australian Cherries? – ‘Plant Pathology’ Highlight

8th February 2021

Cherry Powdery Mildew is a quarantined disease in Australia. This disease causes significant yield loss to farmers from the US …

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Next Generation Sequencing and Historic Isolates

2nd February 2021

In the February issue of ‘Plant Pathology’, Senior Editor Matt Dickinson highlighted two new papers reflecting the power of Next …

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Plant virus detectives: Historical isolates, data-sharing and plantain virus X – ‘Plant Pathology’ Highlight

1st February 2021

Plant virologists across the world have compared their observations of a virus that appears to infect plants across the Solanaceae, …

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Hop Stunt Viroid, a Pathogen Profile – ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Highlight

28th January 2021

How does one of the smallest pathogens on earth cause dwarfing in Hop vines? Read this pathogen profile to discover …

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

15th January 2021

New, more infectious strains of the Covid19 virus are emerging in human populations. Multiple vaccines are being trialled and deployed …

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

11th January 2021

Cercospora beticola fungus is one of the most destructive foliar diseases of Sugar Beet worldwide and deploys a toxin, cercosporin, …

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RprA, a small RNA orchestrating the spread of Fire Blight in the Apple tree host – ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Highlight

31st December 2020

Erwinia amylovora is a highly destructive bacterial pathogen that causes fire blight disease of fruit trees, such as apple and …

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Best Student Paper in Molecular Plant Pathology 2020 – Jiming Li

23rd December 2020

This year’s Best Student Paper Prize in ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ was won by Jiming Li who studied Fusarium oxysporum during …

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Best Student Paper in Plant Pathology 2020 – Ines Vazquez-Iglesias

23rd December 2020

This year’s Best Student Paper Prize in ‘Plant Pathology’ was won by Ines Vazquez‐Iglesias. Ines studied Rose rosette virus (RRV), …

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Research in the Time of Covid-19 – BSPP Blog

15th December 2020

SARS-CoV-2 virus, referred to globally as Covid19, has caused countless lockdowns across the world. It has remained headline news throughout …

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Phytophthora ramorum – a deadly forest pathogen, surviving and spreading as three strains in North America – ‘Plant Pathology’ Highlight

27th November 2020

Phytophthora ramorum (Pram) is an extremely destructive Forest Pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak Death (SOD), a disease that has killed over …

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Exploring invasive species during lockdown – A 2020 BSPP Summer Lockdown Bursary Report

12th October 2020

From March this year the academic year as I knew it changed! I had applied for summer work in a …

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The importance of conserving plant pathogens – Blog and Comment from Professor David Ingram

7th October 2020

Comment by David Ingram, Past President & Honorary Member, BSPP. Former Chair, Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species The State of …

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BSPP Summer Lockdown Bursaries for 2020 have now been completed

5th October 2020

Every year, the BSPP provides funding opportunities for undergraduate students to gain experience in plant pathology and explore plant pathology …

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Communicating Plant Health – Plant Health Week launches today

21st September 2020

Plant Health Week shares the incredible world of plants and how plant health underpins our health. Plants provide 98% of …

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#wildplantdisease – Up to 4 million views on Twitter for plant pathology on ‘wild’ or ‘native’ plants in the UK and abroad.

21st August 2020

This blog is part of a series, click here to view all blogs in this series The first #wildplantdisease challenge …

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Sisyphus and the tome revisited – 4th Edition | blog by John Lucas

20th August 2020

My recent blog described the trials and tribulations of writing textbooks, including an analogy from Greek mythology. Sisyphus believed he …

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50 Metres of Roadside #wildplantdisease – A blog written by Dr. Fay Newbery

18th August 2020

My original idea for this blog was ‘To the village and back’. In the lead-up to the #wildplantdisease challenge I …

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Study and Conservation of Native Plant Pathogens on Wild Plants

15th August 2020

Comment by David Ingram, Past President & Honorary Member, BSPP.  I congratulate Nichola Hawkins, Fay Newbery and @wildflower_hour on the launch …

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Wild plant diseases: Floral foes or biodiversity builders?

13th August 2020

Many plant pathologists spend their working lives trying to achieve durable and sustainable control of destructive pathogens of agricultural crops, …

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Oak powdery mildew – a story of invasion and host-jumping

12th August 2020

One of the diseases that people are going to find a lot of in summer, is powdery mildew. This normally …

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A new normal – Life after COVID19 has brought challenges across the world

5th August 2020

Life after COVID19 has brought challenges across the world and to every member of the BSPP. Many scientists have been …

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Rosalind Franklin 100 Years – Today is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rosalind Franklin

25th July 2020

Today is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rosalind Franklin, being the first to define the structure of Tobacco …

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24th February 2021

Researchers Develop Cavendish Bananas Resistant to Panama Disease https://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=18606#.YDYWZUityZk.twitter

25th February 2021

Dutch Elm Disease in the UK - a #SociallyDistanced #BSPPOutreach Project

Watch Julianna Piat's #vlog introducing the past, present and future of a major #PlantPandemic

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23rd February 2021

The @BS_PP 2020 Student Infographic Winners have been announced and there are two joint winners! Congratulations to Maninder Kaur and Usman Hussain!
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