7th May 2021

Did you know that soybean (Glycine max) is among the top 5 produced crops in the world? Around 3.3% of …

7th May 2021

We all notice that it is getting warmer and drier from year to year. Climate change scenarios suggest that this …

15th March 2021

It seems a safe bet that anyone growing potatoes or tomatoes will have seen the damage caused by the dreaded …

2nd March 2021

Genetic resistances to pathogens can be engineered in plants, but can they have side-effects? A study on resistance to a …

15th February 2021

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

8th February 2021

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

2nd February 2021

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

1st February 2021

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

28th January 2021

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

15th January 2021

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

11th January 2021

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

31st December 2020

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

23rd December 2020

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

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), …

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 …

27th November 2020

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

12th October 2020

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

7th October 2020

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

5th October 2020

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

21st September 2020

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

21st August 2020

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

20th August 2020

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

18th August 2020

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

15th August 2020

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