The 2025 Undergraduate Vacation Bursary is now open for project supervisors to submit their proposals

6th January 2025

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Mapping the biodiversity of soil fungi across Cyprus a novel study (A BSPP Junior Fellowship)

5th August 2024

This is the report from a BSPP Junior Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. Before we begin, …

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Identification of Ganoderma species on different host trees in the Mezam division of the northwest region of Cameroon (A BSPP Junior Fellowship)

5th August 2024

This is the report from a BSPP Junior Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. Ganoderma species are …

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Virulence genes and transposons in the wheat pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, collaboration between the UK and Canada (A BSPP Junior Fellowship)

17th November 2023

This is the report from a BSPP Junior Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. I am very …

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Plants of the Future Open Day (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

7th May 2023

For a combined celebration of Fascination of Plants Day, Plant Health Week, and the first International Day of Plant Health, …

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AAB IAPV22 in Lljujlana, Slovenia (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

7th May 2023

The 2022 AAB Advances in Plant Virology meeting was held in Cankerjev Dom, Lljubljana, Slovenia from 5th-7th October 2022, in …

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Modelling impact of aerial and trade dispersal in networks on transmission of plant pathogens and epidemic spread across a landscape (BSPP Senior Fellowship)

7th May 2023

This is the report from a BSPP Senior Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. With financial support …

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Probing Plant Pathogens in Parallel: Aligned transatlantic cyst nematode research (A BSPP Incoming Fellowship)

7th May 2023

This is the report from a BSPP Incoming Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. Dr Thomas Baum …

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A visiting scientist at the University of Bologna, Italy (A BSPP Incoming Fellowship)

7th May 2023

This is the report from a BSPP Incoming Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. After my PhD …

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Genome wide transcriptomic/genomics analysis to reveal interactions between pea downy mildew and Bacillus bacteria (A BSPP Incoming Fellowship)

13th November 2022

This is the report from a BSPP Incoming Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. Associate Professor Birsen …

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A Visiting Scientist at CAES, New Haven, USA (BSPP Senior Fellowship)

13th November 2022

This is the report from a BSPP Senior Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. For me, it …

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Plant diseases in Papua New Guinea (A BSPP Junior Fellowship)

13th November 2022

This is the report from a BSPP Junior Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. Papua New Guinea …

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Art and Plant Disease: Helen Pennington – A calendar of plant pathology art.

10th May 2022

Helen Pennington, plant pathologist and artist, is working with the BSPP to produce a plant pathogens calendar. This calendar will …

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A Phytophthora infestans effector activates a distinct autophagy pathway involving a selective cargo receptor (A BSPP Incoming Fellowship)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP Incoming Fellowship. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. Autophagy is a …

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Introducing Girlguides to plant pathology, one badge at a time! by Luca Steel (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

16th July 2021

Thanks to the BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion fund, 3,500 Girlguides are being introduced to plant pathology. The ‘Plant Defenders’ challenge …

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The Phytosanctuary Garden at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park by Kristian Reay (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

16th July 2021

Today our food is grown on the other side of the world, the trees planted in our parks and gardens …

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2019 Symptoms to Sequences Diagnostic Workshop at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh by Katy Hayden (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

16th July 2020

The popular Symptoms to Sequences diagnostic course had its first Scottish run on 11th September 2019 at the Royal Botanic …

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Illustrations for “Plant pathology and plant diseases” text book by David B Collinge (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

16th July 2020

The BSPP “Plant Pathology Promotion Fund” awarded a grant to pay for illustrations for our forthcoming text book “Plant pathology …

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White Moulds Ramularia and Phacellium anamorphs in Wales & Britain, a guide and Welsh census catalogue by Arthur O. Chater (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

16th July 2020

Some ten years ago a group of five of us with mycological interests in phytoparasitic fungi got together to produce …

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Learning bioinformatics during visit to John Innes Centre (A BSPP Junior Fellowship)

2nd February 2020

Written by Catherine Jimenez-Quiros at the The University of Worcester. This is the report from a BSPP Junior Fellowship. Click …

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OxHOS Summer Roadshow 2019 (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

16th July 2019

What is OxHOS? Oxford Hands-On Science (OxHOS) is a student-run society based at the University of Oxford. We believe that …

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Visit to University of California to learn population genetics methods to study Armillaria mellea (BSPP Senior Fellowship)

2nd July 2019

Written by Dr Jassy Drakulic at the Royal Horticultural Society. This is the report from a BSPP Senior Fellowship. Click here …

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Beech (Fagus sylvatica) decline in the Belgian Ardennes (BSPP Senior Fellowship)

2nd July 2019

Written by Beatrice Henricot at the Groupement Forestier Bois des Moines, Ardennes of Belgium. This is the report from a …

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Safeguarding UK hop production: Developing race-specific diagnostics to Verticillium nonalfalfae using genomic approaches (A BSPP Incoming Fellowship)

2nd February 2019

Written by Mr Giuliano Manetti at the The University of Tuscia. This is the report from a BSPP Incoming Fellowship. …

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