BBSRC UKRI Latest Funding Opportunities

1st December 2023

BBSRC UKRI has the following funding opportunities linked to Plant Health, click the links to read more and apply… Plant …

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November 2023 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor/National Tree Week’ Quiz Now Live – set by ObservaTree

27th November 2023

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BSPP Newsletter – Our latest newsletter (Autumn 2023) has just been made available online….

10th November 2023

Our latest newsletter is available to download …

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Cassava brown streak: A deadly virus on the move

1st November 2023

Plant pathologists are keenly focused on what they study and how they study it – the details of a plant …

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The BSPP is proud to sponsor the AAB FraxNet Ash Health Network meeting, which is part of ‘Creating Canopies.’

27th October 2023

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A never-ending war between plants and pathogens: A case study of wheat and stripe rust

25th October 2023

In the long-term co-evolutionary arms race between plants and pathogens, plants tend to protect themselves from invasion while the pathogen …

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October 2023 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor’ Quiz Now Live – Try your hand at 10 questions on plant pathology symptoms

20th October 2023

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Chloroplast clustering and PSTVd infection: A surprising twist in plant defense-Molecular Plant Pathology’ Highlight

17th October 2023

Chloroplast clustering around the nucleus is a plant defence mechanism under both biotic and abiotic stresses. However, a team of …

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2023 Undergraduate Prize winners

9th October 2023

The BSPP wishes to encourage and reward undergraduate students interested in plant pathology through our Undergraduate Research and Exam Prizes. …

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Organise a Satellite Meeting for Plant Pathology 2024 (13 Sept 24)

7th October 2023

Plant Pathology 2024 will take place in Oxford on the 11-12th September (https://www.bspp.org.uk/conferences/plant-pathology-2024-save-the-date/). We are offering the opportunity for our members …

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Molecular signalling in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum, a bacterial plant disease exploiting quorum sensing – Molecular Plant Pathology highlight blog

4th October 2023

The soil-borne Gram-negative beta-proteobacterium Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) infects more than 250 plant species in over 50 families, causing …

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Revealing how Fusarium wilt fungus suppresses the plant immune system – Molecular Plant Pathology highlight blog

28th September 2023

The fungus Fusarium oxysporum is a major threat to agriculture, causing vascular wilt disease in over a hundred different crop …

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September 2023 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor’ Quiz Now Live – Try your hand at 10 questions on plant pathology symptoms

23rd September 2023

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Prof. Gary Foster has been awarded the 2024 BSPP Honorary Membership

15th September 2023

Prof. Gary Foster has been awarded the 2024 BSPP Honorary Membership as recognition of his outstanding contributions to plant pathology. …

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BSPP 2024 RKS Wood Prize awarded to Prof Diane Saunders

8th September 2023

In 2023, Professor Diane Saunders of the John Innes Centre in Norwich was nominated for the BSPP RKS Wood Prize …

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Winning plant pathology designs – BSPP T-shirt competition 2023

5th September 2023

At the beginning of 2023, we opened a call for new t-shirt designs to promote plant pathology with the BSPP. …

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We have over 600 members over 59 countries… view our infographic

1st September 2023

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August 2023 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor’ Quiz Now Live – Try your hand at 10 questions on plant pathology symptoms

30th August 2023

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Newly discovered protein helps a rice pathogen avoid alkaline toxicity – Molecular Plant Pathology highlight blog

22nd August 2023

Burkholderia glumae, a pathogen causing bacterial panicle blight in rice, must maintain an acidic environment following infection to turn on …

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July 2023 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor’ Quiz Now Live – Try your hand at 10 questions on plant pathology symptoms

10th August 2023

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Pre-announcement: Develop interdisciplinary research proposals to tackle epidemic threats

4th August 2023

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Fungi that suppress the growth of other fungi: Trichoderma atroviride against the wheat pathogen Fusarium graminearum – Plant Pathology Highlight

20th July 2023

During the 19th and 20th centuries, across the world, Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) and crown rot diseases of cereals were …

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June 2023 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor’ Quiz Now Live – Try your hand at 10 questions on plant pathology symptoms

12th July 2023

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BSPP Part Time Job Opportunity – Publicity and Communications Officer – Remote working.

10th July 2023

British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) Publicity and Communications Officer Part time – Remote working. £21 per hour up to …

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