24th February 2021

Below, in her first vlog of three, Julianna Piat describes her outreach project on Dutch Elm Disease, which she started …

18th February 2021

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15th February 2021

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

12th February 2021

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8th February 2021

As part of the BSPP’s 40th year celebrations in 2021, we would like to collect biographies of at least 40 …

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 …

28th January 2021

FROM AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB), is devastating to the citrus industry, causing unprecedented …

25th January 2021

AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY While humanity is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the citrus industry is trying to manage its own devastating …

23rd January 2021

From Wageningen University The fungus Zymoseptoria tritici is one of the most genetically diverse and devastating wheat pathogens in the …

22nd January 2021

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE UC Riverside scientists are betting an ancient solution will solve citrus growers’ biggest problem by …

21st January 2021

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20th January 2021

Short reviews on the origins, emergence, spread, responses and impacts of major plant diseases …

20th January 2021

AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Plant pathologists working at universities across 26 corn-producing states in the United States and in Ontario, Canada, …

18th January 2021

AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight disease, source of the Irish …

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, …

3rd January 2021

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1st January 2021

In 1981 – the British Society for Plant Pathology was established as an independent society. This year we celebrate 40 …

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), …