1st December 2021

Questions are set by Dr Phil Taylor at CABI. Phil is a plant pathologist of 40 years who has worked …

27th November 2021

National Tree Week is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, marking the start of the winter tree planting season (November …

16th November 2021

The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2021 has been awarded to Pedro Valverde from the University of Cordoba, …

8th November 2021

Fungi are the main pathogens of plants and they threaten global food security by causing overall average losses above 30% …

6th November 2021

Cotton is an important crop worldwide and grown in large amounts in the United States, which provided 38 percent of …

5th November 2021

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3rd November 2021

In a novel, broad assessment of bacterial-fungal interactions, researchers using unique bioinformatics found that fungi host a remarkable diversity of …

29th October 2021

Questions are set by Dr Phil Taylor at CABI. Phil is a plant pathologist of 40 years who has worked …

19th October 2021

Sophien Kamoun has been awarded the 2021 RKS Wood prize and will deliver his talk on Wednesday 8th December at …

14th October 2021

Our latest newsletter is available to download …

12th October 2021

Are you interested in tackling challenges in sustainable agriculture, forestry and horticulture and in researching or developing a career in …

7th October 2021

Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing are delighted to announce the publication of their exciting new title, Achieving durable disease resistance in …

1st October 2021

The BSPP wishes to encourage and reward undergraduate students interested in plant pathology. To publicly recognise the achievements of these …

27th September 2021

Plants are grown in hostile environments where they are continuously attacked by pathogens. Many species of bacteria, nematodes, fungi, oomycetes …

23rd September 2021

Questions are set by Dr Phil Taylor at CABI. Phil is a plant pathologist of 40 years who has worked …

17th September 2021

Thursday 16 September was World Ozone Day! UKCEH have teamed up with BSPP to produce a 13 question ‘Ozone’ Quiz for …

13th September 2021

This year we will make four further awards, each of £2000, with a deadline of 24 September 2021 for submission of proposals. …

7th September 2021

Around this time each year, as the combines are parked up for another season, cereal farmers turn their attention to …

6th September 2021

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

5th September 2021

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has identified, for the first time, a key …

2nd September 2021

What began as a curious survey of an insect in Florida revealed a much larger network of movement across the …

24th August 2021

We would like to invite LGBTQIA+ BSPP members to join us for a virtual discussion. The focus of this event …

27th July 2021

The Access Project is looking for volunteers to support a disadvantaged young people aged 14-18 for 1 hour a week Sept-July with their …

26th July 2021

I’m an MRes student at the University of the West of England (UWE) investigating the bacterial microbiome of Tilia trees …