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 …

20th August 2021

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

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 …

23rd July 2021

Wheat blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum (MoT) is a global threat for wheat. The first report of the …

19th July 2021

Oak trees support an abundance of biodiversity, including hundreds of insect species, and they are also a food source for …

16th July 2021

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

14th July 2021

Septoria tritici blotch is a devastating disease of wheat, but resistance genes such as Stb6 can help defend crop plants …

13th July 2021

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can “wear” to monitor continuously for plant diseases …

11th July 2021

With a goal of breeding resilient crops that are better able to withstand drought and disease, University of California San …

9th July 2021

New Brunswick, N.J. (June 28, 2021) – COVID-19’s socio-economic effects will likely cause another severe production crisis in the coffee …

4th July 2021

Research led by Kanazawa University shows that application of the nicotinamide to wheat spike activated plant immunity and then effectively …

1st July 2021

Climate warming plays a larger role than plant genes in influencing the number and identity of fungal species on oak …

28th June 2021

With sorghum poised to become an important crop grown by Pennsylvania farmers, Penn State researchers, in a new study, tested …

25th June 2021

The film focuses on: the Network’s capacity-building through training and research funding enabling networking between researchers, and the importance of …

22nd June 2021

Plants are constantly exposed to microbes: pathogens that cause disease, commensals that cause no harm or benefit, and mutualists that …

19th June 2021

Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how the disease evolved and how its …

17th June 2021

During Plant Health Week 2020, we had the pleasure of welcoming a team from the Scottish Sensory Centre to present …