UKRI Future Leaders Fellows are leading an EDI project to gather data on the lived experiences of UK academic carers

23rd October 2024

Three UKRI Future Leaders Fellows are leading an EDI project to gather data on the lived experiences of UK academic …

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2024 Undergraduate Prize Winners

15th October 2024

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

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BSPP 2025 RKS Wood Prize awarded to Professor Paul Birch

12th October 2024

In 2024, Professor Paul Birch of the University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute was nominated for the BSPP …

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Can you help us choose the venue for Plant Pathology 2027 and ECPP 2027?

10th October 2024

It may seem a long way away but the team at the BSPP is already planning the PPATH and ECPP …

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TRAVEL FUND REPORTS: ICPP2023 – 12th International Congress Of Plant Pathology in Lyon, France – 20 – 25 August 2023

4th September 2024

These conference reports are written by the beneficiaries of our travel fund. Click here to read more about the fund …

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Exploring the role of cultivar, year and plot age in the incidence of esca and Eutypa dieback: Insights from 20 years of regional surveys in France

2nd September 2024

Grapevine trunk diseases like esca and Eutypa dieback are affecting grapevines worldwide. They cause wood rot from pathogenic fungi and …

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The root-knot nematode effector MiEFF12 targets the host ER quality control system to suppress immune responses and allow parasitism

16th August 2024

Root-knot nematodes (RKN) of the genus Meloidogyne are microscopic worms responsible for significant damage to thousands of plant species by …

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Unlocking the Future of Plant Pathology and Plant Phenotyping: Automated Disease Scoring in Sugar Beets

13th August 2024

As the agricultural landscape evolves, so does the need for innovative approaches to tackle persistent challenges. One such challenge is …

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Read 8 of our latest Conference Reports from the recipients of our Travel Bursary

13th August 2024

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BSPP Newsletter – Our latest newsletter (Summer 2024) has just been made available online….

9th August 2024

Our latest newsletter is available to download …

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Read three of our latest Event Organisation Reports from Nigeria, Cameroon, and the UK

5th August 2024

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Read two of our latest Junior Fellowship Reports on Cypriot soil fungi and Ganoderma

5th August 2024

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BSPP Plant Health Club ‘Preparing for PPATH2024’ A series of Plant Health Club sessions helping plant pathologists get the most out of the annual BSPP meeting.

26th July 2024

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Finding resistance genes of common bean to common bacterial blight

11th July 2024

Common bean is an important source of protein, vitamins, minerals and fibre for human consumption, especially for the African and …

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BSPP Small Project Fund 2024 – Call now open – Closes 31st July 2024.

3rd June 2024

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BSPP Plant Health Club ‘Mentoring inexperienced researchers’ – June 14, 2024 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

2nd June 2024

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RNA interference – the next frontier of “green chemistry” fungicides? 

27th May 2024

Proof of concept: control of grey leaf spot disease of maize using double-stranded RNA sprays. Maize, a staple food for …

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Genome-wide association study of adult plant resistance to spot blotch in an elite Canadian two-row barley germplasm collection

27th May 2024

Spot blotch is a barley disease caused by a fungus called Bipolaris sorokiniana. This disease impacts barley grown in locations with …

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Safer Trade Quiz – BSPP in association with the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate (PHSI) for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)

10th May 2024

SAFER TRADE This month’s quiz has been prepared by Katherine Ross and Sam Hill, who are Plant Health and Seeds …

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BSPP Board Member Nominations are open

10th May 2024

Each year, members of the Society are invited to nominate fellow members who would be willing to serve as elected …

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A clever experimental implementation for a straightforward idea: Phenotyping to estimate frequencies of virulent pathogenic strains, bypassing classical strain-by-strain approaches

11th April 2024

A “bulk phenotyping” method was developed to estimate the proportion of Zymoseptoria tritici strains capable of attacking a wheat variety carrying a …

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UKRI launch opportunity for Plant Health projects through the Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (24BBR)

28th March 2024

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March 2024 BSPP Plant Doctor Quiz (all about Potatoes) is Now Live

28th March 2024

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Read 8 of our 2024 Travel Fund Reports written by the beneficiaries of our travel fund.

28th March 2024

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