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Researchers in Zambia confirm: Wheat blast has made the intercontinental jump to Africa

29th September 2020

Wheat blast, a fast-acting and devastating fungal disease, has been reported for the first time on the African continent, according …

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Once infected, twice infected: Prior exposure to powdery mildew makes plants more vulnerable to subsequent disease

25th September 2020

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Next time you head outside for a socially distant walk in between your Zoom meetings, …

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Newly identified gene grants tomatoes resistance to bacterial speck disease

23rd September 2020

Boyce Thompson Institute researchers are working to create tomatoes that are protected from a devastating disease BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE Bacterial …

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Communicating Plant Health – Plant Health Week launches today

21st September 2020

Plant Health Week shares the incredible world of plants and how plant health underpins our health. Plants provide 98% of …

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The flax wilt agent – a highly destructive fungal parasite infecting flax – has been sequenced

21st September 2020

Researchers to sequence and assemble genome of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini PETER THE GREAT SAINT-PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Molecular and computational …

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Microfluidic chip technology enables rapid multiplex diagnosis of plant viral diseases

19th September 2020

Early detection of diseases of crops at a gene level and protection of food safety TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUT) …

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Plant Health Week 2020 approaches

18th September 2020

2020 was to be THE year for plants. International Year of Plant Health 2020 was announced by the UN General …

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Scientists find an enzyme that facilitates grafting between different family species

17th September 2020

Scientists found that the tobacco plant Nicotiana can maintain grafts between a broad range of species. Using Nicotiana as an …

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Biological control agents can protect soybeans from Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS)

15th September 2020

AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is one of the most destructive diseases of soybean, with losses of nearly …

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Diamondback moth uses plant defense substances as oviposition cues

13th September 2020

A Chinese-German research team identifies the olfactory receptors of a pest insect that control its preference for cabbage, rapeseed and …

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#wildplantdisease – Up to 4 million views on Twitter for plant pathology on ‘wild’ or ‘native’ plants in the UK and abroad.

21st August 2020

This blog is part of a series, click here to view all blogs in this series The first #wildplantdisease challenge …

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Sisyphus and the tome revisited – 4th Edition | blog by John Lucas

20th August 2020

My recent blog described the trials and tribulations of writing textbooks, including an analogy from Greek mythology. Sisyphus believed he …

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50 Metres of Roadside #wildplantdisease – A blog written by Dr. Fay Newbery

18th August 2020

My original idea for this blog was ‘To the village and back’. In the lead-up to the #wildplantdisease challenge I …

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Study and Conservation of Native Plant Pathogens on Wild Plants

15th August 2020

Comment by David Ingram, Past President & Honorary Member, BSPP.  I congratulate Nichola Hawkins, Fay Newbery and @wildflower_hour on the launch …

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Wild plant diseases: Floral foes or biodiversity builders?

13th August 2020

Many plant pathologists spend their working lives trying to achieve durable and sustainable control of destructive pathogens of agricultural crops, …

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Oak powdery mildew – a story of invasion and host-jumping

12th August 2020

One of the diseases that people are going to find a lot of in summer, is powdery mildew. This normally …

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#wildplantdisease – join us on Twitter to explore the world of wild plant disease…

10th August 2020

On Sunday 16th August, members of the British Society for Plant Pathology will be joining wildflowerhour on Twitter to explore …

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A new normal – Life after COVID19 has brought challenges across the world

5th August 2020

Life after COVID19 has brought challenges across the world and to every member of the BSPP. Many scientists have been …

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Rosalind Franklin 100 Years – Today is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rosalind Franklin

25th July 2020

Today is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rosalind Franklin, being the first to define the structure of Tobacco …

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Girlguides “love” BSPP funded ‘Plant Defender’ Challenge

20th July 2020

Positive feedback has come flooding in from the Girlguiding organisation as thousands of ‘Plant Defenders’ have launched onto their discovery …

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Superbugs of the Plant Health World

15th July 2020

Before Covid-19 took over the news, health headlines were frequently warning of the growing threat of superbugs. Disease-causing bacteria have …

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Knowledge Exchange Goes Virtual

10th July 2020

For many plant pathologists in the UK, now would be the season of field events, agricultural and horticultural shows. These …

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Tree health news from the Forestry Commission (external link)

7th July 2020

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Laurence V. Madden – NEW HONORARY MEMBER OF THE BSPP

3rd July 2020

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25th January 2021

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20th January 2021

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23rd January 2021

"Today, Ireland has recovered from the ravages of the terrible (Great Famine) years between 1845 and 1852 - yet, scientists warn, that same microbe, Phytophthora Infestans, still continues to pose a serious biotic threat to global potato crops...."
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