Sophien Kamoun has been awarded the BSPP 2021 RKS Wood prize

19th October 2021

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

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Virtual Event: Postgraduate Study in Plant Health in the UK – 17th November 2021

12th October 2021

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

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Achieving durable disease resistance in cereals

7th October 2021

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

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2021 Undergraduate Prize winners

1st October 2021

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

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BSPP Travel Fund deadline approaching (28th Feb)

30th September 2021

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Pathogens pulling the strings: effectors manipulating plants’ signalling pathways –Molecular Plant Pathology highlight.

27th September 2021

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

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September 2021 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor’ Quiz Now Live – Try your hand at 10 questions on plant pathology symptoms

23rd September 2021

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

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UKCEH have teamed up with BSPP to produce a 13 question ‘Ozone’ Quiz for 2021

17th September 2021

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

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Funding Call for 2021 BSPP Plant Pandemic Study Awards…

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. …

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Breakdown in specific winter wheat resistance to septoria tritici blotch – Plant Pathology highlight.

7th September 2021

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

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Julianna Piat talks Dutch Elm Disease (BSPP Plant Pathology Promotion Fund)

6th September 2021

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

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NTU Singapore scientists identify how ‘crop killer’ bacteria infects plants – NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

5th September 2021

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

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Palm tree disease in Florida transmitted by traveling bug from Jamaica – AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

2nd September 2021

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

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ANNOUNCEMENT: British Society for Plant Pathology LGBTQIA+ Networking Event – 28th October 2021 at 4:00 pm

24th August 2021

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

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Volunteer as a Tutor with The Access Project 1 hour a week online to support disadvantaged young people

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 …

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Sampling at Westonbirt Arboretum. Unexpected findings in a diseased Lime tree

26th July 2021

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

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Wheat Blast: tracing seed to seedling transmission –Plant Pathology highlight.

23rd July 2021

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

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Using the odour of bacteria to tackle Acute Oak Decline.

19th July 2021

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

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July 2021 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor’ Quiz Now Live – Try your hand at 10 questions on plant pathology symptoms

16th July 2021

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

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Another [host] resistance gene bites the dust –Molecular Plant Pathology highlight.

14th July 2021

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

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Plant patch enables continuous monitoring for crop diseases NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

13th July 2021

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

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UC San Diego scientists develop the first CRISPR/Cas9-based gene drive in plants UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO

11th July 2021

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

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COVID-19’s socio-economic fallout threatens global coffee industry RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

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 …

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Nicotinamide can ‘immunize’ plants to protect from fungal disease (KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY)

4th July 2021

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

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