24th November 2020

AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Found in more than 60 countries, cruciferous clubroot disease is one of the most destructive plant diseases, …

20th November 2020

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13th November 2020

To mark UK Plant Health Week 2020, David Collinge (BSPP President Elect) presented our first live webinar on Monday 21st …

11th November 2020

Luca Steel describes the Plant Defenders Girlguiding badge she developed for 3,000 girls. Sharing knowledge on plant health to Girlguides …

8th November 2020

Downy mildew is the biggest threat to spinach production around the world. While the pathogen has a short life cycle …

4th November 2020

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2nd November 2020

Researchers have discovered that a fungal virus (also called a mycovirus) can convert deadly fungal pathogens into beneficial fungus in …

31st October 2020

Introduced to the United States over 60 years ago, soybean cyst nematode (SCN) has spread broadly throughout the Midwest and …

29th October 2020

Phytoplasma are a type of bacteria that live within the cells and cause devastating diseases with damaging effects. For example, …

27th October 2020

26th October 2020

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a plant doctor? Take the CABI online plant health quiz and find …

24th October 2020

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18th October 2020

Originally published at CABI here… https://www.cabi.org/news-article/for-when-the-chips-are-down-preserving-uk-soil-microbial-biodiversity-for-sustainable-agriculture/ Scientists from the UK’s foremost agricultural research institutes have teamed up to create a …

16th October 2020

13 undergraduates were supported through summer 2020 to develop their skills in plant pathology. Exploring effective approaches to collating data and using …

14th October 2020

IMAGE: Microscopy image of Tympanidaceae, a fungus found at a research sample site (Photo credit: Danny Newman and Mia Maltz/UCR). …

12th October 2020

From March this year the academic year as I knew it changed! I had applied for summer work in a …

7th October 2020

Comment by David Ingram, Past President & Honorary Member, BSPP. Former Chair, Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species The State of …

7th October 2020

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5th October 2020

Every year, the BSPP provides funding opportunities for undergraduate students to gain experience in plant pathology and explore plant pathology …

30th September 2020

Widespread fungal disease in plants can be controlled with a commercially available chemical that has been primarily used in medicine …

29th September 2020

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

25th September 2020

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