Plant Health Summit for Future Leaders (A 2021 BSPP Event Organisation Fund Report)

6th May 2022

As current chairperson of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) Plant Sciences Group and member of the BSPP I applied …

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BSPP2021 – Our Plants, Our Future, Birmingham, UK (A 2021 BSPP Carer Support Grant Report)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP MSc/MRes Bursary. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. 6th – 8th …

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Interaction between two passion fruit woodiness disease causing virus isolates and their transmission (A 2020 BSPP Msc/MRes Bursary Report)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP MSc/MRes Bursary. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. My journey while …

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Identification of mycoparasitic Pythium species associated with vineyard soils in Canterbury, New Zealand (A 2021 BSPP Msc/MRes Bursary Report)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP MSc/MRes Bursary. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. Pythium species are …

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Assessment of pathogen impacts on alternative forestry species and provenances in the UK (A 2020 BSPP Msc/MRes Bursary Report)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP MSc/MRes Bursary. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. Last year I …

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Biological control of early blight in tomato (A 2020 BSPP Msc/MRes Bursary Report)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP MSc/MRes Bursary. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. During the academic …

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Obtaining loss-of-function mutants in a candidate barley NLR conferring resistance to wheat yellow rust (A 2020 BSPP Msc/MRes Bursary Report)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP MSc/MRes Bursary. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. I completed a …

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Investigation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum haplotypes in managing Taraxacum officinale in turf grass (A 2020 BSPP Msc/MRes Bursary Report)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP MSc/MRes Bursary. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. My journey through …

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Investigating the role of kiwifruit Pseudomonas against biotic and abiotic stress (A 2021 BSPP Msc/MRes Bursary Report)

6th May 2022

This is the report from a BSPP MSc/MRes Bursary. Click here to read more/apply for one yourself. My traineeship was …

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Investigating the potential for forest insects to mediate needle blight pathogens (A 2020 BSPP Msc/MRes Bursary Report)

6th May 2022

The BSPP’s MRes/MSc bursary allowed me to complete the necessary practical work for my MRes thesis titled “Investigating the potential …

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Uncovering the role of key resistance genes in the defence against aphids

29th April 2022

Aphids are small sap-sucking insects of the Aphidoidea superfamily. They have evolved to feed on the phloem of vascular plants …

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Relationship between biofilm formation, bacteriophage biocontrol and pathogenicity of Pseudomonas syringae on plant hosts

29th April 2022

Over 10 weeks in summer 2021 I have worked on a research project exploring the relationship between biofilm formation, bacteriophage …

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Investigating the duration of transcriptional memory in response to flg22

29th April 2022

Despite lacking an adaptive immune system, plants display memory of past encounters with pathogens. Plants that have been previously exposed …

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Investigating the helper NLR, NRG1, and associations formed during the effector-triggered immune response

29th April 2022

The helper NLR, NRG1, has been shown to associate with EDS1 family proteins in response to pathogen recognition in plants. …

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Genetic basis of resistance against Pyrenopeziza brassicae in Brassica napus

29th April 2022

Pyrenopeziza brassicae is a fungal pathogen that is the causative agent of Light leaf spot (LLS) disease that affects Brassicae …

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Investigating the effect of different growing media on the cultivation of Nicotiana benthamiana for Cassava Brown Streak Virus research

29th April 2022

This summer, I completed a 6-week research project with Dr Andy Bailey and Dr Fran Robson at the University of …

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The use of UV-C irradiation for the decontamination of growth rooms and glass houses

29th April 2022

UV-C irradiation has spiked up a lot of interest recently, especially in regards to how this system can be used …

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Environmental Pseudomonas isolation, identification, and characterisation

29th April 2022

Infection by Pseudomonas syringae is the lead cause of bacterial canker, a disease affecting the global industries of cherries, plums …

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Investigation into the effect of Cucumber mosaic virus infection on Arabidopsis thaliana under cold conditions

29th April 2022

Food security is an issue of increasing concern as agricultural systems become highly intensified and yields near their forecasted ceiling. …

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Harnessing pathogenicity mechanisms to engineer plants tolerant to heat stress

29th April 2022

Over summer, I spent 8 weeks in the Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, working in the lab of Prof. Vardis …

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Investigating UK-wide barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) strain variation through informative genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis

29th April 2022

Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is considered the most destructive viral pathogen infecting cereal crops worldwide with limited strategies for …

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Investigating the role of CHR4 in WRR7-mediated Arabidopsis immunity to a White Blister Rust Pathogen

29th April 2022

The Brassicacea family includes many important crop species, such as broccoli, cabbage, and rapeseed. Therefore, pathogens and pests that interfere …

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Mapping the genome of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

29th April 2022

Zymoseptoria tritici (Zt, anamorph Septoria tritici) is the causative agent of Septoria tritici blotch (STB), which is one of the …

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Interactions between Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa and the effect of their secondary metabolites on the fungal pathogens of oilseed rape (Brassica napus), Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Verticillium longisporum

29th April 2022

The fungal pathogens Leptosphaeria maculans (Lm) and L. biglobosa (Lb) cause phoma stem canker on oilseed rape resulting yield losses …

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