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Latest News

Chandrika Ramadugu/UCR

Delicious and disease-free: scientists attempting new citrus varieties – $4.67 million helps put new fruits to the test

22nd January 2021

CABI QUIZ JAN 2021 – There are 10 questions as usual and they are all on diagnostics some relatively easy and some more difficult.

21st January 2021

The BSPP Plant Pandemic Studies for 2020 are complete – Read the final reports here…

20th January 2021

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Upcoming Conferences

Plant Health Summit for Future Leaders – Royal Society of Biology

2nd March 2021 - 4th March 2021

Write Now! Residential course on popular writing about plant health

18th May 2021 - 20th May 2021

Oxon Hoath

BSPP2021 – Our Plants, Our Future – Presidential Conference

6th December 2021 - 8th December 2021

The University of Birmingham

BIFoR fifth annual (virtual) Community Meeting

27th January 2021 at 12:00 pm - 28th January 2021 at 12:00 pm UTC+0

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The undergraduate vacation bursary is open to all BSPP members and will provide modest support for work on specified research projects during the summer vacation. The objective of the bursaries is to provide undergraduates considering a research career with some practical experience in a plant pathology laboratory and to assist supervisors to meet some specific research objectives.

To view previous awards and reports written by the students click these links: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-1999. 

Applications are invited from supervisors on behalf of an identified student. Students should be in the middle year(s) of their degree course and each BSPP member will be restricted to making a single application annually. Bursaries will be awarded on a competitive basis.

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New Disease Report

First report of Coleosporium montanum on Symphyotrichum in Austria and Europe

First report of Coleosporium montanum on Symphyotrichum in Austria and Europe

23rd December 2020

Latest Publications in Plant Pathology

Improved evaluation of the genetic variability of Brazilian strains of Erwinia psidii with newly developed microsatellite markers

Speciation driven by recombination in the evolution of tomato curly stunt virus in Mozambique

Detection of citrus psorosis virus by RTqPCR validated by diagnostic parameters

Latest Publications in Molecular Plant Pathology

Viral inosine triphosphatase: A mysterious enzyme with typical activity, but an atypical function

Hop stunt viroid: A polyphagous pathogenic RNA that has shed light on viroidhost interactions

Plasmopara viticola effector PvRXLR111 stabilizes VvWRKY40 to promote virulence

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21st January 2021

Great to see the Pine Wilt Disease report published. Many thanks to @InacioLurdes @David1822 and many others not on Twitter for their assistance! @bspp https://twitter.com/bs_pp/status/1352164095240380422

21st January 2021

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21st January 2021

BSPP #PlantPandemics Studies for 2020 are complete.

Read the final reports here: http://ow.ly/byBS50DdWMF

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