BSPP Best Student Paper Prize
This is an award made for the best ‘student paper’ published in each of the Society’s journals Plant Pathology and Molecular Plant Pathology. To be eligible for consideration the candidate must be the first author and the paper should be substantially the work of the first author carried out during their postgraduate studentship. Normally, papers are eligible for consideration if submitted up to 12 months after the candidate has been awarded their higher degree. An indication from the authors that the paper is eligible for consideration for this award should be indicated when the manuscript is submitted.
Criteria used to judge the best paper are a combination of scholarship, impact and novelty. The final decision is made by the Senior Editor of Plant Pathology and the Editor-in Chief of Molecular Plant Pathology. The author of the best paper in each journal is awarded a prize of £250 and free membership of the Society for one year.
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2022 has been awarded to Carolina Orellana-Torrejon from the Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, Thiverval-Grignon, France, for her two papers ‘Annual dynamics of Zymoseptoria tritici populations in wheat cultivar mixtures: A compromise between the efficacy and durability of a recently broken-down resistance gene?’ (vol. 71, 289–303) https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppa.13458 and ‘The impact of wheat cultivar mixtures on virulence dynamics in Zymoseptoria tritici populations persists after interseason sexual reproduction’ (vol. 71, 1537–1549) https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppa.13577.
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2022 has been awarded to Adriana Trutzenberg from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, for her paper entitled ‘Barley guanine nucleotide exchange factor HvGEF14 is an activator of the susceptibility factor HvRACB and supports host cell entry by Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei (vol. 23, 1524–1537) https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mpp.13246.
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2021 has been awarded to Pedro Valverde from the University of Cordoba, Spain, for his paper entitled ‘Highly infested soils undermine the use of resistant olive rootstocks as a control method of verticillium wilt’ (vol. 70, 144–153, https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppa.13264).
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2021 has been awarded to Chen Wang from the Australian National University, Canberra, for his paper entitled ‘The identification of a transposon affecting the asexual reproduction of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici’ (vol 22, 800-816, https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mpp.13064).
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2020 has been awarded to Ines Vazquez-Iglesias from Fera Science Ltd, York, UK, for her paper entitled ‘Facing Rose rosette virus: A risk to European rose cultivation’. https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.13255 (Open Access)
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2020 has been awarded to Jiming Li at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, for his paper entitled ‘Related mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium oxysporum determine host range on cucurbits’ (vol. 21, 761–776, https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mpp.12927).
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2019 has been awarded to Kwame Ogero from the International Potato Center (CIP), c/o Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) for his paper entitled ‘Efficiency of insect-proof net tunnels in reducing virus-related seed degeneration in sweet potato’ (vol. 68, 1472–1480). https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.13069
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2019 has been awarded to Xue Ding from the Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology for her paper entitled ‘Chloroplast clustering around the nucleus is a general response to pathogen perception in Nicotiana benthamiana’ (vol. 20, 1298–1306). https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mpp.12840
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2018 has been awarded to Špela Alič for the paper ‘Diversity within the novel Dickeya fangzhongdai sp., isolated from infected orchids, water and pears.’ Š. Alič, F. Van Gijsegem, P. Pédron, M. Ravnikar and T. Dreo. Plant Pathology vol. 67, 1612–1620. DOI 10.1111/ppa.12866.Abstract at https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ppa.12866
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2018 has been awarded to Benoit Laurent for the paper High‐resolution mapping of the recombination landscape of the phytopathogen Fusarium graminearum suggests two‐speed genome evolution. Molecular Plant Pathology vol. 19, 341–354. DOI 10.1111/mpp.12524.Full article at https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mpp.12524 (Open Access)
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2017 has been awarded to Daniel Farber, for his paper ‘Local dispersal of Puccinia striiformis f. sp.tritici from isolated source lesions’ by D. H. Farber, J. Medlock & C. C. Mundt. It was published in vol. 66 (1), 28-37, and the abstract is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppa.12554/abstract.
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2017 has been awarded to John Ridenour, for his paper ‘The novel fungal-specific gene FUG1 has a role in pathogenicity and fumonisin biosynthesis in Fusarium verticillioides‘ by J. B. Ridenour & B. H. Bluhm. It was published in vol. 18 (4), 513-528, and the abstract is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mpp.12414/abstract.
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2016 has been awarded to Anna Harris, for her paper ‘Sporulation potential, symptom expression and detection of Phytophthora ramorum on larch needles and other foliar hosts‘ by Anna Harris and Joan Webber. Vol. 65 (9), 1441-1451. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2016 has been awarded to Megan Cohn for her paper ‘Comparison of gene activation by two TAL effectors fromXanthomonas axonopodis reveals candidate host susceptibility genes in cassava‘ by Megan Cohn, Robert Morbitzer, Thomas Lahaye and Brian J. Staskawicz. Vol.17 (6), 875-889. Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2015 has been awarded to Stuart Fraser, of the University of Aberdeen (UK) for “Intraspecific variation in susceptibility to dothistroma needle blight within native Scottish Pinus sylvestris“, S. Fraser, A. V. Brown and S. Woodward – This paper is published in volume 64, pages 864-870. Doi 10.1111/ppa.12320. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2015 has been awarded to Damian Cambiagno of the National University of Cordoba, Argentina for his paper: “The synthetic cationic lipid diC14 activates a sector of the Arabidopsis defence network requiring endogenous signalling components” Damian Alejandro Cambiagno, Caroline Lonez, Jean-Marie Ruysschaert and Maria Elena Alvarez – This paper is published in Volume 16 issue 9, pages 963-972, December 2015 – Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2014 has been awarded to G N Hill for his paper “Use of nitrate non-utilizing (nit) mutants to determine phenological stages at which Botrytis cinerea infects wine grapes causing botrytis bunch rot.” Plant Pathology 63(6): 1316-1325. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2014 has been awarded to Maria Torres for her paper “Evidence for a diffusible factor that induces susceptibility in theColletotrichum maize disease interaction” Molecular Plant Pathology 15, 80-93. Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2013 has been awarded to Belkis Hamed, University of Basel, Switzerland, for the paper ‘Generation of pathogenic F1 progeny from crosses of Phytophthora infestans isolates differing in ploidy’, B. H. Hamed & U. Gisi, Plant Pathology 62, 708-718. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2013 has been awarded to Lei Feng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China for the paper ‘Inhibition of in vivo Slicer activity of Argonaute protein 1 by the viral 2b protein independent of its dsRNA-binding function‘. Feng L, Cheng-Guo Duan and Hui-Shan Guo. Molecular Plant Pathology 14, 617-622. Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2012 has been awarded to Timothy Miles, University of Idaho, USA for his paper ‘Evaluation of screening methods and fruit composition in relation to anthracnose fruit rot resistance in blueberries‘: Miles TD, Hancock JF, Callow P, Schilder AMC. Plant Pathology 61, 555-566. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2012 has been awarded to Emmanuel Ogwok from National Crops Resources Research Institute, Namulonge, Kampala, Uganda for his paper ‘Transgenic RNA interference (RNAi)-derived field resistance to cassava brown streak disease‘. Ogwok E, Odipio J, Halsey M, Gaitan-Solis E, Bua A, Taylor NJ, Fauquet CM, Alicai T, 2012. Molecular Plant Pathology online. Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2011 has been awarded to Anton Hansjakob, University of Wuerzburg, Germany for his paper ‘Wax matters: absence of very-long-chain aldehydes from the leaf cuticular wax of the glossy11 mutant of maize compromises the prepenetration processes of Blumeria graminis‘: Hansjakob A, Riederer M, Hildebrandt U, 2011. Plant Pathology 60, 1151-1161. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2011 has been awarded to Helen Neale (Nee Lovell), University of the West of England, UK for her paper ‘In planta conditions induce genomic changes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola‘: Lovell HC, Jackson RW, Mansfield JW, Godfrey SAC, Hancock JT, Desikan R, Arnold DL, 2011. Molecular Plant Pathology 12, 167-176. Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2010 has been awarded to Anastasija Chomic, Lincoln University, New Zealand for her paper ‘The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2019 has been awarded to ‘: A. Chomic, M. N. Pearson, G. R. G. Clover, K. Farreyrol, D. Saul, J. G. Hampton and K. F. Armstrong. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2010 has been awarded to Mathias Blum, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Switzerland for his paper: Mandipropamid targets the cellulose synthase-like PiCesA3 to inhibit cell wall biosynthesis in the oomycete plant pathogen, Phytophthora infestans‘: Blum M, Boehler M, Randall E, Young V, Csukai M, Kraus S, Moulin F, Scalliet G, Avrova AO, Whisson SC, Fonne-Pfister R, 2010. Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2009 has been awarded to Alison Bentley, University of Sydney, Australia for her paper ‘Spatial aggregation in Fusarium pseudograminearum populations from the Australian grain belt‘: A. R. Bentley, M. G. Milgroom, J. F. Leslie, B. A. Summerell, L. W. Burgess. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2009 has been awarded to Pieter van Poppel, Wageningen University, The Netherlands for his paper: Recognition of Phytophthora infestans Avr4 by potato R4 is triggered by C-terminal domains comprising W motifs. Pieter M. J. A. van Poppel, Rays H. Y. Jiang, Jadwiga ?liwka, Francine Govers. Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2008 has been awarded to Abdullah Al-Sa’di, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman for his paper: ‘Genetic diversity, aggressiveness and metalaxyl sensitivity of Pythium aphanidermatum populations infecting cucumber in Oman‘: Al-Sa’di A. M., Drenth A., Deadman M. L. and Aitken E. A. B. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2008 has been awarded to Burt Bluhm, University of Arkansas, USAfor his paper:’Involvement of ZFR1 of Fusarium verticillioides in kernel colonization and the regulation of FST1, a putative sugar transporter gene required for fumonisin biosynthesis on maize kernels‘: B. H. Bluhm, H. Kim, R. A. E. Butchko and C. P. Woloshuk. Abstract…
The ‘Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2007 has been awarded to Natalie Wuyts, Catholic University of Leuven for her paper:
Potential physical and chemical barriers to infection by the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis in roots of susceptible and resistant banana (Musa spp.) N. Wuyts, G. Lognay, M. Verscheure, M. Marlier, D. De Waele and R. Swennen. Abstract…
The ‘Molecular Plant Pathology’ Best Student Paper prize for 2007 has been awarded to Reza Shafiei, University of Edinburgh for his paper:
Identification of loci controlling non-host disease resistance in Arabidopsis against the leaf rust pathogen Puccinia triticina. Reza Shafiei, Cui Hang, Jeong-Gu Kang and Gary J. Loake. Abstract…
