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Latest News

BSPP Board Member Opportunities 2027

3rd August 2026

Digital Threat Forecast: How Algorithms Reveal the Expansion Plans of Forest Pathogens

30th June 2026

Nominations for BSPP Honorary Membership 2027

3rd June 2026

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Upcoming Conferences

SAVE THE DATE: PPATH27 and ECPP27

September 7, 2027 - September 9, 2027

TBC

International SPS Symposium 2026

October 14, 2026 - October 16, 2026

Versailles, France

International Congress of Plant Pathology 2028

August 19, 2028 - August 25, 2028

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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This is a list of some of the other important societies involved in plant pathology…

We list the annual meetings for each of these societies on our upcoming meetings page

American Phytopathological Society (APS)
www.apsnet.org
The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is the premier society dedicated to high-quality, innovative plant pathology research.

Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP)
www.saspp.co.za
The aim of the SASPP is to promote Plant Pathology in Southern Africa by acting as the official mouthpiece of plant pathologists in Southern Africa

European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP)
www.efpp.net
The EFPP promotes scientific and technical cooperation in the arena of plant health in Europe and facilitates the exchange of scientific information between plant pathologists who are members of national or regional Societies in the field of plant pathology or related fields.

International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP)
www.isppweb.org
The International Society for Plant Pathology promotes the world-wide development of plant pathology and the dissemination of knowledge about plant diseases and plant health management.

Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS)
www.phytopath.ca
The Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) is a scientific society that was formed in 1929 as a nonprofit organization to enable plant pathologists to meet and discuss their common interests in teaching and research of plant diseases.

Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS)
www.asps.org.au
The Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) is an incorporated society that promotes Plant Science in Australia, and provides professional contact within our community of teachers and researchers in the plant sciences.

Australasian Plant Pathology Society (APPS)
www.appsnet.org
The Australasian Plant Pathology Society is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge of plant pathology and its practice in Australasia.

Society for General Microbiology (SGM)
www.sgm.ac.uk
The Society for General Microbiology is a membership organisation for scientists who work in all areas of microbiology.

Association of Applied Biologists (AAB)
www.aab.org.uk
The Association of Applied Biologists is an international professional society for all those working, studying or interested in applied biology.

British Mycological Society (BMS)
www.britmycolsoc.org.uk
The British Mycological Society is a registered British Charity open to all who are interested in promoting and learning about the exciting world of fungi.

International Association For The Plant Protection Sciences (IAPPS)
www.plantprotection.org
The IAPPS mission is to promote an integrated and sustainable approach to plant protection worldwide, from research through to practical application.

European Society of Nematologists (ESN)
www.esn-online.org
The Society was formed in 1956. The objectives of the Society are: The advancement of the science of nematology; To foster collaboration between nematologists particularly through the Society newsletter and through Symposia and other meetings; To represent the views of nematologists to other bodies, organisations and governments.

New Disease Report

NDR

New Disease Reports is now published by Wiley & Sons LTD. See the latest articles here

10th October 2026

Latest Publications in Plant Pathology

Increased abundance of patatins, lipoxygenase and miraculins in a thaxtomin Ahabituated potato Russet Burbank somaclone with enhanced resistance to common scab

Sugarcane mild mosaic virus: The rediscovery of an identified but unrecognized virus

Response of rice genotypes to rice rootknot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola) infection under varying temperature regimes

Latest Publications in Molecular Plant Pathology

A Phytophthora capsici RXLR effector manipulates plant immunity by targeting RAB proteins and disturbing the protein trafficking pathway

The northern corn leaf blight resistance gene Ht1 encodes an nucleotidebinding, leucinerich repeat immune receptor

Transcriptional regulator Sar regulates the multiple secretion systems in Xanthomonas oryzae

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