The bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (Lso) causes widespread disease and damage to crops including potato, tomato, carrot and celery in other parts of the world. Despite both the bacterium and the insects that can spread it being present in the …
In the last few months of the Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme our communications lead Sarah McLusky has been working with the projects and graphic designer Thomas Pawley to create summaries of their research and findings. Each summary give some background …
By Joana Vicente and Andrew Aspin As we are approaching the final stages of most of our BPD projects, we are turning our attention to impact, publications, stakeholders’ engagement, and dissemination. Other important aspects of these final stages also involve …
How BPD projects are using and contributing to culture collections Read More »
In this blog Joana Vicente reports from the 12th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP2023) in Lyon, France. From 19 to 25 August 2023 more than 2400 participants from 88 countries (including 550 PhD students) gathered in Lyon, France, for …
For a look behind the scenes of the Caliber project, check out this great video. Researcher Jen Newton takes us on a trip to the North of Scotland to collect psyllids from carrot fields. These insects can carry the Candidatus …
On Wednesday 10 May 2023 as part of Plant Health Week 2023 we hosted a webinar looking at four different bacterial species and how they affect our crops and food supplies. Replays of the presentations are available now on our …
Joana Vicente, Coordination Team and Xanthomonas Threats, reports from two recent plant health meetings. Defra (one of our funders) supports four long-term Genetic Improvement Networks (GINs) to improve major UK crop varieties. The four GINs are: ‘The GINs aim to …
Find out about the science behind our 2023 bookmark images
In the second of our Fighting Bac workshops our researchers will share new approaches for identifying and modelling disease outbreaks. The workshop will focus particularly on the next steps for translating these findings into real world innovations and how stakeholders …
Zebra chip disease of potatoes is a serious problem in the Americas and New Zealand. Infected potatoes have a characteristic streaking pattern which becomes more distinct when fried – hence the name ‘zebra chip’. The bacterium which causes it – …
Zebra Chip (Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum) Read More »
It’s Plant Health Week 2022 and we are celebrating the benefits of healthy plants. An important part of keeping plants healthy is understanding the relationships between plants and bacteria to help manage bacterial diseases. Plants have a microbiome too Just …
We finally did it! After a long wait due to COVID restrictions, on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 March 2022, we finally had our first face-to-face meeting – albeit with a substantial online cohort too. The 41 in-person attendees arrived …
Who are the winners of our first photo competition? Find out here!
Working together to understand bacterial plant diseases to protect UK farms, forests and gardens. An interdisciplinary research consortium funded by BBSRC, NERC, Defra and the Scottish Government from 2020-2024.
The Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme was a consortium of 9 research projects supported by a Coordination Team. Use the links below to find out about each of the projects.