Consideration of future benefits to stakeholders has been woven into the BPD programme since its beginning. The multiple funders of the programme (UKRI, Defra, Scottish Government) all recognised the critical importance of fundamental research related to gaps in understanding of …
Narratives of Knowledge Exchange, Impacts and Impacts-in-progress Read More »
To mark the end of the Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme on 31 March 2024 we have created this video of highlights. It features snapshots from our joint meetings and actvities, as well as some fantastic highlights from our 9 projects. …
In early March 2024 brought all of our project teams together for one last time under the umbrella of the Bacterial Plant Disease Programme. We were hosted at the Manchester Institute for Biotechnology by Duncan Cameron and the Disease Suppressive …
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 Culture collections are repositories of preserved and authenticated microbes for use in research. Some of our Bacterial Plant Disease projects are generating large collections of isolates and/or are using isolates from in-house or public …
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 »
Abstract The managers of private forests have critical roles in responding to forest health challenges. Basic knowledge of how they interpret and understand the health of their trees is, however, very sparse. Via an online survey of private forest managers …
The precise pathology of acute oak decline is still unclear, but the disease correlates with the presence of the bacterium Brenneria goodwinii and larvae of the Agrilus biguttatus beetle. This new research preprint from Bac-Stop and Future Oak explores the …
by Sarah McLusky, BPD Communications and Events Coordinator I’ve been involved in science communication for over 20 years but, until recently, I’d never really thought much about making Wikipedia part of my toolbox. If fact when I was a college …
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 …
This is the final report from our placement programme. Here three members of the Xanthomonas Threats project, Adam Bryning, Jenny Cole and Joana Vicente (all Fera), report on their visit to two Lincolnshire seed companies – Elsoms and Sakata. Discussing diagnostics at …
Curious about cabbages: Visiting Lincolnshire Seed Companies Read More »
Believe it or not the Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme has now completed the three years it was originally funded for. The programme was conceived as a way of bringing together 9 separate plant health projects (that were already funded) to …
Harry Wright from the Disease Suppressive Microbes team has scooped the top prize in the University of Sheffield’s Open Research Prize 2023. The Open Research Prize was introduced in order to recognise and celebrate the excellent work University of Sheffield …
Many of our projects spend the summer running and collecting data from field trials. Here are some behind the scenes photos of our BAC-STOP team in action. They are collecting information about acute oak decline and the impact of drought …
On 3 June 2023 our Xanthomonas Threats project hosted a stall at the Kenilworth Show. Here Shannon Greer and Joana Vincente report on their day. The Kenilworth Show is an annual agricultural show that has been running nearly uninterrupted for …
Our final placement report is from Robyn Babb. Robyn is a PhD student with the Xanthomonas Threats project. She visited the University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow. Robyn’s placement was made possible thanks to additional funding from UKRI …
Bacteriocins to help brassicas: Robyn’s placement report Read More »
Our fourth placement report is from Alejandra Ordonez. Alejandra is a research assistant and PhD student in the Future Oak project. She visited the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology at Graz University of Technology, led by Prof. Gabriele Berg. Alejandra’s placement …
Developing microbial communities (and human ones too!): Alejandra’s placement report Read More »
This spring we were lucky enough to get additional funding from UKRI to enable some of our researchers to go on placements to different work environments to learn skills and build relationships. We’ll be sharing reports from all of the …
Finding out about fruit: Fera team visits NIAB East Malling Read More »
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 …