Most of our project teams are interdisciplinary to some extent – whether that means integrating different kinds of scientists, or incorporating data specialists or social scientists into their teams. And interdisciplinary reserach is increasingly important as many of the complex …
This year we coordinated a busy programme of activities for plant health week including a webinar, two Twitter takeovers and the launch of our new Resources web page. These activities were to mark Plant Health Week 2022, coordinated by DEFRA, …
#HelpingKeepPlantsHealthy for Plant Health Week 2022 Read More »
Sandra Denman (Forest Research and project lead for the BAC-STOP project) recently wrote a summary of her team’s research activities for the annual Woodland Heritage Journal. Normally only available to Woodland Heritage members, we are delighted to have permission to …
By Bryden Fields, Research Associate on the Ralstonia Phage project Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that infect and kill bacteria. Phages can have very specific host ranges and we can harness this specificity to kill certain bacterial strains whilst leaving other …
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Woodlands cover around 13% of the total land area of the UK. Although this figure is much lower than the European average of 37%, the UK’s trees are nonetheless highly valued for timber production, biodiversity, water and air quality improvement. …
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As part of Plant Health Week 2022 we are launching a new ‘Resources’ section on our website. This section is aimed at stakeholders and non-specialists who might be looking for information about identifying or managing bacterial plant diseases. It includes …
Today for Plant Health Week we are celebrating all the ways that plants make life better. Here Mike Dunn, from the BAC-STOP project, shares some of the wonderful submissions to the Odes 2 Oaks campaign. The iconic oak tree is …
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 …
Sharing how a better understanding of bacterial plant diseases can contribute to keeping plants healthy.
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 …
Ever wondered what plant pathologists actually do all day? What kinds of experiments they do and the kinds of equipment they use? The BAC-STOP project have made some great films to document their research into the causes of Acute Oak …
On 16 February 2022 over 100 participants gathered online, from as far afield as Latvia and South Africa, to hear about the latest research on Acute Oak Decline (AOD). This online webinar included research updates from both the BAC-STOP and …
New factsheets on bacterial tree diseases
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Friday 11 February 2022) we are shining a light on the many remarkable women who work for the Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme and our projects. To start with, 6 out …
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Prof Ian Toth of the James Hutton Institute, project lead for DeS-BL, reports on their recent knowledge exchange meeting.
The BPD Co-ordination team reports from the in person Our Plants, Our Future conference, 6-8 December 2021.
Congratulations to Marine Cambon of the BAC-STOP project who recently won the Flash Presentation Award at the Molecular Microbial Ecology Group (MMEG) meeting on 1-2 December 2021. The prize was sponsored by the journal FEMS Microbiology Letters. Marine had just …
Who are the winners of our first photo competition? Find out here!