Celebrate Oaks this National Tree Week
To mark National Tree Week Bac-Stop social scientist Mike Dunn reflects on our endutring love of oak trees.
Author: Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme
Revealing our new logo and website
After a several months of work behind the scenes, the Bacterial Plant Disease Programme coordination team are delighted to reveal our new logo and website. Our new logo Although the original logo was a lovely representation of all the projects, …
Does the odour of oak bewitch beetles?
BAC-STOP researchers are studying the odour preferences of bark-boring beetles to understand the spread of Acute Oak Decline.
Could viruses be a cure for bacterial diseases?
Phages are viruses which infect and kill bacteria. Increasingly, as with our Ralstonia Phage project, they are being studied as potential biocontrol agents. Phages have very specific host ranges and could be used to selectively target only pathogenic bacteria, leaving …
BRIGIT project featured in National Geographic
Xylella named as one of seven potentially devastating pathogens that might become more of a problem in the UK due to climate change
BPD-led workshop explored industry perspectives on bacterial plant diseases
As part of Nationa Plant Health Week, stakeholders and researchers came together to discuss the challenges of managing bacterial plant diseases.
Xylella Awareness Week spreads the word
Targeted online workshops helped engage different audiences in discussions about the risks of introducing Xylella in the UK.
DeS-BL project lead honoured by British Potato Industry
Professor Ian Toth, project lead for DeS-BL, has received the British Potato Industry Award 2020.
‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ distribution and diversity in Scotland and the characterisation of novel haplotypes from Craspedolepta spp. (Psyllidae: Aphalaridae) (2020)
This research paper from the CALIBER project reports on the distribution of Lso bacterium and their insect vectors.
‘Plant probiotics’ project hits the headlines
i newspaper article reports on research into disease suppressive microbes and synthetic soils