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 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 …
At the beginning of March our BAC-STOP and Future Oak projects welcomed stakeholders to Shropshire for a joint meeting to share their research into Acute Oak Decline (AOD) and other tree diseases. AOD is a complex multi-factor disease. Bacterial species …
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A dusting of snow coated the city as our project teams, coordination team and guests arrived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Early March 2023 might have brought a ‘second winter’, but Debbie Frederickson-Matika had arranged for a warm welcome at St James Park, …
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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 …
We’ve made it to the end of 2022! For most of us this has been the first full year since 2019 that has felt kind of ‘normal’. For the Bacterial Plant Disease Programme this return to normality made for a …
Gareth Thomas (BAC-STOP) reports from the 2023 International Plant Health Conference in London. From 21-23 September 2023, I attended the first International Plant Health Conference (IPHC) in the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London. The conference was coordinated by Defra and …
In the wonderfully named village of Little Snoring in Norfolk is a unique and pioneering experiment. It is home to the Bac-Stop field site which includes 144 intensively monitored trees. This makes it the largest ever tree-focused drought field trial …
Joanna Vicente reports from the 14th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria (ICPPB) which took place 3-8 July in Assisi, Italy. Surrounded by sunflower fields and olive trees, 196 delegates gathered in the idyllic setting of the Hotel Valle di …
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Joana Vicente reports from the 4th International Erwinia Workshop (4th IEW) which took place 2-3 July 2022 in Assisi, Italy. Delegates took planes, trains and automobiles to convene at the Hotel Valle di Assisi to discuss various plant diseases that …
Tucked away in a corner of the gardening zone of the Great Yorkshire Show is something that looks more like a circus sideshow. What could it possibly have to do with plants? Surprisingly, it is the result of a collaboration …
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, …
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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 …
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 …
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.
As part of Nationa Plant Health Week, stakeholders and researchers came together to discuss the challenges of managing bacterial plant diseases.