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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 …
Can you help? PhD student Helene Kile is researching increasing reports of Tilia (lime) trees with bleeding cankers. If you know of any Tilia trees in the UK showing these symptoms Helene would love to hear from you. Read on …
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 report from all of the …
Transformation in Barcelona: Sara’s placement report Read More »
For Plant Health Week 2023 we will be discussing various bacterial diseases and how they threaten our food supply. Bacterial diseases affect many food plants reducing yields and contributing to shortages. Emerging diseases not yet present in the UK also …
The impact of bacterial diseases on crops and food supply Read More »
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 …
Talking about trees: Oak stakeholder meeting 2023 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 report from all of the …
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, …
Looking back and looking forwards: BPD Full Team Meeting March 2023 Read More »
Following on from the popularity of their Brennaria tree diseases factsheets, the BAC-STOP project have created a sister resource focusing on diseases caused by Lonsdalea bacterial species. It covers the oak tree diseases drippy blight, drippy nut and bark canker, …
As part of the 12th International Congress of Plant Pathology, colleagues from the Ralstonia Phage project are organising a satellite event focused on Ralstonia solanaceraum. Find out more and find out how to register or submit an abstract Ralstonia solanaceraum …
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 …
This month (January 2023) a new action plan to protect plants from pests and diseases was published by Defra, in partnership with the Forestry Commission and the Scottish and Welsh Governments. The Plant Biosecurity Strategy for Great Britain sets out …
Plant Health Week 2023, coordinated by Defra, will be held in the UK from Monday 8 to Sunday 14 May. It also coincides with the International Day of Plant Health on 12 May 2023 which is coordinated by FAO (UN). Both events …
A chance for all the project teams to get together to share their research, think about legacy and dissemination, and share future research plans.
The new year means a new principle investigator for the Ralstonia Phage project. Original lead Ville Friman has returned to his native Finland after 12 years in the UK. He joins the University of Helsinki as Professor of Microbiology. Ville …
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 …
Find out about the science behind our 2023 bookmark images
Researcher Michelle Hulin recently took to Twitter to tell the story of how her work has unfolded since 2017. Michelle, based at The Sainsbury Laboratory, is part of the Pseudomonas-Prunus project team. Michelle explained how she, Mojgan Rabiey and other …
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 …