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 …
Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is caused by a number of factors with bacteria playing an important role. It mainly affects mature oak trees and can kill a tree within a few years of first symptoms. The trees are initially weakened …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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!
To mark National Tree Week Bac-Stop social scientist Mike Dunn reflects on our endutring love of oak trees.
BAC-STOP researchers are studying the odour preferences of bark-boring beetles to understand the spread of Acute Oak Decline.
Hear about the latest research into oak diseases.
Working together to understand bacterial plant diseases to protect UK farms, forests and gardens. An interdisciplinary research consortium funded by BBSRC, NERC, Defra and the Scottish Government from 2020-2024.
What do oak trees mean to you? Can you imagine a world without them? Unfortunately our iconic oak trees face several threats from pests and diseases including Acute Oak Decline. Unchecked these threats could mean a future without oak trees …
The Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme was a consortium of 9 research projects supported by a Coordination Team. Use the links below to find out about each of the projects.