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 …
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 …
The BPD Co-ordination team reports from the in person Our Plants, Our Future conference, 6-8 December 2021.
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.
The BAC-STOP project is about stopping the spread of pathogenic bacteria that are damaging and causing the death of many native British oak trees. The project aims to save threatened oak and protect them for future generations by investigating the …
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.