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 …
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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 …
Organised by FAO and Defra, the First International Plant Health Conference aims to address new and emerging plant health challenges, including climate change impacts, the risks associated with significant increase in international trade, the rapid loss of biological diversity and …
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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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 …