๐ New #OpenAccess Article ๐
Integrated pest management uptake in UK fresh produce: Barriers and opportunities

๐ New #OpenAccess Article ๐
Integrated pest management uptake in UK fresh produce: Barriers and opportunities
๐ Nearly 1,000 citrus professionals heard about #CITRUSBUSTERS at ICBC in Florida.
Through our partner IFU, our research on HLB & Citrus Black Spot travelled beyond the lab, reaching the industry professionals.
Enroll in both the Seed Pathology Fundamentals and Developing & Validating Seed Health Assays on-demand courses and save 20% or more! Perfect for early-career professionals or teams.
Start learning: https://bit.ly/3PEMNPy
#SeedPathology #PlantHealth #ContinuingEd #OnDemand
Lara Salido, coordinator of the IPSN, talks about the role of botanic gardens in plant health and biosecurity, highlighting their contribution to the Bexyl Project๐ฑ๐ฌ
๐ฟ Field validation in Evia, Greece.
On 16-17 September, AUA & BOKU joined forces at the STELLA forest pilot to collect ground-truth data for model validation and inspect plane trees in areas at high risk for Ceratocystis platani. ๐ฐ๏ธ
#PlantHealth #HorizonEU #STELLAProject #ForestHealth
Hyperspectral imaging and machine learning show strong promise for detecting potato cyst nematodes, helping farmers differentiate biotic pest damage from drought stress. #AgTech #PrecisionAg #PlantHealth
Details: doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...
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๐ชฑ Don't forget to register for our next webinar all aabout Nematology! ๐๐
๐ What does a citrus tree reveal when infected with HLB? More than we can see.
#CITRUSBUSTERS research shows distinct volatile and metabolic changes that could help identify early HLB biomarkers.
๐ซต In fall 2026, don't miss these upcoming events where the latest insights from the domains of #InvasiveSpecies, #PlantHealth and #Forestry will be discussed!
๐ Browse more such opportunities via FORSAID's calendar: forsaid.eu/events
Cornell researchers develop system that detects grape mildew days before symptoms appear #GrapeMildew #VineyardManagement #AgricultureInnovation #PlantHealth #CropProtection
Join us at #IPPM26:
'Technological Innovation for Integrated Pest, Pathogen and Weed Management' ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฑ
๐ Leicester & Online, 3rd-4th November
โฐ๏ธ Abstract submission extended until 21st September โฐ๏ธ
Find out more: buff.ly/0MbEFLh
๐ข En direct d'Avignon, Restitution finale du projet BEYOND : Cultiver et protรฉger autrement.
Building epidemiological surveillance and prophylaxis with observations both near and distant.
โถ๏ธ beyond.paca.hub.inrae.fr
#PlantHealth #EpidemioSurveillance
@dbszane.bsky.social
@inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social
Launching Ventures: Strategy, Story and Scale ๐
An exciting #BSPP26 session with Wild Bio, PfBIO, @GetGenome and @ResurrectBioโexploring funding, IP, team-building, governance and turning research into real-world impact
Taxonomists now call it Tobamovirus fructirugosum but the virus itselfโtomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV)โremains a plague on the tomato industry. More resistance traits needed ๐ ๐ฆ
Great talks by Adrian Fox and Sergio de la Fuente #BSPP26 #PPATH2026 #PlantHealth
SegPPD-FS enables few-shot segmentation of plant pests and diseases with minimal annotations, plus a new public dataset with 101 categories for plant health monitoring. #PlantHealth #FewShotLearning #AgriculturalAI
Details: doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...
Urooj Fatima @KAUST_News on how conserved rust fungal ligands trigger non-host resistance in cereal crops ๐พ๐
Exciting routes towards broader and more durable crop protection.
A fantastic @johninnescentre.bsky.social session at #BSPP26, showcasing an impressive range of pathosystems across wheat, legumes and brassicas ๐พ๐ซ๐ฅฌ
Inspiring talk by Reem Aboukhaddour @reemwheat.bsky.social on how giant starships and other transposons have shaped the evolution of the fungal toxin ToxB #BSPP26 #planthealth
Vivianne Vleeshouwers @VivianneTwit on how NLR and PRR immune receptors work together to resist the potato late blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestans. ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฑ
๐ซ ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ด๐ข: 10 years from the outbreak that changed our approach to plant health. Where do we stand?
One of Europe's most serious plant health threats, ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ด๐ข affects olive trees & many other plant species.
๐ Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nq6...