Have you signed up to attend our online #PlantHealth Series: Summer Conference? With talks from @cobwebdr.bsky.social, Dr Tia Salter, Marco Benucci, and more, it's shaping up to be a great event! 📆 Thurs 25 June, 10:00-15:45, online Find out more: my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve... Supported by Defra

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Thanks to @green-goddess.bsky.social at Yorkshire Arboretum for hosting Fera Science #planthealth #professionals @royalsocbio.bsky.social gaining experience of tree health and #biosecurity @plantchief.bsky.social

This week marks #PlantHealthWeek, a scheme committed to protecting the health of plants 🌿🩺 Today we are exploring the important and varied roles that fungi play in plant health. Let's take a look 🍄🔍👇

The #PlantHealthWeek activities continued at Fera Science with a Plant Health Walk around campus, with Bacteriology, Mycology, Entomology, Virology and Nematology specialists showing us what interesting plant diseases and pests we can find just outside 🌱🍂

#PlantHealthWeek: Take action and get involved in plant health surveillance! 🔍🌿 Join the IPSN in monitoring priority pests & diseases using our available resources. 📩 Register your interest: forms.office.com/e/VbF0Fg4rYy Help protect plant collections around the world!🌍🕵️‍♀️

This #PlantHealthDay, why not watch Sarah Brunel's talk about the importance of plant health in #OneHealth? During the talk, Sarah from the IPPC discussed global standards and strategies to mitigate the spread of plant pests and diseases. Watch it here: youtu.be/PfQK8xsoync?... #PlantHealthWeek

Plant Health Series | The importance of plant health in One Health | Sarah Brunel, IPPC

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#PlantHealthDay: Share your resources & stories!📢 Showcase your garden resources to be featured in our special Plant Health Week newsletter!📚🍃 To Participate👇 Submit via form:🔗 forms.office.com/e/nuh0qQLQx9 OR 📲 Post on social media, tag @ipsn-bgci.bsky.social, and use #PlantHealthWeek

🌳 Healthy Trees Need Healthy People 🌳 We are delighted to announce that organisations from across the forestry sector have come together to tackle the growing issues surrounding mental health in forestry. 📣 Read more: buff.ly/G1O6S8x #PlantHealthWeek #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #ThisIsMyCommunity

Fancy checking out your tree health knowledge- try the free self marking #Observatree Quiz for #Planthealthweek @green-goddess.bsky.social @ipsn-bgci.bsky.social @plantchief.bsky.social @bspp.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @bertolicus.bsky.social forms.office.com/e/nkk8FnqtUm

#PlantHealthWeek: Stay ahead of emerging plant health threats!🛡️🐛🦠 Support your garden’s biosecurity by sharing IPSN's Organism Alert Posters🚨 Designed to raise awareness and support the rapid detection of new and emerging risks ⬇️Download and📍display them! www.bgci.org/resources/bg...

A great (and busy) day of #PlantHealthWeek getting colleagues at Fera Science Ltd. to make fungi and spores on our stall to show them the wonders of Mycology. They made some superb models! 🍄👩‍🎨

#PlantHealthWeek: Explore & Join the IPSN! 100+ gardens, arboreta, research institutes & NPPOs collaborating to detect and report pests & diseases🔍share best practices🧤& raise awareness🪲 Join our global effort! 🌍 ℹ️More info: www.bgci.org/our-work/net...

📣 This #PlantHealthWeek we’re launching a new set of plant & tree health resources, created to support implementation of good biosecurity practices in botanic gardens and arboreta internationally. 🔗Download FREE: www.yorkshirearboretum.org/hub-print @ipsn-bgci.bsky.social #TreeHealthCentre #THC

#PlantHealthWeek: Boost collection biosecurity!🛡️🌱 Promote best practices and keep staff & visitors informed with FREE training, info & signage resources from @green-goddess.bsky.social at the TreeHealthCenter & IPSN Raise biosecurity awareness & protect plants! 👉 www.bgci.org/ipsn-publica...

It's #PlantHealthWeek! Take a look at our recent articles on tree pathogens & health: 🌱Phytophthora diseases & tree nurseries (Valatin et al) doi.org/10.1093/fore... 🌿Ash dieback (Combes et al) doi.org/10.1093/fore... 🦠Pathogens & diversification in forestry (Morton et al) doi.org/10.1093/fore...

Reducing disease risks to British forests: an exploration of costs and benefits of nursery best practices

Abstract. Trade-disseminated Phytophthora species are implicated in a recent upsurge of Phytophthora diseases in the UK and the establishment and spread of

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🌱Next week is Plant Health Week!🌱 A week to raise awareness and take action on plant health and biosecurity. Join us as we spotlight IPSN resources, initiatives, and collaboration opportunities! Let’s strengthen our global plant health network together! #PlantHealthWeek

Fantastic visit to the Bangladeshi women’s group at BEAP in Bradford listening and learning about #plants #biosecurity during #PlantHealthWeek with poets from @LeedsTrinity and scientists @FeraScience for @plantchief funded by @DefraGovUK www.facebook.com/share/19G7br...

Delighted to welcome this years @harperadamsuni.bsky.social Plant pathology MSc students to The Tree Health Centre at The Yorkshire Arboretum this morning for the longhorn beetle outbreak workshop. #PlantHealthProfessionals🥼#PlantHealthWeek🌱 # PlantPathology🔬 #TreeHealth🌳 @cobwebdr.bsky.social

Great visit to BEAP Community Partnership beapcp.co.uk and a warm welcome in planning our next Everyone’s a Seed creative writing workshop

Excited to be nominated for an Educate North Award for our virtual reality #GreatSpruceBarkBeetle workshop funded by Defra. Info here: www.yorkshirearboretum.org/new-page-3 Well done team 🤜🤛 @Cobwebdr.bsky.social Stacy Vipas Wolf Wright Dominic Ennis Adam Tunnicliffe Krystal Tupman #TreeHealth

Lovely example of coral spot #fungus to brighten up a winter walk www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity... #observatree @smallwoods.bsky.social @arbassociation.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk @bspp.bsky.social @green-goddess.bsky.social

📰 New important blog by our Secretary General @bgci. Discussing study on botanic garden living collections led by @CUBotanicGarden. #plants #conservation Well worth a read: "A rude awakening."👇

A rude awakening | Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Dr. Paul Smith's latest blog "Rather than see this paper as a threat to the reputation of botanic gardens, we need to see it as an opportunity."

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Read a short report of the Workshop on the future work of EPPO: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202... The aim of the Workshop was to provide ideas and direction for the development of the EPPO Strategic Plan 2026 – 2030 both in the area of Phytosanitary Regulations and Plant Protection Products

Early symptoms of Great Spruce Bark beetle - look out for resin drips and resin tube exit holes often seen below side branches. An #observatree priority pest www.observatree.org.uk/pests-and-di... @bertolicus.bsky.social @green-goddess.bsky.social

Great to have Elizabeth Buchanan opening the Plant Health Conference organised by @apha in York and great chance to network @plantchief.bsky.social @royalsocbio.bsky.social @sjrafloat.bsky.social

Only 9 hours until #NewYearPlantHunt starts! Have you planned your Hunt yet? You could hunt with friends & family, go solo (enjoy some quiet time!) or join one of these group hunts: bsbi.org/new-year-pla... Main thing is to enjoy hunting for/recording wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter.

PhD opportunity on honey fungus biology with #RHS & Uni of Birmingham. DL 16th January! warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... Population genetics, long-read genome assembly, infected plant trials under future climate conditions 🤩🍯🥰 #PhD #fungi #plants #climatechange #plantdisease #plantpathology #ArmiArmy

Four undergraduate summer studentships available across #RHS Science and Collections Two in #planthealth: -honey fungus infections of privet plants -companion planting to manage aphid herbivory www.rhs.org.uk/education-le... #fungi #entomology #plantdisease #undergraduate #internship #ArmiArmy

Science and Collections Studentship / RHS Gardening

Read more about the Science and Collections Studentship at the RHS and work alongside our experts on a placement tailored to you. Previously known as Plant Health Summer Studentship

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🌿 Effective plant protection depends on understanding the risks posed by pest species and how to manage them. 👀 Read below for a report by our partners at @epponews.bsky.social on the 29th Meeting of the Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry. #PlantHealth #Forests #Pests

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Curious to hear about the work of EPPO in forestry? 🌳🌲 Have a look at the short report of the recent Meeting of the Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202... #planthealth #forest