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Invasive powdery mildews
Powdery mildews (PMs) are common plant pathogens with obvious symptoms seen on leaves, shoots, buds and fruits of plants. Their occurrence and spread is therefore relatively easy to monitor and as such...
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Following success at the PM summer school in August, next week sees the start (and finish) of the 4th international PM workshop at the Jordell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This two day...
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Kew powdery mildew workshop
The Kew Workshop has come and gone and I now have some idea of the broad research taking place on powdery mildews. The Eger-based summer school I attended earlier this year opened my eyes to work on...
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The Powdery Mildew Citizen Science Scheme – development of identification...
Here is the presentation I delivered at the PM workshop, Kew on September 15th, 2014. It was extremely different to the almost exclusively research-based presentations, but received much interest,...
View Article2014 powdery mildew species list
A list of all PM species I have found in 2014 is now available on the Whiteknights biodiversity blog. Please take a look.
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UK Powdery Mildew Baseline Review
The 2015 Powdery Mildew Survey is coming… Will yours be one of the 144 species previously recorded within the UK, on one of thousands of host plants previously recorded? Will it be one to have recently...
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Science Slam 2015
Saturday sees the second annual Science Slam taking place at South Street Theatre in Reading. The event, adapted from Poetry Slams, and adopted in the UK after great success in Germany and Scandinavia,...
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The expertly filmed and edited videos of the Reading Science Slam 2015 are now available to view online! Take a minute, or eight, to have a watch, learn something new, have fun, and comment:
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First field trip to Morocco
Jordan at Tizi-n-Tichka, Morocco 2015 I will focus upon the taxonomy of Narcissus sections Apodanthi and Jonquillae during my PhD project. I started in January and since members of the genus are almost...
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Powdery mildew host plants of the UK
Following the powdery mildew baseline review and promises of a ‘most wanted list‘, I thought it important to collate a list of host plants recorded to harbour this fungal pest here in the UK. Catalpa...
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Not everything white is powdery mildew
Plants can be infected with a wide array of different diseases. Some of these can easily be misidentified; and this has become evident in the 2015 Powdery Mildew Survey. Powdery mildews are just one of...
View Article2015 Powdery mildew summer school, Eger, Hungary
August is the month of the Powdery Mildew Summer School! Like last year, I will be travelling to Hungary, more specifically the town of Eger (140km east of the capital Budapest), for another master...
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Conclusions of summer school
Having had another wonderful week in Eger, Hungary I am once again refreshed and revitalised in the world of powdery mildew. Many interesting lectures and seminars were delivered covering established...
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Powdery mildew morphological glossary
Alongside the identification of the host plant, certain morphological features (i.e. the appearance) are extremely useful when attempting to narrow down the potential identity of powdery mildew...
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2015 Powdery Mildew Survey Results
After months of collecting and analysing, the results of the 2015 Powdery Mildew Survey are in! See the complete species list here and a small commentary relating these results to the UK powdery mildew...
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New year, fresh start: RHS Media placement
For much of January and February of this year I will be experiencing a different side of the great work my sponsor, the Royal Horticultural Society, does. Working in the Media Department, Peterborough,...
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End of my RHS media placement
My time working with the RHS Media team has come to an end; it has been a pleasure to work with and get to know everyone in the office. Through this period I have experienced being a part of the...
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Royal Society conference – Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health,...
It was a joy to spend the past two days at the Royal Society. The venue offers a great central (London) location, logistics, and publicity such that the only additional thing needed for a successful...
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Powdery Mildew Survey 2016
Now entering its third year the powdery mildew citizen science scheme is gaining more momentum, more followers, and more samples. Can we hope for more again this year? The inaugural 2014 Powdery Mildew...
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Publication of report of powdery mildew found on popular garden plant
After submitting my report to the British Society of Plant Pathology in mid-April 2016 it was published this week. The ‘First report of Podosphaera macrospora on Heuchera in the United Kingdom’ can now...
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