Final day #PlantHealthWeek . All our plant health blogs are here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc…. We'll be celebrating 75 years of horticultural research @warwickcop with an Open Day on 10th July - more details: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc…

It's #PlantHealthWeek - we've written a short blog for Warwick Crop Centre explaining how genebanks support healthier crops. Take a look at warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc…

Day 6 #PlantHealthWeek blog features the Pest Bulletin warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc… providing information on activity of pests of vegetables and salads grown outdoors. Growers and agronomists can sign up for a weekly email update warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc…

'UK Horticulture: its policy lock-ins and options in the poly-crisis'
Tim Lang, City University City, University of London
Watch the presentation from our 100th edition celebrations on YouTube:
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Day 5 blog #PlantHealthWeek focuses on 'Crop Genetic Diversity'. UKVGB manages around 14,000 seed samples of vegetable crops, offering possible sources of pest and disease resistance that, when identified, can be bred into commercial varieties warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc….

'Transforming #UK diets for #health and #sustainability '
Joanna Trewern (Head of Research, ProVeg International) ProVeg UK
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Day 4 #PlantHealthWeek and today it's fusarium in celery (celery wilt). Research Warwick Crop Centre Life Sciences in collaboration with Tozer Seeds Ltd aims to identify new sources of resistance to celery wilt. warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc…

' #Robotics and #AI in #Horticulture '
Simon Pearson, University of Lincoln Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT)
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Join this FREE online #PlantHealth conference on 6 June @RoyalSocBio. Hear from industry experts, learn about healthy plant supply chains & plant health careers, and network & connect with members of the plant health community: buff.ly/49ZA1Qq
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Day 3 #PlantHealthWeek Life Sciences. Today we're covering visual surveillance in tree health using acute oak decline as a case study Dr Stephen Parnell Dr Matt Combes Forest Research warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc…… funded Defra UK

Horticultural Science: From Discovery to Application. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Technology 100th Volume Celebration.
Watch the opening remarks from Prof. Geoffrey Dixon (Chairman of Trustees):
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It is #NationalPlantHealthWeek 🌱, we are looking at alternative control methods for black rot in #brassicas and found #phages that can treat the disease 🥬🥦Life Sciences Warwick Crop Centre

Day 2 of #PlantHealthWeek ! Check out our blog on fusarium in onions warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc…. Fusarium basal rot is one of the most destructive onion diseases, causing up to 40% crop losses in the UK, which can cost the industry more than £10 million a year.

Today is the start of National Plant Health Week #PlantHealthWeek and we'll be highlighting a different research project @warwickcrop Life Sciences each day, starting with the Vegetable Genetic Improvement Network warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc… VeGIN 🥕🥦🧅🥬 funded Defra UK

Ahead of next week's #PlantHealthWeek listen to the piece Farming Today about an Innovate UK project on fusarium in onion in which PlantDisease@Warwick is a partner bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Last week I did an Warwick Crop Centre webinar, Demonstrating IPMDecisions platform and the IPMWORKS project for the reduction pesticide use. Recording is free, here... youtu.be/23oXlW2JNnk?fe… via YouTube

Many thanks to Neil from Warwickshire Biological Records Centre for leading 2 CityNatureChallenge walks here yesterday and encouraging us to use iNaturalist. It was cold and damp but spring-like observations included a swallow, a brown hare and a lovely display of cowslips.

Recording of the webinar now available online youtube.com/watch?v=23oXlW…

There's still time to sign up for our webinar on Wednesday at 4 pm. Details and registration below...

You can learn more about soil sounds from Jackie Stroud and Baker Consultants - Ecology Consultancy here: youtube.com/watch?v=mXSTO_…