Today was submission day for the MSc in Plant Diversity research dissertations. Some students submitted early as they had commitments in other parts of the world but our last few stalwarts celebrated their achievement with a choice of Champagne or … Continue reading
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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, avenues for future growth, and new powdery mildew samples.
The Kew Workshop has come and gone and I now have some idea of the broad research taking place on powdery mildews.
This is the season in the academic year when I spend much of my time reading and commenting on MSc dissertations and draft PhDs. Each year I remind my students that a thesis is like a novel, you need to … Continue reading
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.
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 new disease reports (NDRs) are common.
