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Category Archives: PhD research
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 new disease reports (NDRs) are common.
Dr Kalman Konyves
Thank you to Professor Simon Hiscock (Bristol) and Professor Nick Battey (Reading) for examining Kalman Konyves’ PhD on Thursday. Kalman passed with minor corrections to his thesis entitled ‘Taxonomy to underpin cultivar identification in Hoop-petticoat Daffodils’. Congratulations Kalman! P.S. No … Continue reading
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Summer School Success
The first powdery mildew summer school has come and gone. It was a great success with many things learned and many friends made.
Powdery mildew summer school, Eger, Hungary
Never in my wildest dreams did I think such a thing could exist. Yet on Sunday 3rd August I will be travelling to Egerfood Regional Research Centre of Eszterházy Károly College in Eger, Hungary.
Citizen Science Samples – Update
You may be wondering what happened to the samples that were sent in as part of the powdery mildew citizen science scheme. Over the past month or so, I have been working with these samples with Waheed, so look no … Continue reading
Citizen Science Samples
The powdery mildew citizen science scheme was launched in mid-May. Since then samples have been received from as far north as Moray, Scotland, to the south coast around Portsmouth. Such a range shows, on a small scale the great abundance of … Continue reading
Game, set, match, Strawberries
As I am sure you are all aware, it is Wimbledon fortnight! And of course, it would not be Wimbledon without rain (Saturday is not looking very promising according to the Met office) and decent amounts of strawberries! And by … Continue reading
First survey samples received!
This morning I was lucky enough to find a sealed envelope waiting for me on my desk. I had an idea and hope of what it may contain, and was far from disappointed… In mid-May of this year the Powdery … Continue reading