If you own or manage a woodland, join us here on X from 12 to 2pm on Thursday 9 May for our live Tree Health Clinic Q&A.
It's a unique chance to put your queries directly to our panel of experts as part of #PlantHealthWeek .
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Welcome to #planthealthweek ! Plant leaves infected with bacteria telling the rest of the plant to activate defenses! Top left uninfected, bottom right early responder, bottom left slower but still turns on immune signaling #helpingkeepplantshealthy Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme 2020-24 Life Sciences
Ahead of #PlantHealthWeek head over to the Plant Health Action website to find out about about free webinars and resources.
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Did you know that we have our own Quarantine Unit?
From inspecting incoming plant material to helping prevent illegal wildlife trade, the unit has a big role to play.
Learn more 👇 #PlantHealthWeek
Could you spot the signs of ash dieback? This #PlantHealthWeek , help us protect our native ash trees by spotting the signs of this deadly disease 🌳 ⬇⬇
Grey squirrels bark strip #trees from April to August. Damage stresses & kills trees; impacting #biodiversity , #carbon sequestration & #timber production. Help raise awareness - share #images , videos & stories using #barkstripping or email [email protected] #PlantHealthWeek
On the #planthealthday #planthealthweek I am #HelpingKeepPlantHealthy by studying black rot disease of cabbage. Combining bioluminescent Xanthomonas and photosynthesis (a measure of plant health) we unravelling infection dynamics and protecting the Xmas Brussel sprout supplies!
Our native oak woodlands are ecologically, culturally and economically important, but under threat from disease. Watch our animation to see how the FUTURE OAK project aims to future proof oak health #planthealthweek
Another day in #PlantHealthWeek another plant virus which is all too common.... potato tuber necrotic ring disease caused by potato virus Y.
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🤔There’s a lot to consider when buying a plant online.
Whether you're browsing begonias for your back yard 🌺 or googling greenery 🌵for your home, have you ever wondered if you'll end up with a healthy plant?
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This #PlantHealthWeek , we want to highlight some of the research we are doing to protect plants from disease and pests.
These three fungal diseases are responsible for huge crop losses in #wheat , but we're taking them on with our research.
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Here’s our Xanthomonas collection Warwick Crop Centre for #PlantHealthWeek . Xanthomonas is a bacteria that infects many crops 🥦🥬🍓🌽🍅. As part of the #XanthomonasThreats project we are sequencing 900+ isolates from our collection to help develop diagnostic tools Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme 2020-24 🔈 on
🚨 Take a look inside our Quarantine Unit 🚨
Meet the Plant Health Protectors who inspect EVERY plant that comes to Kew. They decide what can safely come into our gardens and what cannot 🚫 #planthealthweek
If you know of any ash trees, within a woodland setting, that look healthy but are surrounded by ash that are badly infected with ash dieback please 'Report a Tree' using our easy form: livingashproject.org.uk/project/ #LivingAshProject #PlantHealthWeek
This week is National #planthealthweek !🌼. It’s a designated week of action to raise awareness and engagement on why plant health matters. Protecting Scotland from pests and diseases is vital to safeguard plants value, our environment, economy, and wellbeing. 🌳🌱🌺
Day 3 of #planthealthweek . There are so many interesting and exciting careers within Plant Health! Here are some examples of the work our teams do to help to protect plant health in Scotland 🔬 💻 🌱🔎
As part of the UK’s first #PlantHealthWeek , RBGE’s David Knott and Katy Hayden answer some important questions about plant health in our gardens and green spaces, and how you can help. #IYPH Scotland's Plant Health Centre
Why does #planthealth matter, and how can everyone do their bit to protect the health of Scotland's natural and cultivated plants? These questions and more are answered in our conversation between Plant Health colleagues, recorded for #planthealth week! 🌿youtube.com/watch?v=_uK-hA…
#PlantHealthWeek A rose by any other name...would still suffer from viral mosaic disease complex.
Depending on where you are in the world this might include strawberry latent ringspot virus, arabis mosaic virus, prunus necrotic ringspot virus or apple mosaic virus. Inés Vázquez-Iglesias
