
Richard Peter Oliver
@richardpoliver
Fungal plant pathology and fungicide resistance. Worked in UK, Denmark and Australia. Nowadays writing, grandparenting and sailing.
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06-03-2014 16:23:57
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Congratulations to Prof Paul Birch, based James Hutton Institute and Head of the Division of Plant Sciences University of Dundee, who was recently awarded the British Society for Plant Pathology RKS Wood Prize 🏆 The prize celebrates excellent #science in the study of #plantdisease biology. More: bit.ly/48DuShV

VACANCY - We're recruiting a Director to lead our world-renowned, independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology. Please share and apply: okt.to/kURnfW Closing date - 22 November 2024 Norwich Research Park





Happy 91st birthday to Dr. Ingo Potrykus, the creator of Golden Rice, a GMO designed to save millions of lives and yet blocked by the insanity & greed of Greenpeace International. In 2019, 890 million children suffered from Vitamin A deficiency in Low & Middle Incoming countries, including


🚨VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY🚨 We are looking for a volunteer for the 2025 season to help with bird monitoring, ringing, and obs maintenance! Full board included. Long term volunteers preferred, but all applications welcome! Contact [email protected] for more info Please share!


🏆 Prof. James Brown of John Innes Centre has been awarded the 2025 BSPP Honorary Membership in recognition of his outstanding contributions to plant pathology. 🪴🦠 James now joins an esteemed list of Plant Pathologists who receive free lifetime BSPP membership. Read more 👇






Scientists from Dept of Zoology & the Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine's (BioRISC) have warned that invasive pests are reaching N. Europe in shipments of flowers & plants, with potential to damage food crops & our environment: caths.cam.ac.uk/ornamental-pla… Bill Sutherland


Pet owners accidentally poisoning garden birds! Our latest research finds pet flea treatments (fipronil and imidacloprid) in 100% of blue tit and great tit nests, with nestling mortality higher in the more contaminated nest. SongBird Survival University of Sussex Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu
