The British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) was founded in 1981 for the study and advancement of plant pathology.

Website
https://www.bspp.org.uk/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/bs_pp

The BSPP welcomes members from all over the world and from all branches of plant pathology. We support the professional interests of plant pathologists worldwide and provide information and communicate with our members via a newsletter, website and annual meeting.

We organise regular scientific meetings, edit three international pathology journals and make funds available to members for both travel expenses and short term undergraduate and masters level studentships. 

 

BSPP is supporting the curation of cereal and oilseed disease information on FarmPEP, and appropriate IPM approaches, through a small grant won by James Fortune.

 

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