The British Society for Plant Pathology, or BSPP, is a
UK-based organisation of British
plant pathologists but accepts members from all countries.
It was founded in 1981 and publishes three
scientific journals: ''
Plant Pathology'', ''
Molecular Plant Pathology'' and ''New Disease Reports''. The BSPP has links to the
International Society for Plant Pathology.
The organisation gives an annual award for the best student paper published in one of society's journals. The P. H. Gregory prize is awarded to the best presenter of an oral paper at the annual presidential meeting.
Like other organisations of its type it arranges
conference
A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic.
Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main p ...
s and also awards various
scholarships and
fellowships.
History
The Federation of British Plant Pathologists was founded in 1966 and became the independent British Society for Plant Pathology in 1981.
References
External links
Official WebsiteJOURNAL: Plant PathologyJOURNAL: Molecular Plant PathologyJOURNAL: New Disease Reports
British biology societies
Microbiology organizations
Organisations based in the London Borough of Camden
Phytopathology
Scientific organizations established in 1981
1981 establishments in the United Kingdom
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