Introducing Blackleg (DeS-BL)

Building a decision support tool for potato blackleg disease. We will investigate the relationship between Pectobacterium atrosepticum and the root environment, agronomic, weather and other large datasets in the spread of blackleg disease of potato.
Visit their Project website: https://www.blackleghub.ac.uk/
- Please download a project summary here (PDF).
- November 30th: Project Ian Toth receives a prestigious AHDB Lifetime Achievement award.
- Online report from AHDB on this project.
- Press release about the Blackleg Project from the Scottish Plant Health Centre
- The BlackLeg team at the James Hutton Institute are recruiting for a 3-year position of postdoctoral researcher in Light Sheet Microscopy. Closing date: 30th September 2020.
- The BPD project team is leading an AHDB webinar on Blackleg in potatoe: November 9th 3.30pm. Register here.
Visit their Project website: https://www.blackleghub.ac.uk/
- Please download a project summary here (PDF).
- November 30th: Project Ian Toth receives a prestigious AHDB Lifetime Achievement award.
- Online report from AHDB on this project.
- Press release about the Blackleg Project from the Scottish Plant Health Centre
- The BlackLeg team at the James Hutton Institute are recruiting for a 3-year position of postdoctoral researcher in Light Sheet Microscopy. Closing date: 30th September 2020.
- The BPD project team is leading an AHDB webinar on Blackleg in potatoe: November 9th 3.30pm. Register here.
Meet the Team
Our Protocols
Please check back later for a list of our experimental protocols and for a description of our stakeholder engagement strategies.