Introducing Pseudomonas-Prunus

Predicting the emergence of host adapted plant pathogens: Pseudomonas-Prunus system. We will take a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the interactions between Pseudomonas spp and bacterial canker of UK cherry trees.

- December 7th 2020: Three posts at the University of Birmingham to work on bacterial diseases in trees. This work is associated with the Pseudomonas-Prunus project and is led by Professor Rob Jackson. Project details here.

- Please download a project summary (PDF)

Meet the Team

Richard Harrison, NIAB. Project Leader

Rob Jackson, University of Birmingham. Co-PI.

John Mansfield, Imperial College. Co-I.

Eleftheria Stavridou, NIAB. Co-I.

Michelle Hulin, NIAB. Co-I.

Bo Li, University of the West of England. Co-I.

Nichola Hawkins, NIAB. Evolutionary biology.

Mojgan Rabiey, University of Birmingham. Role of phages in gene transfer.

Ziyue Zeng, NIAB. Phage biology.

Our Publications and Protocols

Please check back later for a list of our experimental protocols and for a description of our stakeholder engagement strategies.

Project Co-I Rob Jackson and University of Birmingham postdoctoral researcher Mojgan Robiey have developed an animation to introduce the related   ViroPlant project, which precededed the current Pseudomonas-Prunus BPD project.