The next BCPC DISEASES REVIEW will be held on 8 October 2026 in the Sophi Taylor Building, Cambridge
Resilient Systems: The Future of Crop Disease Management.
Event fee: £15.00+VAT by invitation only

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Chair: Phil Powell (NIAB)

Previous Disease Review presentations can be viewed from the links below

  • The 11th Annual BCPC Diseases Review took place on 27 November as part of BCPC’s Joint Expert Review held at Rothamsted Research Centre. To view presentations click here.
  • The 10th Annual BCPC Diseases Review will take place 15 October 2024 at the Sophi Taylor Building, Cambridge.
  • The 9th Annual BCPC Diseases Review –  Disease Control: Balancing Food Security & Environmental Responsibility – took place 17 October 2023, at the Sophi Taylor Building, NIAB, Cambridge. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here
  • The 8th Annual BCPC Diseases Review – Changing Challenges and Changing tools for Integrated Crop Management – was held 19 October 2022, at the Sophi Taylor Building, NIAB, Cambridge. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here
  • The 7th Annual BCPC Diseases Review was held as a virtual event. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here 
  • The 6th Annual BCPC Diseases Review was held as a virtual event. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here

The 2025 Diseases Review was combined into the BCPC JOINT EXPERT REVIEW 2025 – Changing Practices – a single event, on 27 November.

Presentations available on YouTube
Click here for BCPC Joint Review Playlist.

Or to view powerpoint slides only click on the session headline below.


Chairman’s introduction:  Sir Peter Kendall
Setting the Scene: Prof Paul Wilson, Nottingham University

Session 1: Changing Practices

Session 2: Solutions & New Technologies

Panel Discussion & Q&A

PhD/early career Posters

  • Understanding true eyespot disease of cereals: past, present & future – Fareed Bhatti
  • Understanding the genetic source of resistance against the Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) in a resistant wheat variety – Iza Sandoval-Carvajal
  • Fungal spore dispersal in UK arable crop systems under current and future environmental conditions – Patrick McClean
  • Modelling regional scale fungicide resistance in Septoria tritici blotch with heterogeneous grower behaviour to inform resistance management – Iona McCabe
  • Effects of environmental factors and pathogen populations on severity of light leaf spot on oilseed rape’  – Javeria Wajid
  • ENIGMA I – Wireworm IPM project – Larissa Collins
  • Can Tomato Ketch-up to S. dulcamara’s R.solanacearum resistance? – Kelis Fisher
  • Stem diseases of wheat – Bela Fistric

Previous Disease Review presentations can be viewed from the links below

  • The 10th Annual BCPC Diseases Review tooke place 15 October 2024 at the Sophi Taylor Building, Cambridge.
  • The 9th Annual BCPC Diseases Review –  Disease Control: Balancing Food Security & Environmental Responsibility – took place 17 October 2023, at the Sophi Taylor Building, NIAB, Cambridge. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here
  • The 8th Annual BCPC Diseases Review – Changing Challenges and Changing tools for Integrated Crop Management – was held 19 October 2022, at the Sophi Taylor Building, NIAB, Cambridge. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here
  • The 7th Annual BCPC Diseases Review was held as a virtual event. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here 
  • The 6th Annual BCPC Diseases Review was held as a virtual event. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here
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