Following from the successful Plant Health Week 2020 (21-27 Sept) Defra is hosting the UK’s Plant Health Week 2021, in collaboration with multiple organisations in the plant and forestry sectors, which will include a number of events around the UK. Further information will follow as it becomes available.

As part of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) the Royal Society of Biology, Fera Science Ltd, DEFRA, APHA, CK Consulting, CreativeConnection, UKRI-BBSRC and Defra’s Chief Plant Health Officer Nicola Spence are collaborating to arrange an innovative ‘Plant Health Summit for Future Leaders’

CHAP, Agri-EPI and Cranfield University are hosting a free webinar to jointly showcase their state-of-the-art Phenotyping & Soil Health Facility.

Online Conference run by the Royal Entomological Society on "the role of insects in plant health"

The National Tree Officers Virtual Conference 2020 consists of 4 weeks of presentations from international speakers about planning, planting, species selection, pests and diseases and much more.

During the UK Plant Health Week (part of the UN's International Year of Plant Health) the PHC will be launching our 'Key Principles to minimise plant health risks in Scotland' and bringing these principles to life through a series of stand-alone news pieces, each highlighting the importance of plant health to some of Scotland's iconic plant-based assets.

The President Elect of the British Society for Plant Pathology, David Collinge, is presenting at a live webinar on Biocontrol followed by a panellists’ discussion with Dick Shaw (CABI), Sabrina Sarrocco (University of Pisa, Italy) Dan Funck Jensen (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) and Michael Shaw (University of Reading, UK).

The Bacterial Plant Disease Coordination Team will introduce the objectives of the BPD program as well as providing an overview of the nine BPD projects with a ‘coffee-time’ webinar as part of the UK’s Plant Health Week.

In recognition of the ongoing COVID-19 situation, Fruit for the Future is going virtual for 2020, with updates about new research and varieties delivered through online videos over the course of a week, starting on Monday 24th August.