
‘Managing Vector-Borne Viruses of Cassava’: CONNECTED Online Seminar
4th February 2022
An online presentation by Dr. James Legg (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Tanzania) to the third in the 2021 CONNECTED Online Seminar Series on 17 June 2021, is now available for Network members to watch on the CONNECTED Vimeo channel. In his presentation,…

Grant writing master class from Scriptoria
4th February 2022
We are pleased to announce a fringe event to our New CONNECTIONS: plant pathology, entomology and the road ahead online conference in June. In the week before the conference, we will be offering a two-day master class in writing successful grants via training…

New CONNECTIONS: plant pathology, entomology and the road ahead
28th January 2022
Bringing together plant pathologists, entomologists and agricultural innovators, this event will build new connections between disciplines and researchers.

Focus on Cowpea
21st January 2022
Each month we will be drawing members’ attention to some particularly interesting chapters from the Burleigh Dodds academic publishing company’s agricultural science database, which is available free to members until the end of June 2022. For February, why not take a look at…

6TH ONLINE SEMINAR: Phytosanitary regulations
21st January 2022
The sixth in our online seminar series took place on Thursday, 16 Dec at 10:30 UK time. Catch up with these wonderful talks: Members can now login and watch the recording here. The role of Phytosanitary regulations in mitigating vectors borne viruses: A case…

The Crops Collection – free access for CONNECTED members
10th December 2021
As a benefit for CONNECTED members, we have arranged free online access to the Crops Collection – 1147 chapters from the Burleigh Dodds academic publishing company’s agricultural science database. This resource is available FREE to members until 30th June 2022 so make use…

100 Plant Science Questions
4th December 2021
The University of Bristol and the New Phytologist Foundation need your help! They are collecting the 100 most important questions in plant science, and want to hear from CONNECTED members. Plant science research is vital to meet ongoing global challenges: what research is…

Where a CONNECTED training grant can take you
3rd December 2021
My experience at Texas A&M AgriLife Centre… As an enthusiastic and energetic early career researcher (ECR) looking for a group to discuss, share, learn and expand my professional network, I recently applied for a £3000 training voucher, following the call-out to CONNECTED network…

Hungry insects are the big yellow taxi for many plant viruses
4th November 2021
CONNECTED members can now watch this online talk by Prof. Richard Hopkins on the CONNECTED Vimeo channel – click here. In the presentation, which formed part of the October 2021 CONNECTED Online seminar, Prof. Hopkins described resource-directed behaviours of 2 insect species, Delia…

Climate change and plant health: looking at the full picture
4th November 2021
COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, is underway, and in two recent events the team at CONNECTED have been commenting upon the effects of a rapidly changing climate on plant health, and why it matters. Our intern student this summer, University of…