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CABI Bioscience. CABI Biosience comprises five institutes.
(1) International Institute of Biological Control - (IIBC), Headquarters: Ascot, Berks, UK. IIBC provided a unique global service in research, training and information in biological control, and the use of living organisms as pest control agents.
(2) International Mycological Institute - (IMI), Headquarters: Surrey, UK. Fungi in Ecosystems, as a genetic resource, in agriculture & forestry. Services: Training, Identification, Publications...From the Projects: Fusarium wilt, Colletotrichum of trees and strawberries...
(3) International Institute of Entomology - (IIE), Headquarters: London, UK. From the Index: Biodiversity, Agricultural Entomology, Environmental Change, Identification Service, Training, Biosystematics Products, Publications.
(4) International Institute of Parasitology - (IIP), Headquarters: Hertfordshire, UK. From the Index: Tropical Plant Nematology Advice and Research, Plant Nematology, Biosystematics, Entomopathogenic Nematode Biosystematics and Research.
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Information Institute (II), Headquarters: Wallingford, UK. An international centre for the collection, organization and dissemination of information on agriculture, forestry, the management of natural resources, and related sciences, including a focus on crop protection.
Department of Biology, Microbiology, Genetics and Plant Pathology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London. Research Areas: Plant Virology, Fungal Plant Pathology, Insect Virology, Microbial Physiology, and Genetics.
Department of Plant Science, University of Cambridge. Academic Groups in the Department (selected): Molecular Plant Pathology, Virology, Botanical Epidemiology and Modelling, but there are several other interesting groups.
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. Research: (1) Molecular & Biochemical Basis of Development, (2) Cell Biology, Physiology and Biochemistry, (3) Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, (4) Forestry, and (5) Molecular Plant Pathology and Microbial Ecology: Molecular Plant Pathology, Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere, Specifity in Fungi, Molecular basis of compatibility in biotrophic plant-fungus interactions, Decomposer fungi and plant growth promoting bacteria. Further available: General Information, Teaching and Job Opportunities.
Horticultural Research International (HRI), headquarters: Wellesbourne, UK. This is the web site of HRI and their commercial arm HortiTech. Research: (1) Integrated Pest & Disease Management, (2) Plants, Soils & the Environment, (3) Plant Physiology & Ecology and (4) Crop Improvement. In the research section you will find a detailed department listing. On the six sites of HRI you will always find departents for plant pathology, weed sciences and more including bacteria, viruses, fungi, diagnostic services and more topics not mentioned here. Beside these topics you will also find commercial services. Further available: News, events, about HRI, Jobs and more. The site is very easy to navigate and provides a huge mass of useful information.
John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK. Research Departments & Groups: Applied Genetics, Bioinformatics, Biological Chemistry, Brassica & Oilseeds Research, Cell Biology, Cereals Research, Comparative Genetics, Molecular Biotechnology, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Microbiology, Nitrogen Fixation, and Virus Research. For each research group you will get detailed information on their research interests. Further available: general information on JIC, news, jobs, press and more.
NERC Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology (IVEM), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Research: Molecular Microbial Ecology, Insect Pathogen Ecology and Biocontrol, Wildlife Diseases, Molecular Biology of Baculoviruses, Virus Protein Functions, Plant Virology, Arthropod-Borne Viruses, and Electron and Cryo-Electron Microscopy.
Mycology and Plant Pathology, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Sections: Ascomycetes and lichenised fungi, Basidiomycetes, Plant Parasites. Research in Mycology and Plant Pathology at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) focuses on selected groups of fungi and continues a long tradition of lichenology and mycology
Pest Biology Department, Natural Resources Institute (NRI), Kent, U.K. The homepage of the Pathology & Nematology Group of NRI. Keywords: Tropical Plant Pathology, Molecular Diagnostics, Training. Available Information: Staff, Expertise, Key Issues: Integrated pest management, Safe and sustainable means of removing pest-related constraints at field level, Improved access to information on crop management interventions and training.
Pest Management Department, Natural Resources Institute (NRI), Kent, U.K. Research Groups: Chemical Ecology, Insect Pathology, Plant Pathology & Nematology and Radar Entomology. Further available information: Key Issues of the Department, what they can offer, recent projects, and a staff list.
Plant Pathology Department, IACR-Rothamsted, UK. Research: fundamental strategic and applied research on crop diseases caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses. Diagnosis, epidemiology and management of major diseases of temperate cereal and oilseed crops. Available: about the department, picture gallery, who is who (including details on research and publications), links to other sites and to IACR.
Sainsbury Laboratory (SL), based at John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK. Seven research groups: (1) Microbial Plant Pathogens, (2) Plant Molecular Virology, (3) Plant Molecular Genetics, (4) Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Resistance to Fungal Pathogens, (5) Plant Resistance Mechanisms, (6) Plant Genetics of Symbiosis, and (7) Molecular Phytopathology. SL provides with its seven groups a lot of highly useful information. For each group you will get detailed information including an introduction, projects, publications, pictures and more.
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Available: about the school, contact, research, teaching, www resources, student information and search. In Research you will find: research interests and groups, publications, news, seminars and more. Research groups (covering plant pathological related topics): Insect Ecology. Interests of staff is covering: behaviour of the spores of fungal pathogens, Rhizobium, genes induced or up-regulated upon pathogen attack in the cultivated mushroom, Biological control of invasive plants and insects, auxin-like herbicides and more.
School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, U.K. Departments: Agricultural Botany, Botany & Horticulture and Landscape. Single Research Groups: Systematics and Phytochemistry, Biochemistry and Physiology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Crop Protection, Ecology and Crop Physiology.
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, Scotland. Research Departments: Cell & Molecular Genetics, Cellular & Environmental Physiology, Chemistry, Crop Genetics, Fungal & Bacterial Plant Pathology, Nematology, Soft Fruit & Perennial Crops, and Virology. In section "Research Units" you will find a complete list of their research activities (some of these Units are also listed in other sections of PPIGB). Among these are: Agrobiotechnology , BioInformatics, Bacterial Plant Pathology, Cellular Physiology, Cereal Science, Fungal Plant Pathology, Lipids, Molecular Virology & Plant Interactions, Nematology, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Transport Processes, Soft Fruit Diseases & Pests, Virus-Vector Interactions, Virus Resistance and more. Further information: Support Departments, Publications.
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