Group News
Predicting threats to food security: How mathematical modelling can prevent crop devastation and preserve livelihoods
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/predicting-threats-to-food-security
Protecting woodlands from epidemics
https://uk.impactmap.cam.ac.uk/protecting-woodlands-from-epidemics/
Plant Science News Blogs
- April New software to boost farmers ability to test for Avocado Sunblotch Viroid
https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/news/new-software-boost-farmers-ability-test-avocado-sunblotch-viroid
- June Visualising long-range atmospheric transport of crop pests and diseases
- August Developing a predictive model for an emerging epidemic on cassava in sub‑Saharan Africa
- October A new perspective on insect transmission of cassava pathogens
https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/news/new-perspective-insect-transmission-cassava-pathogens
- September Predicting the spread of invasive pests and pathogens through urban forests
- July Modelling the spread and mitigation of an emerging vector-borne pathogen: citrus greening in the U.S.A.
- November Predicting hidden toxins in vital food supply chains
https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/news/predicting-hidden-toxins-vital-food-supply-chains