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Invitation poster for a talk on Wednesday, 21. January 2026, 16:00 CET (Prague) in the🧪 #forest🍁#ecology #seminar at MENDELU, BRNO. Anouncing Boris Rewald from the Mendel University to talk about 🌲'Mixed #tree #plantations: the good, the plastic and the uncertain' - with a lot of #root #plasticity. free availabile via ZOOM at the link https://excellentia.ldf.mendelu.cz/SEMINAR-SERIES

🚨Join us on Wednesday, 21. January 2026, 16:00 CET (Prague) for🧪 #forest🍁#ecology #seminar. Welcome our own @borisrewald.bsky.social (MENDELU) 🌳🌲'Mixed #tree #plantations: the good, the plastic and the uncertain' - with a lot of #root #plasticity... ZOOM: excellentia.ldf.mendelu.cz/SEMINAR-SERIES

Another amazing talk is happening on November 5th 🌲🍄🧬🌳🍄🧬🌲. We are pleased to welcome Prof. Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social , a leading researcher in forest microbiology. Join us!
#foresthealth, #soilhealth, #soilmicrobiome

INvitation poster for Join us on Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 16:00 CEST (Prague) for our 🧪 #forest🍁#ecology seminar, MENDELU, CZ "Landsharing: can #agroforestry enhance #biodiversity" by Martin Lukac @mtnlkc.bsky.social, University of Reading, UK. Shows text in front of an agroforestry plantation photo and the Excellentia and EU logos

🚨Join us on Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 16:00 CEST (Prague) for our 🧪 #forest🍁#ecology seminar, MENDELU, CZ "Landsharing: can #agroforestry enhance #biodiversity?" by Martin Lukac @mtnlkc.bsky.social, University of Reading, UK. Zoom: excellentia.ldf.mendelu.cz/seminar-series. Free. Q&A via chat

Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Fungal and Protist Viruses Subcommittee, 2025 The Fungal and Protist Viruses Subcommittee (SC) of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has received a total of eight taxonomic proposals for the 2024 annual cycle. The extent of...

Catch up on the last updates of the taxonomy of Fungal and Protist Viruses 🌍🧪🔬 #viruses, #taxonomy,#ICTV www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

SUMMER SCHOOL in BRNO
"THE HIDDEN HALF OF ECOSYSTEMS"
(22–26 September 2025) This course explores root systems and mycorrhizas. Students gain hands-on experience analyzing, classifying, and understanding their interactions, functions, and adaptability. excellentia.ldf.mendelu.cz/summer-school

Viruses of Microbes 2026 | July 6-10 in Prague, Czech Republic The Viruses of Microbes (VoM) 2026 conference is the world’s leading event for research on viruses of microorganisms, including bacteriophages, archaeal viruses, and viruses of microbial eukaryotes.

Note this down! www.vom2026.org
#viruses, #bacteria, #mycoviruses, #microbes, #phages, #archaea, #RNA, #evolution, #bioinformatics, #biocontrol, #ecology

The virome of the panglobal, wide host-range plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi: phylogeography and evolutionary insights Abstract. Phytophthora cinnamomi stands out as one of the most devastating plant pathogens worldwide, rapidly expanding its range and impacting a wide rang

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Virome as a lens on pathogen evolution and dispersal; Novel viral discoveries and taxonomic expansion; Potential cross-kingdom viral infection and potential modulation of pathogenicity. #Phytophthora, #virusevolution, #forest, #emergingdisease.

Preserving the Biologically Coherent Generic Concept of Phytophthora, ‘Plant Destroyer’ | Phytopathology® Phytophthora is a long-established, well known and globally important genus of plant pathogens. Phylogenetic evidence has shown that the biologically distinct, obligate biotrophic downy mildews evolved from Phytophthora at least twice. Since, cladistically, this renders Phytophthora ‘paraphyletic’, it has been proposed that Phytophthora evolutionary clades be split into multiple genera (Runge et al. 2011; Crous et al. 2021; Thines et al. 2023; Thines 2024). In this letter, we review arguments for the retention of the generic name Phytophthora with a broad circumscription made by Brasier et al. (2022) and by many delegates at an open workshop organized by the American Phytopathological Society. We present our well-considered responses to this proposal in general terms and to the specific proposals for new genera; together with new information regarding the biological properties and mode of origin of the Phytophthora clades. We consider that the proposals for new genera are mostly non-rigorous and not supported by the scientific evidence. Further, given (1) the apparent lack of any distinguishing biological characteristics (synapomorphies) between the Phytophthora clades; (2) the fundamental monophyly of Phytophthora in the original Haeckelian sense; (3) the fact that paraphyly is not a justification for taxonomic splitting; and (4) the considerable likely damage to effective scientific communication and disease management from an unnecessary break-up of the genus, we report that Workshop delegates voted unanimously in favour of preserving the current generic concept and for seeking endorsement of this view by a working group of the International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi.

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🍃🌱Plants for People - People For Plants 🌿 21 JUNE 2025

Orchids Fans of tropical plants can look forward to the orchid exhibition, which will take place in the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of the MENDELU Arboretum. It will offer a tour of the exhibition hal...

22. 2. 2025 – 2. 3. 2025
9:00 – 17:00
Botanická zahrada a arboretum
MENDELU
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Guardians of Urban Trees: Meet COST Action CA20132 YouTube video by Urban Tree Guard

Guardians of Urban Trees
#UrbanTrees clean the air, cool #cities, and support #Biodiversity but face threats from #ClimateChange, poor #soil, and #pests. COST Action CA20132 unites experts from 40 nations to protect them
More: ub3guard.eu

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APPLY NOW! UB3Guard Training School "Sentinel Arboreta"
Atatürk Arboretum, Istanbul, Türkiye – June 17-20, 2025

More info here: ub3guard.eu/news

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#treehealth #pests #pathogens #urbantrees

Save the date! Joint Conference of COST Action Urban Tree Guard (CA20132) and European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) The conference is co-organized by UB3Guard and EPPO, in collaboration with INIAV.  For more information, contact Johanna Witzell.

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