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Adrian Fox

@blisteredcanker.bsky.social
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Plant virologist and owner of Plant Pathology Dog. The bloke with the viroid tattoo. Interested in science, travel, and fountain pens He/Him

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Adrian Fox @blisteredcanker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There is nothing more pleasing than one of the team getting their first lead author publication. A novel nepovirus from Tilia spp in the U.K. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Characterisation of a novel nepovirus associated with Tilia spp. in Great Britain - Tropical Plant Pathology
Samples of Tilia sp., exhibiting virus-like symptoms of leaf deformation/twisting, reduced leaflet size and vein clearing, were collected from the Yorkshire Arboretum York, United Kingdom (UK). An adj...
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Remarkable story of Eva Sansome, who carried out pioneering work on Phytophthora, establishing its diploid nature & prevalence of reciprocal traslocations and genome rearrangement, working once retired from her own kitchen in Diss in Norfolk. As told by @kamounlab.bsky.social #ECPP26
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American Phytopathological Society (APS) @plantdisease.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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Adrian Fox @blisteredcanker.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
New publication 🚨 🚨 . What are the challenges in using HTS in plant health? how has the field changed in the last decade? Where do we go from here? peercommunityjournal.org/item/10_2407...
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Implications of high throughput sequencing of plant viruses in biosecurity – a decade of progress?
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 27/06/2025
What a tune, what lyrics, couldn't stop myself. @mrjimbob.bsky.social - A song by me youtu.be/zCafaTPwN6M
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Jim Bob - Song By Me - HappyToast video version
YouTube video by HappyToast
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Mya Breitbart @viromegirl.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Excited to share our new mSphere paper describing ssRNA viruses associated with Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida in mSphere led by Jean Lim - a 🧵(1/10) 🧪🦠🌊 #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky #USFCMS @asm.org @cmarinescience.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Image of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis under the microscope.  The dinoflagellate is heart shaped and the chloroplasts are clearly visible around the edges of the cell.
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Marta Niedzicka @theplantvirologist.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
You can find me and my poster at IAPV conference! #IAPV25 #plantviruses #plantvirology
The poster titled "Using HTS to understand viral diversity in arable margins and its impact on various crops" and myself next to it
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Phages hitchhiking on nematodes through soil! So happy to see this work in print 😀 #phages #soil Fun collab with Mark Zwart @niooknaw.bsky.social and Lisa van Sluijs, Hans Helder at @w-u-r.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Nematodes vector bacteriophages in compost and soil
Bacteriophages (phages) infect bacteria to reproduce and are often lethal to their host. To maintain the infection cycle, soil phages must travel from…
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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We're hiring a plant pathologist! Looking for someone w/passion for diagnosing vegetable diseases & communicating results to clients. There's lots of other duties & opportunities. I also think it's a great lab 🤔☺️ jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215... @quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social
Four tiles showing a tomato with chlorosis in upper left, a squash with powdery mildew in the upper right, broccoli with necrotic leaves on the lower left, and a pepper leaf with spots and mild chlorosis on the bottom right.
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kelsey tobin @kelseytobin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Latest paper is out! We tested a push-pull strategy using verbenone to repel ambrosia beetles in eastern US apple orchards. Verbenone alone reduces migration at low populations, but EtOH is needed for high populations. @monique4ever.bsky.social scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Evaluating the push‐pull strategy in eastern apple orchards: verbenone effectively reduces ambrosia beetle populations without the need for a pull factor in a species‐specific manner
Verbenone reduced ambrosia beetle populations in apple orchards as a push factor, demonstrating effective, species-specific pest management without requiring a pull factor in a push-pull management s...
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Björn Krenz @bkrenz.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
In 2018, we detected the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) - our virus of the month - in 🇩🇪 for the first time. Today, it threatens tomato production worldwide. How did it spread so quickly? A thread 🧵👇
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Björn Krenz @bkrenz.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
PNYDV’s 8-component genome isn’t static—it reassorts & recombines, allowing rapid adaptation. But just how flexible is it? Studies found among European nanoviruses diverse variants & hybrids. This could mean emerging new threats to crops! #PlantVirology www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Genome diversity and evidence of recombination and reassortment in nanoviruses from Europe
The recent identification of a new nanovirus, pea necrotic yellow dwarf virus, from pea in Germany prompted us to survey wild and cultivated legumes for nanovirus infections in several European countr...
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@hgpennington @hgpennington.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
In 2023 I painted tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) symptoms. www.hgpenningtonart....
The painting shows a tomato stem, with one cluster of tomatoes and one compound leaf. The tomatoes are deformed and blotchy, with pale green/yellow patches. The leaves show mosaic symptoms, with  mottling in  various shades of green, bulges and deformations.
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
USDA scientists terminated from Cereal Disease Lab in St. Paul www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
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Experts foresee negative ripple effects in termination of USDA scientists in St. Paul lab
A team at the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Cereal Disease Lab in St. Paul got notice last week that some of their jobs were getting cut. Experts warn that cutting jobs in this area will harm resear...
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Aleksandra Obrępalska-Stęplowska @stepelka.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Genetic variability in the 3'UTR RNA1 of tomato torrado virus - implications for virus #transmission by whiteflies The next paper from our lab with Marta Budziszewska - the lead scientist 🦠🍅 #torradovirus #plantscience #virology #plantpathology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Genetic variability in the 3'UTR RNA1 of tomato torrado virus: implications for virus transmission by whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum from plant to plant
Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) is a whitefly-transmitted pathogen causing tomato necrosis. ToTV’s genome consists of two positive single-stranded RNAs, w…
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Marta Niedzicka @theplantvirologist.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
And our first paper is out! That was a bit of accidental finding when looking into viruses in arable margins. bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪🌾 #plantviruses #plantvirology
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First report of soybean dwarf virus in clover species in Ireland
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Amelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hey all! I’m looking for a virologist who would be willing to zoom with my virology class May 6 between 10-11:15 to give a talk on your work and take questions from 9 undergraduates. I’d make them read a paper of your choice in prep for your talk. Please share in virology circles! #microsky
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Adrian Fox @blisteredcanker.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
First accepted manuscript of the year… another first-first author publication for the lab 🥳
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Ed Sikora @alabamaed1.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
@bossett.social Virus-caused symptoms on yellow squash. Likely watermelon mosaic virus (a potyvirus). This virus is primarily transmitted non-persistently by species of aphids and can affect most Cucurbit crops. Management involves planting resistant varieties, insecticides, and through avoidance
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