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Robigalia Roundup

May 11, 2026

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5 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXX: International Day of Plant Health

Plus the grey mould costing growers $100 billion a year, and a Cambridge researcher screening yeasts to fight it

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

May 4, 2026

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6 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXIX: An internal alarm system nobody knew existed

Plus a fungus costing wheat farmers billions, and a genomics researcher tackling it head-on

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Apr 27, 2026

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5 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXVIII: Fields of Remembrance

Plus Northern corn leaf blight, bacterial pathogens of poppy, and a PhD candidate from Florida

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Apr 20, 2026

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4 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXVII: Anniversary of Robigalia

Plus new training events for coding and research, and meet the pathogen behind cacao black pod disease

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Apr 13, 2026

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11 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXVI: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Fellowships open

PLUS the bacterium blocking Europe's olive trees from the inside

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Apr 6, 2026

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11 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXV: Magnaporthe oryzae, the world's most important fungal pathogen

PLUS AMS grants for early-career mycologists, BMS committee openings, and jobs across three continents

Alyssa Martino