Southern African Society for Plant Pathology

Have you read the paper that inspired our conference theme, #artandscience2024? "THE RELATION OF ART AND SCIENCE OF PLANT PATHOLOGY FOR DISEASE CONTROL" Grogan, 1987 annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.114… #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

🚗✈️ Safe travels to all the delegates of #SASPP2024! May your journey home be filled with fond memories and the anticipation of implementing new insights of #artandscience in your work. Until we meet again. #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

The FABI team together at #SASPP2024! What a fantastic time it has been, filled with top notch presentations, posters and interactions 👌 @sasppconnect @UPnasagric @InnovAfricaUP

🎉 Day 3 | 19:00 till late ... 🎊Thank you #SASPP2024 for an incredible journey through the #ArtandScience of #plantpathology🎨🧪 Let's celebrate the growth in knowledge, cultivate new connections, and paint a vibrant future for healthy plants. #sasppconnect #plantdisease

🕯️Day 3 | 16:45 – 17:00 What insights have you gathered at #saspp2024? How has the #artandscience of #plantpathology altered how you will serve society? Join us for the closing remarks delivered by @bernardslippers #sasppconnect #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

☕️Day 3 | 15:30 – 16:00 Ready to recharge - grab a refreshment and network with fellow plant pathologists #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

🍽️ Day 3 | 13:00 – 14:00 When dishing up today we appreciate all plant pathologists for their service to society through the #artandscience of plant protection #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

🗨️Day 3 | 11:00 – 11:30 Entering into the 10th session with Prof Theo Smits with a keynote address on "The good or the bad: comparative genomics to elucidate the case of the Jekyll and Hyde organism Pantoea agglomerans" #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease

☕️Day 3 | 10:30 – 11:00 Take a moment to reflect on the first session of the final day of #saspp2024 #sasppconnect #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

🗨️Day 3 | 08:00 – 08:30 Prof André Fleißner launches us into day three with his keynote address on the "Molecular genetics and cell biology of fungi" #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

🕰️A friendly reminder to please be seated at 7:55 for the start of #saspp2024 Day 3 with exciting talks on Fusarium, pathogen identification, detection, diversity, prediction and management. #sasppconnect #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

🤝Day 2 | 17:00 Come and hear about what #saspp has been up to since our last congress at our Biennial General Meeting that will be followed by a Spit Braai #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

☕️ Day 2 | 15:30 – 16:00 Go and chat with the equal number poster presenters during the coffee break session #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

🗨️Day 2 | 14:00 – 14:30 A keynote address by Prof Juliana Freitas-Astúa delivers "A century of manipulations, struggles and (not so peaceful) coexistence between citrus, mites, and the leprosis virus complex"

🗨️ Day 2 | 13:00 – 14:00 Enjoy lunch, stretch a little and refresh for our second half of day two. #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

Prof @IreneBarnes19 gives a fascinating talk on Ceratocystis eucalypticola infection in kiwis 🥝 - the first report on a agricultural crop! @fabiteam1 @sasppconnect @UPnasagric @GoldenGateH_NP #SASPP2024

Day 2 of #SASPP2024 started off with a early morning hike to get the blood pumping for another day of fantastic talks! @sasppconnect @Fabiteam1

Prof. Diane Saunders @Saunders_lab, of @JohnInnesCentre, highlights the devastations of wheat rust in Ethiopia at the #SASPP2024. Aha! Collaborations to know which and where pathogens are, is important inorder to develop future solutions. @BiobankSA, @SANBI_SA, @sasppconnect.

🗨️ Day 2 | 11:00 – 11:30 Prof Clive Bock is delivering his keynote address on "Visual assessment of plant disease and the future of phytopathometry" #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

🗨️ Day 2 | 11:00 – 11:30 The #artandscience is discussed by Prof Clive Bock during his keynote address "visual assessment of plant disease and the future of phytopathometry" #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth

☕️ Day 2 | 10:30 – 11:00 Enjoy refreshments and view the equal-numbered posters during the break #sasppconnect #saspp2024 #plantpathology #plantdisease #cropprotection #planthealth