​​Have you called headquarters, and someone answered, “Scientific Societies"? If so, you might have asked yourself, “What is Scientific Societies"? It's an interesting answer with a long history.

​“OPRO meets…" is a series featuring outreach activities and events. Meet Renata Belisario, Jacob Ball, Laura Tew, and Lisa Vaillancourt, University of Kentucky, and learn about their online short course in plant pathology for middle-school students.

​Although 2020 is receding in the rearview mirror, the resources developed by APS to celebrate the International Year of Plant Health will be useful for years to come.

​​The APS Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Books of the World Award, French-Monar Latin American Award, and Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship for 2021.

​Applications for several APS Foundation awards are due soon. Review the criteria for each award and submit your online application today.

​​Meet some of the amazing people who support the APS Foundation. Learn more about who they are and why they give their time and resources to support others.

The 2021 APS Pacific Division Meeting will be held June 16–18 as a virtual event.​

​Get to know our featured graduate student of the month!

For each issue of Phytopathology News, the APS Graduate Student Committee chooses a graduate student to be featured in a spotlight article. Submit your application for consideration!​

​The study of plant diseases has been practiced in Nebraska since 1884. Since that time, individuals associated with the University of Nebraska have made numerous “first-time" reports pertaining to diseases of plants.

​In their recent Phytobiomes Journal article, Johan Leveau and collaborators explore how the roughness of a leaf surface may help or hinder microorganisms as they strive to attach to and survive in the leaf surface environment.

​APS now offers three journals for those in the plant pathology community who prefer or need to publish open access papers.

Don't miss out on content from the recent interactive workshop on the National Plant Disease Recovery System (NPDRS)—order content On Demand.​

Register today for the IS-MPMI online workshop Taking MPMI Discoveries to the Field: Part II.

​Awards, Career Developments, Degrees, In Memoriam Notices, and Workshops