More gardeners will be able to receive world-leading information from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) after the charity recruited two new plant disease experts. The scientists will work to help gardeners identify and control plant diseases.
RHS Senior Plant Pathologist Dr Matthew Cromey joins the charity after building a career in plant health in New Zealand.
Matthew was formerly a plant pathologist with the New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research. His research experience spans a wide variety of plant disease issues and includes soil-borne, foliar and floral diseases.
Matthew will be responsible for leading the RHS research programme on plant diseases, developing collaborations with external research organisations, and providing advice and technical information to RHS members and the public.
Also joining the plant health team as a plant pathologist is scientist Dr Rebekah Robinson. Rebekah, who recently completed a PhD at Rothamsted Research has undertaken research placements at leading organisations including Kew's Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst and the John Innes Centre, Norwich.
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