Jasmine Burr-Hersey

Natural Science Advisor @DefraGovUK | PhD from @UniofNottingham |

[Jasmine Burr-Hersey @STARSoilJasmine]

Very proud to graduate yesterday from @UniofNottingham with a PhD in Soil Science. Too many people to thank but particular gratitude extended to Prof Karl Ritz who it was an honour to work with. Was also excellent to be supported by Prof Malcolm Bennet at the ceremony @STARScdt

[IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention @ippcnews]

#HappeningNow 📢📢📢

Tune in to the first-ever #PlantHealthConference to discover why healthy plants are an essential part of our lives 🌻💚🌍

Follow the plenaries and select parallel and side sessions everyday from 10AM (London time) 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

💻 👉🏼 https://t.co/9YiHs7TQal

[Nicola Spence CBE @plantchief]

We are looking for a Coordinator for the new Centre for Forest Protection @ForestProtectUK @Forest_Research @KewScience https://t.co/wDm8A47i8M

[Nicola Spence CBE @plantchief]

International Plant Health Conference 21-23 Sept
@ippcnews and @DefraGovUK are inviting submissions for the organization of Side Events at the International Plant Health Conference https://t.co/jl5khO7O8a.
The conference programme is also available here: https://t.co/Nif110knec

[Prof Richard Buggs @RJABuggs]

Another job in the new Centre for Forest Protection. A 2.6 year postdoc to evaluate genetic bottlenecks in planted and natural colonised young woodlands supervised by @James_Borrell @KewScience and Nadia Barsoum @Forest_Research £34,933 per annum
https://t.co/Yr9wMQhR9B

[Nicola Spence CBE @plantchief]

Hear my interview on @BBCr4today this morning about the official opening of the Holt Laboratory at @Forest_Research @ForestryComm @DefraGovUK and our work to tackle forestry pests and diseases. Starts at 06:47
https://t.co/lMR3IcFpLT

[Nicola Spence CBE @plantchief]

Join us for the first UN International Plant Health Day event ##PlantHealthDay

[Future Trees Trust @FutureTreesUK]

If you know of any ash trees, within a woodland setting, that look healthy but are surrounded by ash that are badly infected with ash dieback please 'Report a Tree' using our easy form: https://t.co/edlb0Ek45P #LivingAshProject #PlantHealthWeek

[Check A Sweet Chestnut @CheckChestnut]

It's #NationalPlantHealthWeek 9-15th May! If you see a tree pest of concern let the Plant Health Authorities know #TreeAlert
@APHAgovuk Check the trees you love for their health and yours, https://t.co/72Gc1lPQpx

[Jasmine Burr-Hersey @STARSoilJasmine]

@littlebtrlight @youarehome Anyone else think it looks like he is sat in the circle from the new door in the 'as it was' teaser trailer?

[Monty Don @TheMontyDon]

Using peat is defended by some as an anti-woke attack on individual choice and liberty. Got to get past this. Using peat does environmental harm - why would any gardener seek to defend that?. Also it is simply untrue that there are no viable alternatives. Time to get real.

[DefraStats @DefraStats]

Defra’s 2021 #25YearEnvironmentPlan Outcome Indicator Framework update has now been developed into an online dashboard built using Open SDG. This offers enhanced user accessibility, interactive graphs and the ability to filter and download data https://t.co/S9VQ6l3M0b #25YEP

[Monty Don @TheMontyDon]

I think many people are unnecessarily wary of peat free composts. All the various coir or bark based composts I have used over the years are excellent. #thereisnoexcuse

[Monty Don @TheMontyDon]

It’s time for every gardener to play their part and ditch peat.

[Monty Don @TheMontyDon]

Some gardeners are missing the point: It really doesnt matter how well plants in your garden grow or do not grow, no plants or garden justify the use of peat. Ever. We must therefore adapt- even if that means a loss of quality (which I firmly believe is not the case)

[Richard Benyon @RichardHRBenyon]

Great to join ⁦@ForestryComm⁩ CEO Richard Stanford at the National Ash Archive and FC species trials to learn more about screening for tolerant ash and potential trees for the future #LivingAsh @forestrycomm @forest_research @futuretreesUK

[DefraStats @DefraStats]

The 2021 #25YearEnvironmentPlan Outcome Indicator Framework has been published today (https://t.co/iAygfur2Vq). With 7 newly developed indicators the report now presents 45 out of 66 indicators across 10 themes #25YEP

[Jasmine Burr-Hersey @STARSoilJasmine]

@DanEvansol @CranfieldUni Congratulations Dan! Can't think of a more enthusiastic and hard working soil scientist! Very well deserved. Best of luck with the post.

[Kerrie Ann Gardner @KerrieDoodles]

I love these Ladybird Books, the illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe are charming. But if his illustrations were true to life, flicking through their pages in 2020 is a stark reminder of what we have lost from our landscape in just 60 years. (THREAD)

[JXB @jxbotany.bsky.social @JXBot]

Final version now online !!
Reorganisation of #rhizosphere soil pore structure by wild plant species in compacted #soils https://t.co/rlgAClsUlL @STARSoilJasmine K Ritz, GA Bengough, & SJ Mooney

[Chris Thorogood @thorogoodchris1]

A day of clifftop botany on Isle of Wight, where I encountered Orobanche picridis. Among the rarest of Britain's plants with only two stable populations, it really is a special find, and a beautiful plant in a beautiful place @BSBIbotany