📢 We are excited to extend an invitation to our upcoming webinar February 7th at 11.00h CET on a crucial and timely topic: "Why do farming systems need to move towards more sustainability?" 👉To secure your spot, please register for the webinar: forms.gle/MQDAQizuCzFhFX…

🌲🌲🌲Super Review on pine wilt disease: a global threat to forestry- and it's #OpenAccess bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Pine wilt disease: what do we know from proteomics? | BMC Plant Biology | Full Text bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Very happy - PWD review published in Plant Pathology. Many thanks to Maria L Inácio - NemaINIAV Eric Boa and coauthors not on Twitter + to David Pires for photo + Patti Freeland for support Pine wilt disease: A global threat to forestry - Plant Pathology - Wiley Online Library bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

New dates! Join us Apr. 22 - 25 for a virtual meeting discussing the naming concept of the genus #Phytophthora. All scientists who work on the genus/with other oomycetes are invited to attend & contribute to the discussion! Learn more & register: bit.ly/42nIudY

👨‍🔬 Miroslav Berka, Ph.D. student at Mendelova univerzita v Brně, visited PurPest partner NIBIO to gain experience on the collection and analysis of volatile organic compounds produced by 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘢 spp. 🗞 Here's the recap of his training in Norway 👇 purpest.eu/news/miroslav-…

📚 Ted Turlings from Université Neuchâtel has recently co-authored a literature review on the scientific progress and and shortfalls on the #biologicalcontrol of the #FallArmyWorm, with other leading experts 📖 Read the publication at 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…

93 species and designated taxa of #Phytophthora Clade 2 encompass the morphological and behavioural breadth of the whole genus demonstrating its strong biological cohesion. doi.org/10.3114/sim.20…

👥 Laboratório HERCULES partners recently visited the facilities at INIAV, IP, to discuss ongoing tasks of Work Package 1 📰 Read more at 👉 purpest.eu/news/hercules-…

💻 An intensive intercomparison test was carried out last week at Chromatotec, to test and evaluate newly-developed sensors and detection units by PurPest partners, for 3 target pests of the project. 📰 Read all about it at purpest.eu/news/intercomp…

🗣 PurPest partners from INIAV, IP attended the 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, and David Pires, Maria L Inácio - NemaINIAV, Ana Funduruli and Maria João Camacho presented one communication each. 🗞 Read more about it at purpest.eu/news/purpest-e…

🌽The fall armyworm is a major threat to over 80 crops, especially maize, where it can slash yields by up to 60%. CABI and experts are teaming up to develop nematode-based biocontrol solutions to combat this devastation. Learn more on this initiative: ow.ly/y9Sf50Rm3z7

🎉 Congratulations to Ali Karimi and Jürgen G., our partners from the Julius Kühn-Institut, on publishing a new paper on the PurPest technology in Frontiers Horticulture! 📖 Find our more and read the paper in OA 🔓 through the link below 👇 purpest.eu/news/karimi-an…

🌾🚨 The fall armyworm is causing significant devastation for many smallholder farmers by destroying crops. Here are 3 ways to protect your crops from this pest! 👇

👥 PurPest was recently represented at two major conferences in Europe! 1️⃣ Luis Bonifacio from INIAV, IP attended IUFRO World Congress in Sweden 🇸🇪: purpest.eu/news/purpest-i… 2️⃣ Our partners from NTNUnorway were present at ISOT in Iceland 🇮🇸: purpest.eu/news/purpest-i…

👥 PurPest Portuguese partners from INIAV, IP, UniversidadeÉvora and DGAV - Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária recently convened at Laboratório HERCULES, in Évora 🔎🪱 📰 Find out what was discussed at 👉 purpest.eu/news/purpest-i…

💻 The 3rd General PurPest Meeting took place last week at Mendelova univerzita v Brně in Brno, Czech Republic 🇨🇿, in a hybrid format 📰 Read more at 👉 purpest.eu/news/3rd-gener…

🛜 Our coordinator, Andrea Ficke, presented the PurPest concept at a workshop organized within the Cost Action E-NICHE: European Network in Chemical Ecology, held in Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 📰 Read more at 👉 purpest.eu/news/e-niche-w…

⚗️ Ali Karimi and Riccardo Favaro were present at the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, held in Prague 🇨🇿 📰 Read more at 👉 purpest.eu/news/isce-2024

📰 In a recent article, Ted Turlings covers how plant volatiles can be used for crop monitoring, allowing us to ward off plant pests 🐛 ℹ Available in 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 👉 Find out more at 🔗 purpest.eu/news/cordis-te…