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Feb

BIOVEXO – Biocontrol of Xylella and its vector in olive trees for integrated pest management

2021-02-27
Plants are subjected to infestation by various pests and pathogens causing diseases. Among the diseases of great importance in European agriculture is Xylella infected olives and almonds in Spain and Italy, for which no organic solution currently exists. While some diseases can be well managed by using biocontrol agents, still more effort is needed to...
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27
Feb

CURE-XF – Capacity bUilding and Raising awareness in Europe and in third countries to cope with Xylella Fastidiosa

2021-02-27
CURE-FX aims to establish a multidisciplinary research program to answer the urgent need to improve prevention, early detection and control of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf). An appropriate approach to this emergency should include a coordination and multidisciplinary interaction between a plurality of competences and it can be facilitated by a more intense exchange and mobility of...
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27
Feb

EVA-GLOBAL – European Virus Archive GLOBAL

2021-02-27
EVA-GLOBAL gathers 38 academic institutions at the forefront of human, animal and plant research in Virology, associated with key Non-Governmental Organisations including the World Health Organisation, OIE, FAO and related international organizations such as the CGIAR. This new project is built on the strong foundations constituted two previous EVA (2009-2014), FP7 and EVAg (2014-2019), H2020...
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27
Feb

HOMED – HOlistic Management of Emerging forest pests and Diseases

2021-02-27
HOMED will provide a full set of science-based, innovative practical methods and tools to assess and control emerging or invasive pests and pathogens threatening EU forests, following a holistic and multi-actor approach. Holistic because it will improve strategies of risk assessment and management by targeting the successive phases of invasion (transport, introduction, establishment, spread), and...
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27
Feb

MUSA – Microbial Uptakes for Sustainable management of major bananA pests and diseases

2021-02-27
Nematodes and weevils of banana with Panama disease globally affect food security, causing yearly crop losses for many billion in Canary Islands, Caribbean and Africa. These threats concomitantly affect crops in tropical and sub-tropical systems. In regions such as Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) millions of farmers rely on cooking banana, plantain and ensete as starch...
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27
Feb

OliveFlyBacteria -New Bacterial Pathogens and Endosymbionts of the Olive Fly, Bactrocera oleae, for the Development of Innovative Fruit Fly Biocontrol Strategies

2021-02-27
Olive oil production is of strategic importance for most economies around the Mediterranean. One of the main pests threatening olive cultivation is the olive fly. Related insects as the Mediterranean fruit fly and the invasive fly Drosophila suzukii are mayor problems in fruti- and viticulture. Given increasing limitations to the use of chemical insecticides, innovative...
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27
Feb

POnTE – Pest Organisms Threatening Europe

2021-02-27
This proposal, SFS-03a-2014-aligned, focuses to minimize the risk of introduction/impact of emerging pests threatening EU agriculture and forestry. The targets are: 1) Xylella fastidiosa and its vectors in olive, grapevine, citrus, stone fruit, ornamentals and landscape trees of high socio-economic importance; 2) Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and its vectors affecting a number of strategic crops such...
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27
Feb

IWMPRISE-Integrated Weed Management: PRActical Implementation and Solutions for Europe

2021-02-27
IWMPRAISE aims to support the implementation of Integrated Weed Management (IWM). IWMPRAISE will demonstrate that adoption of IWM supports more sustainable cropping systems both agronomically and environmentally, which are resilient to external impacts without jeopardising profitability or the steady supply of food, feed and biomaterials. IWMPRAISE aims to develop, test and assess management strategies delivered...
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