Welcome to the PurPest Project website

“You can’t defend. You can’t prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond”

(Bruce Schneier)

Welcome to the PurPest Project website

“You can’t defend. You can’t prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond”

(Bruce Schneier)

Welcome to the PurPest Project website

“You can’t defend. You can’t prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond”

(Bruce Schneier)

Welcome to the PurPest Project website

“You can’t defend. You can’t prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond”

(Bruce Schneier)

Welcome to the PurPest Project website

“You can’t defend. You can’t prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond”

(Bruce Schneier)

Best Poster at the EPPO Conference on Diagnostics of Plant Pests

purpest eppo 2026

The  INIAV team of PurPest is proud to have been awarded Best Poster at the EPPO Conference on Diagnostics of Plant Pests, for the work “Smart diagnostic for plant health: from e-noses to on-site molecular detection”, developed within the framework of this Project - congratulations to Maria L. Inacio, Jorge Faria, and Maria João Camacho for this achievement!

Stelios Kartakis and Jorge Faria also presented at the conference, with talks on "Assessing adoption drivers of VOC sensor technology for pest and pathogen detection: Insights from a survey among European nurseries" and "Early detection of the pinewood nematode based on volatile organic compounds (VOCs)", respectively.

 

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