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)

News

PurPest covered in the EFI Network News

PurPest concept

The technology that is being developed in PurPest is covered in the December 2023 European Forest Institute (EFI) newsletter, which is directly distributed to 850+ recipients across the Mediterranean network and beyond. The project is also featured on the MedForest website.

Second PurPest Annual Meeting

Andrea Ficke lighting a candle to kick-off the second PurPest annual meeting

PurPest coordinator, Andrea Ficke, kicked-off the second annual project meeting in Padua, Italy, by lighting a candle.

The event took place in a hybrid format, and was an opportunity for all members to come together and discuss the progress that was made in the different work packages, and share the outputs that were produced.

Participants also had the chance to visit the beautiful Orto...

Ted Turlings received the 2023 Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist

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Our PurPest partner Ted Turlings received the 2023 Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist, for his contributions to the fields of Chemical Ecology and Plant-Insect interactions, and his work on the biological control of plant pests through volatile compounds.

Read the full story here.

 

 

PurPest dissemination at Advances in Nematology and CONFMET 2023

PurPest team at Advances in nematology 2023 conference

 

 

Maria João Camacho gave an oral presentation at Advances in Nematology 2023 regarding a biosensor device to detect Globodera pallida, the pale potato cyst nematode. Additionally, she presented the PurPest project and invited the audience interested in these technologies to  follow the project on social media.

The event took place in London, UK, at...

PurPest Executive Board Meeting

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On the 23rd of November 2023, PurPest workpackage leaders gathered virtually to discuss ongoing project activities at the Executive Board Meeting.

This exchange provided a platform for an in-depth review of the progress made, allowing to address any challenges encountered, and pave the way for coordinated actions in upcoming tasks of the project.

PurPest networking at the Rapid Methods Europe conference

PurPest team at REM 2023 conference

 

 

Andrea Ficke presented at Rapid Methods Europe 2023 conference the PurPest concept as a rapid, remote and non-destructive method for plant pest detection to increase food security in Europe. Most detection methods were based on lateral flow devices. Using volatiles instead of liquids or solids was a widely underpresented detection approach.

The event took place...

PurPest at the Annual Meeting of Entomological Society of America

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Ted Turlings was an invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, that took place between 5-8 November 2023 in Washington, USA, in a well-attended session entitled Bodyguards for Plants: Integrating Indirect Defense into Plant Breeding and Pest Management. The efforts to develop ways to use odor sensors that can detect the presence of crop pests...

PurPest at the ISPM 15 workshop

PurPest publicised in the grower’s journal ‘Gartneryrket’ (Norway)

International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) are standards adopted by the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures and a workshop on ISPM-15 was held in Germany, from 24-25 October 2023. Representatives from 16 EU member states and the EU Commission attended the event.

Our partner from DGAVClara Serra,  participated in the workshop...

PurPest at IUFRO's “PWD2023”

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Luís Bonifácio gave an oral presentation as a Keynote speaker on “The Pine Wilt Disease in Europe (Portugal and Spain): Special emphasis on the control measures development and future research prospects” at IUFRO International Symposium on Pine Wilt Disease “PWD2023” in Nanjing, China (25-28 October 2023).

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