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

VOC collector arrival at INIAV

VOC collector arrival at INIAV

On the 14th of June, the brand new VOC collector manufactured by FLUSYS arrived safe and sound at INIAV.

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

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

Read the full article publicised in the grower’s journal ‘Gartneryrket’ (Norway) here.

 

 

 

 

Workshop on volatile collection with the Fragrance Collection Device

workshop on volatile collection with the Fragrance Collection Device

The Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) in Dossenheim, Germany, hosted the workshop on volatile collection with the Fragrance Collection Device, manufactured by Flusys.

From the 23th to 25th of May 2023, PurPest team members were very welcomed by Jürgen Gross and his great team.

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PurPest at the Annual Scientific Days

Ted Turlings gave an oral presentation

Ted Turlings gave an oral presentation on “Herbivore-induced plant volatiles and how they can be exploited for crop protection?” for the Scientific Days (JS2023), held at Sorbonne University, in Paris, France (9-10 February 2023).

 

For more information, click here.

Internship at the INIAV laboratories within the PurPest activities

Internship at the INIAV laboratories within the PurPest activities

Tomás Cavaco, who has a degree in Agronomy from the University of Lisbon, carried out a training program in the Nematology lab of INIAV, dealing with wood samples infected by the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Tomás was also involved in several stages of the PurPest project and acquired skills in chemical analysis.

PurPest kick-off meeting

meeting

On the 12th and 13th of January 2023, a meeting was held at Kringler Gjestegård, Åsveien 775, Maura, Norway, to launch the EU-funded project “PurPest – Plant pest prevention through technology-guided monitoring and site-specific control”, with 43 members from 10 countries present.

The EU project officer, Antonio Pérez-Rendón, joined the meeting remotely. During the two-day event, partners...

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