📢 This month, @forestnavigeu.bsky.social, @forestpaths.eu and PathFinder are coming together for the third edition of the Forest Talks webinar series! ✍ Register now to participate in this insightful online event on Earth observation data in forestry at the national level: #Forests #PlantHealth

👏 The FORSAID Project just released its first interview!

🌳 The #FORSAIDPests campaign continues with another member of the Agrilus genus - the emerald ash borer. 🛸 Our project will explore proximal remote sensing, environmental DNA and automatic identification tools to improve detection and monitoring of this species. 🔗 forsaid.eu/objective#In...

🤝 The @purpest-eu.bsky.social consortium met online on Feb 5–6, 2026, to review progress on VOC analysis, sensor development, impact & outreach, and to align next steps ahead of demo campaigns 🚀 Find out more 👉 www.purpest.eu/news/meeting...

📢 Officially in print! “Multiple factors associated with forest decline in the context of control measures for the pinewood #nematode” is out in Eur J of Plant Pathol: doi.org/10.1007/s106... 🌲 We show that managing PWD is ecologically complex & that focusing on a single cause is detrimental.

🟢 Webinar - Let’s Talk About Planted Forests 📅 Join online to discuss maritime pine and pine wood nematode in South-West Europe: status and challenge. 🕑 27 February 2026 at 2:00 PM CET (Paris Time) 📢 Registration: www.plantedforests.org/webinar-lets... #forest #plantedforest #ForestScience

📽️ A recent video by #HorizonEU project @purpest-eu.bsky.social unveils a new technological approach to pest detection:

📡 Dive into the future of sensing with our VOC detection technology in action 🎥! 👇 Watch our newest video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvv...

Thomas Jung ( #Phytophthora Research Centre, Mendel University in Brno) presented his experience with project Purpest @purpest-eu.bsky.social : What works in Horizon Europe: experiences, challenges and tips?

🌱 We're starting 2026 by taking lab science into the field, supporting crop, forest, and ecosystem protection across Europe. 📄 Catch up on the latest PurPest activities in our January newsletter: www.purpest.eu/news/newslet...

📺 Fellow #HorizonEurope project @purpest-eu.bsky.social has recently released a new video on one of their target #Pest species, the cotton bollworm! 👀 Discover the innovations in digital solutions they will be pursuing to address this threat to #PlantHealth:

▶️ New video produced by @nibiolandskap.bsky.social covering the #cottonbollworm pest and how @purpest-eu.bsky.social is streamlining detection methods! youtu.be/qb44FOW18yA?...

🚀 New patent secured under the PurPest framework! Saftra Photonics has reached a major tech milestone with the acceptance of Slovak Patent SK 289367 B6. Find out more 👉 www.purpest.eu/news/patent-...

🚀 Bringing innovation to the field: PurPest at the University of Bologna Over 2024–2025, Prof. Pavol Miškovský and the Saftra Photonics team brought cutting-edge SERS-enhanced nanosensor research directly to the University of Bologna. Read all about it at 👉 www.purpest.eu/news/pavol-b...

🌳 A Cost Action and EPPO conference brought experts together in Portugal to discuss advances in #treehealth and monitoring tech. Strong FORSAID participation highlighted new tools and shared efforts to strengthen #biosecurity across #forests and cities. Read more: bit.ly/44P08JP

🚨 New paper alert within the scope of @purpest-eu.bsky.social! This review provides important insights into the environmental impacts of agricultural pest insects, highlighting overlooked mechanisms and identifying key knowledge gaps! Find out more at 👉 www.purpest.eu/news/horrock...

🌲 We congratulate our partners from INIAV on showcasing innovations by #HorizonEurope initiative @purpest-eu.bsky.social at the Eighth National Meeting of Forest Health Inspectors in Portugal! #Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

Work of Stelios Kartakis on the framework of @purpest-eu.bsky.social project: "Modeling disease expression of #Phytophthora ramorum to estimate potential #EconomicImpacts in #EuropeanForests" doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... #ForestPathogen #PlantBiosecurity #InvasivePlantPathogen #Oomycete

🌲 Phytophthora ramorum remains a major threat to Europe's forests 🌍 A new modeling study by Kartakis et al. forecasts its disease impact and the economic costs. Find out more 👉 www.purpest.eu/news/stelios... #Phytophthora #ForestPathology #Biosecurity

🔍 @purpest-eu.bsky.social got an incredible reception at the VIII National Meeting of Forest Health Inspectors! 🌲 Find out more at www.purpest.eu/news/viii-nm... #Biosecurity #Forestry #PurPest

⚠️ The spread of the pinewood nematode is a development of great concern to the future of European forests. 🤝 We stand by our fellow #HorizonEurope project @purpest-eu.bsky.social as we pursue complementary innovations in the management of such outbreaks. #Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

📰 @cerealpath.bsky.social recently participated in the WTO Committee Thematic Session on Science-Based Import Controls to Facilitate Safe Trade to talk about VOC-based early detection technologies. Read the news at www.purpest.eu/news/wto-sps... ▶️ Watch the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljsv...

🚨 First detection of the pinewood nematode in France 👉 Learn more about how @purpest-eu.bsky.social aims to streamline detection through technological innovations: www.purpest.eu

🔬 The University of Neuchâtel has started a new measurement campaign to test the improved Sensor System Prototype developed by Chromatotec. Another step forward in developing innovative tools to detect plant stress and pest attacks! 👉 Read more: www.purpest.eu/news/ssp-eva...

🔬 New educational material available! 🌿 📘 Learn how Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy is transforming precision agriculture and supporting @purpest-eu.bsky.social's mission to develop innovative, real-time field diagnostic tools. 👉 Download the full material here: www.purpest.eu/reports-publ...

🌲 New 'Behind the Paper' post: go.nature.com/4qdUiLb 🌲 🔍 Forest decline is rarely caused by a single factor, and our latest study reveals why adopting a holistic perspective is key to managing pine wilt disease effectively. 🪱 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s106... #PineWiltDisease #PinewoodNematode

Sustainable Biorational Pesticides for Tomato Pest Control A groundbreaking study published in the journal Discover Agriculture sheds light on innovative solutions to combat one of agriculture's most devastating pests: the Helicoverpa armigera, commonly known as the cotton bollworm. This insect,…

Hybridization-driven genomic plasticity enhances the global invasion of fall armyworm www.cell.com/the-innovati...

A key focus of agroecological practice is understanding ecosystem functions. Researchers are studying how plant-level treatments, field-level crop compositions & landscape-scale structures & vegetation interact to influence crop pest & disease risks. fosta-health.eu/index.php/bl... 👇

Molecular identification and virulence assessment of Metarhizium rileyi isolates against fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41108411/

Uncovering Convergent Pattern Recognition Receptors Recognising Phytophthora Across Plant Lineages doi.org/10.1111/pbi....

Work of Inês Gomes Marques: Individual and combined effects of a simulated #heatwave and the emerging #Phytophthora ×multiformis on European #alder species. doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... #Alnus #RiparianForest #AbioticStress #BioticStress #Resilience #Oomycetes

Mining Microbial Niches: Sources of Bacteria for Enhancing Plant Growth and Resilience to pH, Salinity, Drought and Phytophthora infestans enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣 Our October newsletter is out! 📰 Catch up on @purpest-eu.bsky.social summer activities, publications, project updates, and more at 👉 www.purpest.eu/reports-publ... 📩 Be sure to subscribe through the link if you want to receive newsletters directly in your inbox in the future!

🌍🌱 Abstract submissions are OPEN! Join the 12th IUFRO WP 7.02.09 Meeting: Phytophthora in Forests & Natural Ecosystems 📍 Grabouw, South Africa 📅 13–18 Sept 2026 ⏳Submit your abstract by 24 March 2026 👉 iufro-sa2026.carlamani.com #Phytophthora #Forests #ForestScience #ForestResearch

Have you checked the ‘EU funding & me’ yet? The new app launched to make access to EU funding opportunities more intuitive and efficient for applicants and beneficiaries. Find funding calls and access your projects directly from your mobile. Download it now: link.europa.eu/YY947y #EUfundingApp

🌲 New contribution to our #EUFORGEN Community: a study shows pine wilt disease in Europe is driven by multiple stressors, not a single cause. Findings call for holistic management approaches. 📖 www.euforgen.org/about-us/new... #ForestHealth #PineWilt #Forests

🌍 INIAV showcased the PurPest project at the European Researchers' Night. 🤝 The event also highlighted our collaboration with the @forsaid.eu project, joining forces to advance eco-friendly agroforestry and plant health strategies. ✨ Find out more at purpest.eu/news/ern-2025

🌲 Web report now online for the Conference 'Biosecurity and Surveillance of Quarantine Pests of Trees in Forests and Cities 🌲 🔗 Read more here www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202... 🙏 Thanks INIAV, GREEN-IT and UB3Guard Cost Action for this successful meeting!

🌲 At a workshop cohosted by Centro PINUS, Maria L. Inácio & Luís Bonifácio highlighted challenges in maritime pine forests and showed how PurPest can help detect the pinewood nematode early, crucial for sustainable forest management. 🔎 Find out more at www.purpest.eu/news/technic...

🔎🌱 August was far from quiet! Martin Pettersson from @nibiolandskap.bsky.social was present at the Nordic-Baltic Plant Health Meeting Find out more at 👉 www.purpest.eu/news/nb-plan...

🌱 Stelios Kartakis (@w-u-r.bsky.social) shared his work on fall armyworm migration & its potential economic impact in Europe at the XVIII European Association of Agricultural Economists Congress in Bonn 🇩🇪. 💡 Read more at www.purpest.eu/news/purpest...

🔁 EU green research Got an idea to heal soils? 🌱 #MissionSoil’s project SoilTribes offers grants from €25k to €100k for creative, cultural & community projects that protect and restore soil. Open to EU and #HorizonEU associated countries. Apply by 10 Oct 2025 👉 europa.eu/!MJdpWF

📃 A fellow #HorizonEU initiative, @onestop-project.eu, is about to publish the very first edition of its newsletter! 👇 Become a subscriber below to stay updated on the new research frontiers in managing invasive alien species that OneSTOP is already pursuing: #Pests #PlantHealth

🌲 Our brand new paper, Multiple factors associated with forest decline in the context of control measures for the pinewood #nematode, has been published today in the 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 🔓 Read in open access at doi.org/10.1007/s106...

🌲 The #IFQRG2025 meeting is set for 29 Sept – 3 Oct at ANSES, France, and our colleague Luís Bonifácio (INIAV) will present the Purpest Project. More info 👉 www.purpest.eu/news/22nd-me...

🪲Fellow #HorizonEU project @purpest-eu.bsky.social is pursuing new frontiers in sustainably protecting crops from pests! 👀Find out more about a recent spotlight of its work by our institutional partner INIAV below: #Pests #PlantHealth

💛 Thank you, Ana! 👋 Our amazing colleague Ana Fundurulic is embarking on new and wonderfully exciting adventures! 📝 Read the full post at www.purpest.eu/news/ana-fun...

🌿 Maria João Camacho, from INIAV, recently presented sensor technology for sustainable crop protection, highlighting the @purpest-eu.bsky.social project and the crucial role of early #nematode detection 🌱🔬 🔎 Read more at www.purpest.eu/news/iqtb-pl...

🌲🤝 INIAV recently welcomed a delegation from the Korea Forest Service 🇰🇷, sharing over 25 years of experience in managing the pinewood nematode in Portugal 🪱🇵🇹. ✨ PurPest and FORSAID were showcased, drawing great interest from our Korean colleagues! 🔍 Read our post at www.purpest.eu/news/pwn-glo...