Luís Filipe Bonifácio, member of the INIAV team, was invited as a keynote speaker at the “EABRACE Workshop – First Years of Baltic Co-Partners Experience”, coordinated by Professor Iryna Matsiakh (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences).

The event took place in Krakow, Poland, from 15–17 October 2025, organized by Professor Magdalena Kacprzyk (Uniwersytet Rolniczy w...

Stelios Kartakis visited Queen’s University Belfast from 13–17 October for a week-long research stay focused on discrete choice modelling. Together with Dr Insa Thiermann, he analysed and interpreted data from the PurPest nursery survey (Deliverable 5.3), shedding light on European nurseries’ attitudes towards adopting VOC sensor technology.

This training visit highlights PurPest’s...

On September 26^th, INIAV presented the PurPest project at the European Researchers’ Night, a Europe-wide celebration of science and its impact on everyday life. The event brought together researchers, families, schools, and science enthusiasts to explore innovations in science, sustainability, and technology.

At the PurPest stand, visitors of all ages engaged ...

The annual workshop of the EU project FORSAID was held on 11–12 September in Carcavelos, Portugal, jointly organized by the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) and the Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV). During the session on project synergies, PurPest was highlighted as a successful and impactful collaboration.

On September 2^nd, our partner Centro PINUS cohosted a Technical Workshop and Field Visit focused on the health of maritime pine forests in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal. The event brought together stakeholders from across the pine sector to discuss current challenges and solutions.

Maria L. Inácio and Luis Bonifácio from INIAV contributed as keynote speakers and guided participants...

Stelios Kartakis (Wageningen University) presented his work, “Migration extent and potential economic impact of the fall armyworm in Europe”, at the XVIII Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), held in Bonn, Germany, from 26–29 August 2025.

The congress, themed “Food System Transformation in Challenging Times”, marked the 50th anniversary of the EAAE. This work...

The International Forestry Quarantine Research Group Meeting will take place from 29 September to 3 October 2025 at ANSES (Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail / French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety) in Maisons-Alfort, France.

We are delighted that Luís Bonifácio (INIAV) will represent our team by...

On August 28^th, Martin Pettersson, from NIBIO, participated as a speaker at the Nordic-Baltic Plant Health Meeting. The presentation, titled "PurPest: Towards a Pest Sensor for Reliable and Fast Plant Inspection", gave an overview of the PurPest project. It addressed the challenges faced by plant health inspectors in identifying disease-causing organisms on imported plant...

In August, the VOC collector arrived at the University of Padua (UNIPD), and over the next three weeks, the volatile profiles of peach, pear, apple, and soybean plants will be evaluated, during infestation with stinkbugs .