Rapid elimination of invasive agricultural insect pest outbreaks by tackling them with SIT programs​

REACT aims to develop long-term environmentally friendly response strategies and novel sustainable tools to protect fruit and vegetable production and export capacities from two invasive insect pests of EU priority, Bactrocera dorsalis and Bactrocera zonata. By using SIT techniques, we are leading an eco-friendly fight against invasive insect pests in the EU.

Website: https://react-insect.eu/

Biovexo

Biovexo

As a response to the increasing Xylella outbreaks in Europe, the BIOVEXO Project explores innovative biopesticides, which target the Xylella bacterium. Six candidate biocontrol solutions acting either against Xylella or its vector will be tested within the BIOVEXO...

Genebecon

Genebecon

GeneBEcon has been funded under the Horizon Europe programme destination ‘Clean environment and zero pollution’ focusing on circular bio-based systems in industrial sectors along value chains and supply chains of biological feedstock. In GeneBEcon, we are researching...

Reach-XY

Reach-XY

The experimental plan of the project is organized in the following Workpackages: - Improve early detection methods and knowledge of pathogen biology and spread factors - Development of genomic tools and identification of the basis of Xf resistance for their...