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PurPest EU

@purpest-eu.bsky.social

🌿 Plant pest prevention through technology-guided monitoring and site-specific control 🐛 | Funded by the Horizon Europe Research & Innovation Programme 🇪🇺 nº 101060634 | ➡️ https://www.purpest.eu/

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Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 2w ago

All pumped up to speak at PurPest @purpest-eu.bsky.social event: From Science to Innovation What science can (and cannot) deliver--Excellence, people, and the long game

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PurPest EU@purpest-eu.bsky.social · 4w ago

📢 Join the PurPest webinar on 📅 30 Sept 2026 | 🕥 10:30 CEST (UTC+2) to explore how research moves into innovation, policy and practice. 🗣️ Talks from Gisela Quaglia (European Commission), @kamounlab.bsky.social and more! 👉 Register now: www.purpest.eu/news/webinar...

FORSAID Project@forsaid.eu · 3w ago

💡Tools for early detection of forest pests only make a difference if forest managers and plant health authorities can put them to use. 🌱 How research makes the jump into practice and policy is the focus of the webinar by @purpest-eu.bsky.social on 30 Sept. ⬇️ Register by 29 Sept ⬇️

PurPest EU@purpest-eu.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 There's still time to join our next webinar on 📅 30 September 2026 | 🕥 10:30 CEST (UTC+2) to explore how research moves into innovation, policy and practice. 👉 Register at www.purpest.eu/news/webinar...

FORSAID Project@forsaid.eu · last mo.

⁉️How do you calibrate a sensor that detects pests by smell? 📢 A new open access @purpest-eu.bsky.social paper describes custom permeation tubes and an innovative method to generate ultra-trace gas standards. 👇 Link to the full article below!

PurPest EU@purpest-eu.bsky.social · last mo.

🆕 PurPest paper! Our sensors detect pests by smell, but faint smells need a reference to be tuned against. ICPEES & Chromatotec built small tubes that release a known, steady trace of a compound into clean air, and a much quicker way to check them. Read in open access ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...

PurPest EU@purpest-eu.bsky.social · last mo.

🆕 PurPest paper! Our sensors detect pests by smell, but faint smells need a reference to be tuned against. ICPEES & Chromatotec built small tubes that release a known, steady trace of a compound into clean air, and a much quicker way to check them. Read in open access ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...

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Yi Jiao@yijiao.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New @voltcenter.bsky.social publication on volatile organic compound emissions from Scots pine litter 🌲 in @pubs.acs.org Environ. Sci. Technol. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

High Monoterpenoid Emissions from Scots Pine Litter Controlled by Moisture

Biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play important roles in atmospheric chemistry, yet most studies have focused on canopy emissions. Decomposition of forest litter, a major below-canopy VOC so...

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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai@bigearthdata.ai · 4mo ago

Volatile organic compound-mediated conversation in soil | Communications Earth & Environment ->Nature | More on "Soil microbe chemical communication compounds" at BigEarthData.ai | #Organic #SustainableAgriculture #Earth #Soil #Environment

Volatile organic compound-mediated conversation in soil | Communications Earth & Environment

Chemical communication is fundamental in soil ecosystems, with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) playing a crucial role in mediating these interactions1,2. In the dynamic soil environment, organisms ranging from plant roots and bacteria to fungi and nematodes produce and respond to a diverse array of VOCs that originate from various catabolic pathways, yielding a wide range of structurally and functionally distinct compounds3,4,5. VOCs are typically small, odorous molecules ( < C15) with low molecular mass ( < 300 Da), high vapor pressure, low boiling point, and lipophilic properties1,2. These characteristics enable rapid volatilization and diffusion of VOCs through both gaseous and aqueous phases within the soil’s porous matrix, facilitating short- and long-distance interactions over millimeter-to-centimeter scale6,7. However, VOC transport is strongly constrained by compound-specific traits and soil properties, such as texture, moisture content, and pore connectivity, as well as by diffusion versus advective processes (e.g., airflow or preferential flow through macropores)6. In this context, clearly defining the spatial scales of VOC-mediated interaction is crucial. The diffusion dynamics of inorganic gases, such as CO₂ are well-documented within a narrow rhizosphere gradient (0.5–4 mm)8. In contrast, only a limited number of studies have explored the effect of distance on VOC-mediated interactions. A study...

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David Pires@david1822.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📄 New paper in Microbial Ecology How do soil microbial diversity, organic matter, & soil structure influence soilborne plant diseases? We review the mechanisms behind pathogen survival, spread, and suppression, and how management can foster disease-suppressive soils. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s002...

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Ordo Fraterna Fibonacci@ordofibonacci.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Thermal acclimatization and plasticity of Phytophthora palmivora: implications for coconut disease dynamics under a warming climate Frontiers www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...

Frontiers | Thermal acclimatization and plasticity of Phytophthora palmivora: implications for coconut disease dynamics under a warming climate

Thermal acclimatization and phenotypic plasticity strongly influence the behaviour and epidemic potential of Phytophthora palmivora, a major pathogen of coco...

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