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@efsa.europa.eu the Plant Health Open Plenary meeting is just started. This is an opportunity for a large audience to better understand how #RiskAssessment in #PlantHealth is conducted at EFSA. Anotnio Vicent Civera and Giuseppe Stancanelli are welcoming all the attendees.

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OSU Extension (@osuextension.bsky.social) is teaming up with partners to fight #EmeraldAshBorer in Oregon—tracking its spread, sharing resources, and protecting ash trees. Learn more: extension.oregonstate.edu/impact/osu-e... 🧪🌍🍁 #InvasiveSpecies #entomology

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Bagworms (Psychidae) mostly have winged males & wingless females that remain in the larval case. This plate of the British species by SNA Jacobs accompanied a 1940s article by L T Ford in the South London (now British) Entomological Society journal.

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How humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones - Geologists think our indelible mark on the planet - 'technofossils' - will be fast food, fast fashion, and concrete #anthropocene Story by me www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Happening today! Register for the ENCA public webinar on "Transformative Change for Nature” featuring a keynote address by @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Co-Chair Karen O'Brien. 🌍🧪 Date: 21 February, 10.30-12.00 CET bfn-bund.webex.com/weblink/regi...

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Noticing the Treasure – The Orphan Crops with Pocket-Sized Machines Orphan #crops, as name implies, are often ignored. Yet, they have great potential to improve global food security. These underutilised #plants, receive minimal attention in modern #agriculture By Nisha Joy https://buff.ly/4iaj3mC

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Join us this Thursday for our #EEAAskanExpert via our EEA LinkedIn page which will be all about #data and how the Agency works with it to further Europe's climate and environment policy ambitions. www.linkedin.com/company/euro...

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EFSA, the Italian National Research Council, and the University of Padova invite you to their next webinar on optimising surveys in broadleaved trees in the EU using the EFSA tools 🌱 📅 Feb 27, 2025 Register by Feb 21 sending an email to [email protected] with your name and affiliation.

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11 February IPPC celebrated the International Women and Girls in Science Day by highlighting the profiles of several women in prominent positions within #PlantHealth organizations. bit.ly/3X00J7T

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Gianni Gilioli and Vittorio Rossi @Giornate Fitopatologiche bit.ly/4jVpfk6 pesenting #PlantPestModeling and #DSS applied to #PlantProtection

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Interesting conference on the future of #PlantProtection in Italy organized at University of Bologna under the umbrella of Giornate Fitopatologiche bit.ly/4jVpfk6. Great interest on #BiologicalControl, #PrecisionFarming and #NGT.

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Join us for the Workshop on Read-Across in Chemical Risk Assessment on 27-28 March in Brussels. Discover the latest methodologies for screening, classification and hazard assessment—enhancing safety while reducing animal testing. ✍️ Register by 28 Feb: europa.eu/!yJgY3t #ChemicalAssessment

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3rd and last day of international workshop on #HorizonScanning for #PlantHealth. we start with a presentation by Godshen Robert of #NCSU pestlens.info

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Want to join us? @FAO.org works on sustainable agrifood systems transformation for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all, leaving no one behind. 👉 jobs.fao.org/careersectio... #UNJobs

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2nd day of the International workshop on #HorizonScanning for #PlantHealth hosted by @anses-fr.bsky.social and coorganised with @efsa.europa.eu and @JointResearchCenter of the @ec.europa.eu first a practical session on the #EIOS webscraping platform Great trainer Ingrid HAMMERMEISTER from @who.int

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Ready to start with our second workshop on #HorizonScanning for #PlantHealth. At @anses-fr.bsky.social headquarters, coorganised with @efsa.europa.eu and @JRC So excited to welcome our hosts from all around the world!

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Checkered beetle, Trichodes alvearius. This beetle is a parasite of wild bees and digger wasps. 📷DATA: 133 shots, with ISO100 🔎LENS: Laowa 25mm UltraMacro 25mm/2.8 🚉MACRORAIL: Novoflex Castel Micro

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Don't forget to use our interactive #dashboard to find the last news of the month: click on the flags and you will get details on the original news that was included in our monthly #newsletter. #HorizonScanning #PlantPests #WebScraping

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Metamorphosis. The craziest thing on our planet. 8x Lepidoptera, 1x Coleoptera, 1x Diptera

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17 goals. 5 years to achieve them. 1 future. Food and agriculture lie at the heart of achieving each and every one of the 17 #SDGs. FAO is committed to help build a better future for all, learn how 👉 bit.ly/3JGDVkS #ActNow #4Betters

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😍 Welcome @molplantsci.bsky.social , our Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology who organises the well-known conference Molecular Biology of Plants #MBP2025 in Hennef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 10 - 13 February 2025

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🤔 Farmers, want to know more about intercropping, its potential, how to make it work? 🌱 Find out about establishment, weed control, seed mixes & more Mon 3 Mar, 6-7.15pm, online with our advisor Jerry Alford, Groundswell Agronomy @hutton.ac.uk, PGRO & Reading Uni 🔗 soilassociation.co/42NEBRF

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Here's a nice warm weather image. This is a ground nesting furrow bee. They make underground brood cells that are lined to keep them waterproof and stock the cells with pollen and nectar for developing larvae. (Subgenus Odontalictus) Pennsylvania #NativeBees #Inverts

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Exciting news! 🎉 We've just uploaded three insightful webinars to our YouTube playlist, now available with Arabic, French, and Spanish subtitles! 🌍 Dive in and expand your knowledge in your preferred language. youtube.com/playlist?lis... 📚✨ #Webinars #Multilingual #Learning How does that sound?

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New paper in Biodiversity and Conservation using @gbif.org mediated data: Changes in #bird occupancy and its association with functional traits under long-term context of #urbanization and suburbanization in a metropolis 🇨🇳 #CiteTheDOI: ❌ https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-025-03014-z

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⏰Submit session and workshop proposals for #LivingData2025👇

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Annals of Applied Biology is hosting a SI on 'Agricultural Biotechnology in the Era of Genome Editing'. We encourage submissions from anyone working to improve crops using new breeding technologies. Deadline is March 1st 2025 but we are VERY flexible! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Join us this coming Wednesday for our next #EEAAskanExpert 🎙️ when we sit down with our Executive Director Leena Yla-Mononen and take your questions as well. Join us via our EEA LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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New paper in Scientific Reports using @gbif.org mediated data: #ClimateChange influences on the potential geographic distribution of the #invasive Asian longhorned #tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis #CiteTheDOI: ❌ https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86205-6

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#Popillia japonica is a polyphagous pest that reached #EU some years ago. Among the many crops attacked by this species, there's #Vitis vinifera, on which adults feed causing potential losses to #grapes production. More info in our report just published efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Check out all our first EFSA Pest Reports from the Priority Pests project, now available in EFSA Supporting Publications: Volume 22, Issue 2! 📚🌿 #EFSA #PestReports #PriorityPests: efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23978325...

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Arthropod Photo of the Week: February 5, 2025 Planthopper Zoraida pterophoroides Hemiptera: Derbidae By Vijin Varghese, Kerala, India #arthropodPOTW

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🌿 Join our webinar on the updated OPEX Calculator. This tool helps assess exposure to plant protection products for operators, workers and more. Now with new features and flexible reporting. 📅 20 Feb 2025 📝 Register by 18 Feb: europa.eu/!bdcnVq #PlantProtection | @efsa-plants.bsky.social

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New report: 🐞🌱 @WageningenU explores citizen science in pest surveillance! 81 projects from 21 European countries identified 🌍 Methods tested on 3 pests boost detection 📊 More research needed to tackle biases. #CitizenScience #InsectPests #Biodiversity efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2...

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We’re pleased to share the latest EFSA Pest Reports, supporting the ranking of EU candidate #PriorityPests. Spodoptera frugiperda: doi.org/10.2903/sp.e... Thrips palmi: doi.org/10.2903/sp.e... Xylella fastidiosa: doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...

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