World Desertification and Drought Day

DD-Day 2023 – Press release Towards World Desertification and Drought Day Sassari, 16 June 2023 The Desertification and Drought Day (DD-day 2023), established in 1994 by the United Nations every 17 June, aims to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification, loss of soil fertility and the resulting degradation of natural resources caused by human activities (pollution, excessive land use, overgrazing, deforestation, fires, irrigation with saline waters). The day is a unique opportunity to remind that the involvement and cooperation of communities at all levels is essential to…

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Technical seminar Programme Life Mycorestore

Technical seminar“Use of native mycological resources as biocontrol agents of forest pathogens and to improve resilience of forests to climate change”   On 16 June 2022 at the Sala Capitolare of the Abbey of Vallombrosa (Reggello, Florence) will be held a Technical Seminar organized by IPSP-CNR as part of the project LIFE MycoRestore LIFE18/CCA/001110 entitled “Use of Local Mycological Resources as Biocontrol Agents of Forest Pathogens and Resilience of Forests to Climate Change“. There will be authoritative colleagues as speakers from various parts of Italy: from the University of Florence,…

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Webinar “Pathogenomics and Effectoromics of Verticillium Species”

We are pleased to invite you to attend the webinar entitled “Pathogenomics and Effectoromics of Verticillium Species”. It will be held on June 29th, 2021 from 16:00 to 18:00 CEST. Three estimated scientists will give interesting talks on general features of Verticillium wilts, fungus biology, and pathogenomics. We will understand why Verticillium spp. are so difficult to control, and will have a look at the main peculiarities of their population biology. Finally, we will learn about pathogen effectors that sabotage host machinery during the infection, and we will realize how…

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3rd European Conference on Xylella Fastidiosa and XF-Actors Final Meeting

Building knowledge, protecting plant healthThe 3rd EFSA European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa and final meeting of the XF-ACTORS project will be held online between 26-30 April 2021.   The meeting of XF-ACTORS, the EU Horizon 2020 research project devoted to this plant pathogenic bacterium, will precede the conference, which is organised by EFSA and XF-ACTORS with the active contribution of the major EU research initiatives tackling X. fastidiosa – BIOVEXO, CURE-XF, ERC MultiX, EUPHRESCO, EUROXANTH, and Life Resilience.   The event will comprise the XF-ACTORS meeting, the European conference, and…

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