Projects

Gruppo Italiano di lavoro sulla Resistenza agli Erbicidi (GIRE)

GIRE includes members from public research, University, agrochemical industry and advisors. In keeping with the mission of HRAC (Herbicide Resistance Action Committee) and the herbicide resistance Group of EWRS (European Weed Research Society), the mission is to facilitate the communication between the stakeholders. The activities include monitoring, profiling and prepare guide lines for herbicide resistance management, mainly through a dedicated website.   Project Leader: Maurizio Settin IPSP personnel: Donato Loddo, Laura Scarabel, Silvia Panozzo. Start: 01/06/2008 End: 30/11/2022

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Integrated Weed Management: PRActical Implementation and Solutions for Europe (IWMPRISE)

IWMPRAISE aims to support the implementation of Integrated Weed Management (IWM). IWMPRAISE will demonstrate that adoption of IWM supports more sustainable cropping systems both agronomically and environmentally, which are resilient to external impacts without jeopardising profitability or the steady supply of food, feed and biomaterials. IWMPRAISE aims to develop, test and assess management strategies delivered across whole cropping systems for four contrasting management scenarios representing typical crops in Europe.   Project Leader: Maurizio Settin IPSP personnel: Donato Loddo, Laura Scarabel, Silvia Panozzo. Start: 01/06/2017 End: 30/11/2022

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Compostaggio in situ per la tutela, la valorizzazione e la gestione Ecosostenibile dei Castagneti (PSR – CompoEcoCast)

The project aims at introducing logistic and process innovations, both agronomic and technological, in the chestnut ecoystem, relative to the management of c residues and therefore of the carbon cycle. The protocol is founded on the preparation of ligno-cellulosic piles deriving from both crop residues of the chestnut (fallen hedgehogs, pruning residues) and from the cleaning of the undergrowth, for the production of quality compost The project aim is thus the preservation and enhancement of the intrinsic biodiversity and the preservation of the biological fertility by improving the structure and…

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Olive Biodiversity for Saving Salento from Xylella (BIOSAVEX)

The Project will evaluate the response to natural infections of olive tree cultivars and clones of the cv Leccino to Xylella fastidiosa, for which there are field and molecular evidence indicating resistance to the bacterium. Transcriptomic and anatomo-physiology studies will be carried out in Leccino and in the susceptible cultivar Ogliarola salentina, aimed at evaluating the mechanisms of interaction and resistance / susceptibility to X. fastidiosa infections. Protocols for the management of olive orchards will also be implemented and validated to evaluate the use of the selected cultivars in different…

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Biocontrol of Xylella and its vector in olive trees for integrated pest management (BIOVEXO)

The BIOVEXO Project explores innovative biopesticides, which target the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Six candidate biocontrol solutions (bacterial strains, microbial metabolites, plant extracts, entomopathogenic fungus) acting either against X. fastidiosa or its vector will be tested within the BIOVEXO Project. These biopesticides will be evaluated for use in curative and preventive approaches of X. fastidiosa to control infections in olive and almond. Following the small-scale on-field validation and improved formulation, the BIOVEXO Project aims to upscale production of best-performing biopesticides. A large pilot scale on-field validation of control strategies for integrated pest management, including a real-life…

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