OBJECTIVE The Douro Wine Region (DWR) in Portugal, a mountain viticulture region, presents great challenges, both in terms of vineyard management practices, in the adaptation of grape varieties and selection…
OBJECTIVE Considering the guidelines of Directive 2009/128/EC for the sustainable use of pesticides, the implementation of protection strategies against Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffmüller), is a fundamental practice for a…
Main project objective is to minimize, in a demonstrative and real way, the use of phytosanitary products of chemical origin in viticulture and also; to evaluate the practical implementation of…
Olive farming in Greece is facing serious challenges as a result of climate change, the saturation of the international olive oil market and the lack of data on cultivation. The…
The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae is an olive key pest that causes big economic losses in Mediterranean olive crops. This insect stings olive fruits where it lays its eggs…
The Directive 2009/128/EC aims to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU and came to reinforce the necessity of develop and implement effective strategies of crop protection, alternative…
The olive moth is an important pest of olives in the Mediterranean region, developing three generations per year that damage different organs of the olive tree: the phyllophagous generation feeds…
The olive moth develops three generations per year, each one synchronized with a specific olive tree organ. The phyllophagous generation, develops between November and April, and larvae feeds on leaves…
The olive fruit fly is a major pest of olives worldwide. Females lay the eggs inside the fruits and larvae live as fruit miners within the mesocarp, consuming the olive…
With the aim to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU, the Directive 2009/128/EC, comes to reinforce the necessity of develop and implement strategies of crop protection that…
Integrated novel strategies for reducing the use and impact of pesticides, towards sustainable mediterranean vineyards and olive groves
The NOVATERRA project has received funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 grant agreement number 101000554.