INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

CA21142 - Fruit tree Crop REsponses to Water deficit and decision support Systems applications (FruitCREWS)

Fruit crops - Water scarcity - Irrigation - Plant Physiology - Plant sensors

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Strengthening capacities of phytosanitary sector in the field of plant varieties registration, including improvement of variety testing authorities

To goal of this project is capacity building of the Serbian Department for Plant Variety Registration staff, within the Plant Protection Directorate (PPD) and related institutions to apply best practices in the area of plant variety testing and registration pursuant to the relevant EU regulations.

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Regulated non quarantine pest project

In 2016-2018, EPPO led a project on Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests (RNQPs) for the EU (below referred to as the ‘RNQP Project part 1’. This project included the development of a methodology for assessing the RNQP status of pests, as well as the implementation of that methodology to candidate organisms identified for various sectors. However, the RNQP Project part I did not include the assessment of pest/host combinations from the EU fruit Marketing Directives (Regulation 2008/90/EC and its implementing Regulation 2014/98/EU) which had been recently updated.

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The development of an integrated pest, disease and natural hazard management system in agricultural crops

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Containment of sharka virus in view of EU-expansion (SharCo)

SharCo is aimed at helping the EU face the accession of Member States known as endemic of sharka disease by providing the EU with tools such as marker-assisted selection, PPV resistant plant materials, guidelines, warning systems, decision-support system. On that purpose, the project will, in the field of epidemiology, identify driving factors of PPV spread and diversification and develop novel and highthrough-put detection systems warning sharka outbreaks. In the field of genetics, it will provide molecular markers for the implementation of marker assisted selection of PPV resistant fruit varieties. In the field of biology, we will assess innovative biotechnological approaches to broaden resistance to PPV in different fruit tree species. Finally, in order to develop a PPV outbreak management, we will elaborate i) guidelines for endusers and policy makers concerning cultivation and risk management, ii) an early warning system coupled with a decision support system. All knowledge and tools developed by the project will be widely disseminated all over Europe with special attention made to PPV endemic countries.

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