Our first step towards a semi-automated approach for finding relevant VOC profiles of plant pests and pathogens has recently been published in Scientific Reports. 🥼🦠🔬

It's the first publication of our PhD-student Sarah! 🎉🥳
She developed a multivariate evaluation method of GC-MS data and found a few more possible VOC markers for ALB infestation in maple trees compared to a manual evaluation.

Read more: https://rdcu.be/exF4r

#science #publication #research #volatiles #PlantProtection #ALB #AsianLonghornedBeetle #QuarantinePests #chemometrics

Meanwhile in Italy.. @pestsurvey is looking for exit holes of the #AsianLonghornedBeetle in the upper canopy of maples, poplars, birch, willows and other species.
Check out the #PestSurveyCard https://bit.ly/3FDHjNe
RT @pestsurvey: #Tarloasiatico. Stiamo completando in questi giorni le attività di sorveglianza specifica per #Anoplophora glabripennis. A volte le indagini 👀 possono essere molto impegnative e costose💰....
#PlantHealth 🔎🌳

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1638444070115655681