Bad news for the French Pine forests! 😩

First outbreak of the #Pinewood #Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus on Maritime #Pine (Pinus pinaster) in the Landes de Gascogne Forest (Southwest France).

#PWN #ForestHealth #ForestPathology

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🔬🌾 6th EURL Annual Workshop held in @HAPIH Croatia, covered topics: PT Performances, Method Validation, Nematode Outbreak Response, Tracing/Tracking, NRL–NPPO Communication, and Emerging Threats +more! Sharing knowledge across our network
#PlantHealth @anses-fr.bsky.social @ILVO @USDA @ec.europa.eu

🪱 Last week EPPO took part in the Annual Workshop of the European Reference Laboratory for Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Zagreb.

The workshop covered EURL activities, methods validation, emerging and regulated nematodes, and general updates in nematology.

New #CitizenScience App on the @SPOTTERON Platform! The BOB (acronym for Behavioural Observations in Beetles) App, an initiative by @CREARicerca, is dedicated to contributing to the behavioral study of protected insects in Europe.
More information: www.spotteron.net/apps/global-...