holistic management of emerging forest pests and diseases
Adopting a holistic and multi-actor approach, HOMED aims to develop a full panel of scientific knowledge and practical solutions for the management of emerging native and non-native PnPs threatening European forests.
Within HOMED, forest health will be considered broadly, including trees not only in forests, but also in nurseries, urban and rural areas owing to the key epidemiological role of these components. Innovation will be central, as the new tools for PnPs management will benefit from cutting-edge technology in biology, electronics, mathematics and physics.
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HOMED’s collection of practice abstracts featured on EIP-AGRI
As part of the promotional and dissemination toolset of HOMED, selected to make the results of the project available across stakeholders and the general public, a collection... read more
New research presents findings on tree diversity and forest resistance to insect pests
An article recently published for review in advance in the Annual Review of Entomology analyses the effects of increasing tree species richness on tree resistance to pest damage.... read more
New research questions the effectiveness of clear-cutting for eradicating pine wood nematode
An article recently published in the Journal of Applied Ecology analyses the effectiveness of clear-cutting as a method for combating the spread of pine wood nematode (PWN) in... read more