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.
Latest from the project
Science Magazine features HOMED’s research
A Science Magazine article talks about ways to identify potential insect invaders, with the goal to avoid the harmful ecological and economic consequences that they are causing.... read more
New paper on the behaviour of processionary caterpillars
Recently, a new paper on the Movement behaviour of two social urticating caterpillars in opposite hemispheres has been published in the Movement ecology journal. This is... read more
Vigil‘Ink app helps citizen scientists diagnose plant disease
The mobile app Vigil’Ink developed within HOMED enables citizens to detect the chestnut ink disease (CID) - the most damaging disease for chestnut trees. Vigil’Ink... read more