@stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social’s Word of the Week: Remote Sensing 🛰️🍇
#Satellites, #drones and #sensors help us monitor the Earth’s surface from a distance, supporting smarter agriculture and better #planthealth monitoring!
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🏆 Meet the winners!

Four changemakers are turning learning into action, empowering farmers, protecting forests, strengthening #PlantHealth, inspiring youth & more.

Read their stories & the impact of @fao.org's #elearning Academy 🔗 https://elearning.fao.org/youth-contest#winners

Behind the crime vs. The crime scene. 🔍

Left: A flightless, nocturnal black vine weevil.

Right: The telltale irregular notches they leave on foliage.

Early detection of leaf-notching is key to protecting your plants before their subterranean larvae cause serious root damage! 🌿❌

#PlantHealth

Just a few days left to register for #IPPM2026: Technological Innovation for Integrated Pest, Pathogen and Weed Management 🐛🦠🌱

⏰ In-person registration closes 20th October! ⏰
👉 cvent.me/EyM7bm

#IPM #planthealth #plantpathology #plantscience #cropprotection #biocontrol

🌱🧬 New #OpenAccess Research 🧬🌱

Goodbye ineffective preventive measures, hello to...

"A nanobiotechnological approach to control non-persistent aphid-transmitted plant viruses, based on functionalized virus-like particles"
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#plantscience #virology #planthealth @csic.es

🍊 Can a citrus disease have a smell?

#CITRUSBUSTERS found distinct volatile compounds linked to Citrus Black Spot, including higher geraniol and nerol levels in diseased lemons. Could these chemical clues support earlier detection?

#PlantHealth

FYI: France Opens Consultation on New Rules for Flavescence Dorée #FlavescenceDorée #FranceAgriculture #EURegulations #PlantHealth #VineyardManagement

Up to 30 Plant Health Professional Development Awards are available from @rsb.org.uk, providing free Plant Health Professional Registration, RSB membership, mentoring, training & CPD.

Apply by 1 Dec - details below

#PlantHealth #ProfessionalDevelopment #PlantScience #Mentorship #CPD

Healthy crops. Stronger harvests. Sustainable farming!

Effective pest and disease management is essential to protecting crops, reducing losses, and improving farm productivity.
#PestManagement #CropProtection #IntegratedPestManagement #SustainableAgriculture #PlantHealth #Farmers

🛰️ STELLA Word of the Week: 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴
Satellites, drones and sensors help monitor plant health from a distance.
🎙️ Hear more in our next 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 episode.
📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@STELLAHoriz...
#STELLAProject #HorizonEU #PlantHealth #STELLATalks

Join us at IPPM 2026: Technological Innovation for Integrated Pest, Pathogen and Weed Management 🐛🦠🌱

Register now 👉 cvent.me/EyM7bm
⏰ In-person registration closes 20th October! ⏰

#IPM #planthealth #plantpathology #plantscience #cropprotection #biocontrol

The new @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social Talks #podcast series is coming 🔜
Discover how #IoT, #AI & remote sensing are changing the way we monitor #planthealth.
🔔Subscribe to its YouTube channel and don’t miss the upcoming episodes!
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🌲 PurPest was showcased at the 10th Portuguese National Forestry Congress in Coimbra, 5–9 October, bringing its concept for early detection of the pinewood nematode to an event with 350+ forestry stakeholders.

#PurPest #PlantHealth #ForestHealth

🍊 HLB can hide in citrus trees for years. Could the microbiome help reveal it earlier?

#CITRUSBUSTERS AI models achieved 71–79% accuracy in distinguishing healthy from HLB-infected trees using microbial data.

#PlantHealth

Webinar all aabout Virology 🧬 🌱
📅 Tuesday 27th October
⏰ 2pm GMT | 3pm CET | 10am EDT

Ft talks from
🍋 Svetlana Y. Folimonova
🪲 Hana Azuma @camplantsci.bsky.social
🥒 Esperanza Gea Caballero @csic.es

Register for FREE 👉 buff.ly/RLCfjrS

#planthealth #virology #plantscience

✍️🍅 #OurNewPreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Incorporating host traits into analysis of parasite life-history reveals facilitation in coinfection experiments.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Tetranychus #TSWV #PlantHealth #LifeHistory

Working in #PlantHealth & want showcase your achievements? Then apply for our Plant Health #ProfessionalDevelopment Award!

The Award aims to support professionals by offering a free route to official certification & career support.

📆 Apply by 1 Dec

Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health...

🌱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁: STELLA, @forsaid.eu & CERBERUS
Explore shared work on early detection, remote sensing, AI, smart monitoring & citizen science.
📄 Read more & download: tinyurl.com/fvkphedu
#STELLAProject #HorizonEU #PlantHealth

FYI: Italian report details how certified vines are screened before reaching vineyards #Vineyards #Grapevines #Viticulture #Winemaking #PlantHealth