InnovPlantProtect received a visit from GREEN-IT
Last Tuesday, on the 11th of October, InnovPlantProtect (InPP) received the visit of Prof. Sophien Kamoun and Prof. Paul Christouthe of the Scientific Advisory Board and some researchers of the GREEN-IT Research Unit from Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica...
InPP participated in Rice Field Day
The InnovPlantProtect (InPP) team was present at Rice Field Day, promoted by Centro Operativo e Tecnológico do Arroz - COTArroz, which took place on 7th October, at COTArroz facilities, in Salvaterra de Magos. On this day, the research and innovation activities...
Can machine learning help to accelerate plant breeding programs and increase agricultural productivity?
An article recently published by the InnovPlantProtect (InPP) team reveals the potential of computational machine learning methods for predicting phenotypic traits, such as wheat yield, from genetic information of this plant. Machine learning(ML) is an area of data...
InPP received the visit of a delegation of members of the Catalonia government
On the 26th of August, InPP received the visit of the Minister of Foreign Action and Open Government of Catalonia, Victòria Alsina, and the delegate of the Government of Catalonia in Portugal, Rui Reis, who came accompanied by the Councilor of the Municipality of...
InPP team collects more samples of infected rice, this time in the Tagus
On the 18th of August, researchers from the Department of New Biopesticides of InnovPlantProtect (InPP), Pedro Rosa and Tiago Amaro, visited the Tagus/Sorraia basin, in Coruche and Porto Alto, in Samora Correia, to collect samples of rice infected with the fungal...
InnovPlantProtect was on RTP 1’s “Portugal em Direto” program
On the 3rd of August 2022, InnovPlantProtect (InPP) was featured on RTP 1's national television program, “Portugal em Direto”. RTP 1 issued a Special Report, carried out by journalist Teresa Marques, which disclosed the solution that our team has developed to inhibit...
InPP team collects samples of infected rice in Mondego to learn more about the fungus that attacks this crop
On the 1st of August, researchers at InnovPlantProtect (InPP), Cristina Azevedo and Rupesh Singh, traveled to the Mondego area, in Montemor-o-Velho, to collect samples of rice infected with fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, that causes rice blast disease, one of the...
InPP inaugurates new facilities in Elvas today
The new InnovPlantProtect (InPP) facilities, which involved an investment of 2.8 million euros, were officially opened this Thursday, 28th July, at 2:30 pm, in the building of the National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV) - Polo de Elvas, in...
InPP’s researchers submit the first provisional patent application
InnovPlantProtect’s researchers have just submitted the first provisional patent application for the industrial protection of a bacterial strain, isolated from nature and ecologically safe, which has high efficiency in controlling fire blight. Fire blight is a disease...
InPP obtains approval for two PRR Mobilizing Agendas
InPP has approved two mobilizing agendas of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) “Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation – Proposals for the Economy of the Future” in which it participates: InsectERA and Blue Bioeconomy Pact. The InsectERA agenda, which amounts...