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...
Elvas and Portalegre students fascinated with plants… and science
InnovPlantProtect promotes the 1st Meeting of Ciência Viva Clubs from Portalegre district Secndary Schools,during the week of Fascination of Plants Day 2022. They arrived curious and expectant, and left feeling enriched and wanting more. Delighted with what they...
InnovPlantProtect at the 38th Ovibeja agrifair
(In update) Collaborative laboratory (CoLAB) InnovPlantProtect (InPP) is present at Portuguese Ovibeja 2022 agrifair. You can visit us at stand 64 in the Institutional Pavilion, at Parque de Feiras e Exposições Manuel de Castro e Brito, in Beja, Alentejo, from April...