EFSA visits InnovPlantProtect

This Wednesday, April 10, InnovPlantProtect (InPP) was visited by members of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

The visit to the city of Elvense was intended to take stock of the implementation of the XVectors.pt project, being carried out at the InPP and funded by EFSA.

The project aims to study the biology of insect vectors of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in Portugal, such as foam leafhoppers, one of the main insect vectors of the bacterium, which plays a key role in its spread in Europe.

InPP's executive director, Pedro Fevereiro, the director of the Pest and Disease Monitoring and Diagnosis department, Ilaria Marengo, and researchers Nuno Faria and Hadi Sheikhnejad, welcomed the team and explained the development of the XVectorspt project.

During the visit there was also the opportunity to see the facilities and technological equipment at #CoLAB and talk to some of our researchers.

Special thanks to EFSA for the visit!

More information about the project here.