{"id":11316,"date":"2023-10-03T14:07:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/?p=11316"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:40:20","slug":"alvigen-project-team-installs-traps-in-the-alentejo-to-capture-the-fungus-that-causes-gafa-in-olive-groves","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/eventos\/equipa-do-projeto-alvigen-instala-armadilhas-no-alentejo-para-capturar-o-fungo-causador-da-gafa-no-olival\/","title":{"rendered":"AlViGen project team installs traps in the Alentejo to capture the fungus that causes gafa in olive groves"},"content":{"rendered":"

From September until November, the \u201cAlViGen: Creation of a hub in the ALentejo for the GENomic VIgilance of diseases in agriculture\u201d project team will be in the field to install spore traps, known as capta-esporos, in olive groves in Portalegre, Monforte, Elvas, \u00c9vora and Beja. The traps make it possible to capture spores from fungal species that circulate in the air and, in particular, from different strains of the fungus Colletotrichum<\/em>, This is responsible for causing gafa disease in Olival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim is to identify some important characteristics of this pathogen, such as virulence and resistance to fungicides or pesticides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, the spore traps were installed in eight olive groves in the Alentejo (Alto, Central and Baixo), a region that is the main producer of this crop at a national level, and where the fungus Colletotrichum<\/em> has had a particular impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team will take samples every two weeks for three months a year during the olive tree's productive cycle. Regular monitoring of the diversity of fungal species circulating in the olive groves will also make it possible to detect the appearance of new pathogenic fungi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AlViGen, coordinated by InnovPlantProtect (InPP) in partnership with the University of \u00c9vora (WOW<\/a>), was one of the innovative pilot projects selected last October and funded by the La Caixa Foundation<\/a>, BPI Bank<\/a> and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT<\/a>), as part of the 4th edition of the Promove Program<\/a>. This project will enable InPP to create the capacity for early detection of multiple crop diseases, using molecular methods that allow the identification of important characteristics of pathogens, such as virulence, susceptible varieties and resistance to phytopharmaceuticals, benefiting producers and government authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more about the AlViGen project on the project website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A partir do m\u00eas de setembro e at\u00e9 novembro, a equipa do projeto \u201cAlViGen: Cria\u00e7\u00e3o de polo no ALentejo para a VIgil\u00e2ncia GEN\u00f3mica de doen\u00e7as na agricultura\u201d vai estar em campo para instalar armadilhas de esporos, conhecidas como capta-esporos, em olivais em Portalegre, Monforte, Elvas, \u00c9vora e Beja. As armadilhas permitem captar esporos das esp\u00e9cies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11436,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11316","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/11316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/11316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14951,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/11316\/revisions\/14951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}