{"id":12586,"date":"2024-03-25T17:16:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/?p=12586"},"modified":"2025-05-14T17:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:20:10","slug":"innovplantprotect-shows-biologically-and-digitally-based-solutions-for-crop-protection-in-braga","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/eventos\/innovplantprotect-mostrou-solucoes-de-base-biologica-e-digital-para-protecao-de-culturas-a-braga\/","title":{"rendered":"InnovPlantProtect showed biological and digital solutions for crop protection in Braga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The InnovPlantProtect (InPP) collaborative laboratory (CoLAB) was present for the first time at the 56th edition of AGRO - International Agriculture, Livestock and Food Fair, at stand no. F88 in the Altice F\u00f3rum Braga, between March 21 and 24, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the stand it was possible to learn more about InPP's activity in the field of developing innovative bio-based and digital solutions for crop protection against pests and diseases, including specific services and products that CoLAB is already prepared to offer the agricultural sector and the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12603\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240323_152646-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12603\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12605\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240321_103616-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12605\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12607\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240321_104147-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12607\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credits: InnovPlantProtect - In\u00eas Ferreira <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three of InPP's researchers, Alexandra Machado, Jo\u00e3o Cola\u00e7o and Nuno Faria, and the communications manager, In\u00eas Ferreira, were on site throughout the four days of the fair to demonstrate InPP's various capabilities to visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of New Biopesticides, for example, brought biological control agents (BCA) - fungi and bacteria in Petri dishes, namely the fungus <em>Magnaporthe oryzae<\/em>, which causes pyriculariosis of rice, as well as some BCA that inhibit the<em> M. oryzae<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the team also took several species of powdered algae in different colors, such as blue, green and red, which have been explored as part of the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.algaevertical.com\/ \ud83d\udd17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vertical Algae<\/a>, The aim of the project, which is part of the Blue Bioeconomy Pact Mobilizing Agenda, is to understand their capacity as biopesticides against fungi and bacteria that cause disease in various agricultural crops that are important for national agriculture and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12627\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240322_102125-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12627\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12629\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240322_160633-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12629\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12631\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240322_163933-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12631\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credits: InnovPlantProtect - In\u00eas Ferreira <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/iplantprotect_dept\/formulations-and-process-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Formulations and Process Development<\/a> took small alginate capsules with dyes, which encapsulate biological control agents, to exemplify the process of encapsulating active biocontrol agents that the department is working on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12639\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240324_113927-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12639\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12641\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240321_105134-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12641\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12643\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240323_190017-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12643\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credits: InnovPlantProtect - In\u00eas Ferreira <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/iplantprotect_dept\/data-management-and-risk-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data Management and Risk Analysis<\/a>&nbsp;spoke about microbiome analysis and the development of risk models, and presented some of the applications developed by the InPP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/iplantprotect_dept\/protection-of-specific-crops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protection of Specific Crops<\/a>, It was also possible to learn more about the laboratory services we offer, namely molecular identification and diagnosis, as well as to see wheat, ryegrass, Persian clover and tomato plants, crops that have been used in the SP6 sub-project of the Blue Economy Pact to test the biostimulant and bioprotective capacity of different varieties of algae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12651\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240323_144500-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12651\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12653\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240324_150650-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12653\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12655\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240323_154523-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12655\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credits: InnovPlantProtect - In\u00eas Ferreira <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/iplantprotect_dept\/monitoring-and-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pest and Disease Monitoring and Diagnosis<\/a>&nbsp;presented the projects \u201cABC - AgriBioCircular\u201d, \u201cMoniTREEng\u201d and \u201cArtificial Intelligence applied to a prediction and early detection system for&nbsp;<em>Phytophthora cinnamomi<\/em>&nbsp;in dehesa ecosystems\u201d. Also featured were decision support systems based on GIS, spatial databases and web\/mobile applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12669\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240323_103310-1-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12669\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12667\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240322_172848-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12667\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12665\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240324_165429-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12665\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credits: InnovPlantProtect - In\u00eas Ferreira <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the first day of the 56th edition of AGRO, the InPP stand was visited by the Mayor of Braga, Ricardo Rio, who learned about CoLAB's activities and the various projects underway. Also on this day, the InPP team received a visit from Palmira Maciel, candidate for the Braga constituency in the Portuguese Parliament, who was accompanied by S\u00edlvia Sousa, one of the members of the Socialist Party's candidacy for Braga City Council in the Municipal Elections of September 26, 2021, led by Hugo Pires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12615\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240321_120813-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12615\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12617\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240321_120830-1-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12617\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"12673\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240321_122226-2-edited.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12673\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credits: InnovPlantProtect - In\u00eas Ferreira <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Videos, photos and presentations were always available on a television, so that visitors could virtually \u201center\u201d our house, laboratories, fieldwork, events and other initiatives, as well as chat with the team present to welcome them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CoLAB's participation in AGRO Braga was positive, attracting a wide range of visitors, including industry professionals, farmers and students.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O laborat\u00f3rio colaborativo (CoLAB) InnovPlantProtect (InPP) esteve presente, pela primeira vez, na 56.\u00aa edi\u00e7\u00e3o da AGRO \u2013 Feira Internacional de Agricultura, Pecu\u00e1ria e Alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o, no stand n.\u00ba F88 no Altice F\u00f3rum Braga, entre os dias 21 e 24 de mar\u00e7o de 2024. No stand foi poss\u00edvel conhecer melhor a atividade do InPP no \u00e2mbito do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12637,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12586","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/12586","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/12586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15837,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/12586\/revisions\/15837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}