{"id":13101,"date":"2024-06-05T15:58:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/?p=13101"},"modified":"2025-05-14T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:20:09","slug":"innovplantprotect-vence-projeto-europeu-para-ajudar-os-viticultores-a-combater-uma-das-principais-pragas-das-vinhas-alentejanas","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/eventos\/innovplantprotect-vence-projeto-europeu-para-ajudar-os-viticultores-a-combater-uma-das-principais-pragas-das-vinhas-alentejanas\/","title":{"rendered":"InnovPlantProtect wins European project to help winegrowers fight one of the main pests in Alentejo vineyards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The project \u201cAI4Leafhopper: Automatic Infestation Alert for Leafhopper using Drone Imagery\u201d, led by InnovPlantProtect (InPP), is one of the six winners of the 1st edition of the PULL applications of the Horizon Europe ICAERUS program, in the \u201cAgriculture, Forestry and Rural Challenges\u201d category, focused on end users who can use drones and their services to address commercial and\/or rural community challenges. The project will use advanced technologies such as drones to control infestations caused by the green leafhopper in the vineyards of the Alentejo, providing the
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The green leafhopper (or cicada) is an emerging pest of great concern, affecting the yield and quality of wine production. However, the solutions for controlling this pest are very limited and inconsistently effective between different years, especially in organic production. In the current context of climate change in the Alentejo region, the green leafhopper represents one of the biggest challenges facing wine producers in terms of pests, with a moderate to high impact on production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green leafhopper, scientific name Jacobiasca lybica, one of the main pests of vineyards in the Alentejo, an insect species targeted by the AI4Leafhopper project. (Photo by Christophe Quintin | Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAI4Leafhopper aims to develop an innovative system that uses data collected at air and ground level, combining images captured by drones with leafhopper population data collected by conventional traps,\u201d explains iLaria Marengo, the InPP researcher responsible for the project. \u201cThe system will be designed to inform the grower about when, where and with what intensity the leafhopper is attacking their vines, predicting the risk of the critical level of symptoms up to two weeks in advance and detecting symptomatic plants in advance,\u201d adds Manisha Sirsat, an InPP researcher also involved in AI4Leafhopper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drone flight in the vineyard at the Reynolds Wine Growers estate in Arronches (Photo by InnovPlantProtect)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The digital solutions proposed by AI4Leafhopper will allow wine producers to minimize the costs and environmental impact of pesticide application, reducing phytochemical applications and CO2 emissions thanks to the precise (spatial and temporal) application of these products, as well as reducing the costs of improving wine quality post-harvest. In addition, these solutions will also allow winegrowers to make better use of their working hours and resources, by reducing the time dedicated to monitoring pests and allowing faster decisions on pest control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to InPP, the AI4Leafhopper project includes the companies Reynolds Wine Growers and Jo\u00e3o Portugal Ramos, with whom the collaborative laboratory has been working since 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about AI4Leafhopper, visit the project website here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AI4Leafhopper project was one of six sub-projects awarded by the ICAERUS Horizon Europe program, as part of the first application focused on end users who can use drones and their services to address commercial and\/or rural community challenges. The first edition of the PULL program awarded nearly 50,000 euros to a total of 6 innovative pilot projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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O projeto \u201cAI4Leafhopper: Automatic Infestation Alert for Leafhopper using Drone Imagery\u201d, liderado pelo InnovPlantProtect (InPP), \u00e9 um dos seis vencedores da 1\u00aa edi\u00e7\u00e3o das candidaturas PULL do programa Horizonte Europa ICAERUS, na categoria \u201cAgricultura, Floresta e Desafios Rurais\u201d, focada em utilizadores finais que podem usar drones e os seus servi\u00e7os para enfrentar desafios comerciais e\/ou […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13106,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13101","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/13101","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\/13101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15765,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/13101\/revisions\/15765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}