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OPTIMA: Optimised Pest
Integrated Management to precisely detect and control plant diseases in
perennial crops and open-field vegetables Grant Agreement number:
773718 Coordinator at UC: Fausto Freire Proponent Institution: Agricultural
University of Athens (AUA) Projects
Partners: AUA, UPC, ILVO, UNITO, IRSTEA, WR, UC, IRHS-INRA, FEDE,
CAFFINI, AGE, APRO, Terre da Vino, INVENIO, ECPA,
CERTH Funding
Entity: European Union – Horizon 2020 Funding: 3 425
662.50€
Project website: http://optima-h2020.eu
Social media: Facebook
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environmentally friendly IPM framework for vineyards, apple orchards and
carrots by providing a holistic integrated approach which includes all
critical aspects related to integrated disease management, such as i) novel bio-PPPs use, ii) disease prediction models,
iii) spectral early disease detection systems and iv) precision spraying
techniques. It will contribute significantly to the reduction of the European
agriculture reliance on chemical PPPs resulting in reduced use of
agrochemicals, lower residues and reduced impacts on human health. OPTIMA
will optimize disease prediction models for downy mildew in vineyards, apple
scab in apple orchards and alternaria leaf blight
in carrots to envisage faster the possibility of disease outspread and
developing advanced early detection methods based on spectral imaging and
deep learning techniques to precisely localise and
quantify the infection. It will evaluate and screen biological and synthetic PPPs for their combined ability to control the selected
diseases and weigh the optimum dosage and application timing and identifying
and characterize induced host resistance mechanisms to achieve higher and
durable resistance. It will enhance and develop three innovative prototype
sprayers (for carrots, apple orchards and vineyards) actuating different
nozzle types and adopting variable rate control based on canopy
characteristics, the pathogen dispersal and disease development. The holistic
developed IPM system will be tested and assessed in field conditions with the
three selected crops. The advanced sprayer prototypes and the monitoring
system will be tested in real-time to record field
efficacy and potential discrepancies from the expected effectiveness. OPTIMA
will finally, assess health, environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the
proposed IPM system in comparison to conventional systems using an extended
Life-Cycle approach integrated with Human and Environmental Risk Assessment. Research Team UC Fausto Freire José Paulo Sousa Luís Dias (two additional researchers to be hired) |
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