A European research project for the protection of fruit production + trade threats posed by fruit flies

Fruit Flies have been subjects of very extensive international research and development for decades, due to significant socioeconomic concerns to the devastating threats they pose to the global and European fruit production and trade.

The project aims to introduce “in silico” supported prevention, detection and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches for both new and emerging Fruit Flies, based on spatial modelling across a wide range of spatial levels, novel decision support systems, and new knowledge regarding biological traits of the target species, fruit trading and socioeconomics.

Having a deep understanding of all aspects of fruit fly invasion and recognizing the international dimension of the phenomenon, we have established a consortium of 21 partners (15 from EU, 2 from South Africa, 1 from Israel, USA, China, Australia) to work towards providing scientific answers and practical solutions for the whole range of stakeholders dealing in fruit production and trading in Europe and elsewhere.

FF-IPM Bulletin

Read the 6th issue of FF-IPM's newsletter, get the latest news of our project and learn how nematodes can help on fruit-fly control.
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EU funded project

University of Thessaly

COORDINATOR

71 scientists

21 partners

17 countries

54 months

EU funded project

71 scientists

21 partners

17 countries

48 months

Project Timeline

Latest News & Events

March 4, 2023
FF-IPM at the 8th Panhellenic Plant Protection Meeting
From Tuesday 21/2/2023 to Friday 24/2/2023 the 8th Panhellenic Plant Protection Meeting took place, in Larissa, Greece organized by the Region of Thessaly in collaboration with […]
January 24, 2023
11th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance (ISFFEI), Sydney
FF-IPM consortium representatives had the honour to participate to the 11th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance (ISFFEI, 13-18/11/2022) in Sydney, Australia, Macquarie University. […]
November 6, 2022
Fruit flyer Bulletin #6
Τhe sixth Newsletter Publication of the EU-funded research project FF-IPM. Newsletters will be published quarterly, highlighting the actions, news, progress related to the issue at hand. […]
September 6, 2022
Fruit flyer Bulletin #5
Τhe fifth Newsletter Publication of the EU-funded research project FF-IPM. Newsletters will be published quarterly, highlighting the actions, news, progress related to the issue at hand. […]
June 30, 2022
Important distinction for Vasilis Rodovitis at the ISHS Young Mind Awards Competition
Vasilis Rodovitis participated in the ISHS Young Mind Awards Competition organized by the Symposium with a presentation entitled “Population dynamics of Mediterranean fruit fly in mixed […]
June 15, 2022
Participation in Hortgro Technical Symposium 2022
On the 6 – 10 June, 2022, Prof. Nikos Papadopoulos presented an invited talk entitled “Managing new and emerging pests in a changing world: the fruit […]

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