Eduardo de la Peña
@agricoedu.bsky.social
Professor at Ghent University, Department of Plants and Crops @UGent plant production, crop protection, agro-diversity RT≠endorse
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Another step towards more sustainable #pest control methods
We published a protocol for standardising evaluations of emergency authorisations of insecticides & acaricides.
It will help ensure approvals are consistent, & that sustainable alternatives are fully considered.
🔗 doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
We published a protocol for standardising evaluations of emergency authorisations of insecticides & acaricides.
It will help ensure approvals are consistent, & that sustainable alternatives are fully considered.
🔗 doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
Protocol for the evaluation of emergency authorisations of insecticides and acaricides submitted under Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
The protocol provides a structured approach for evaluating emergency authorisations of insecticides and acaricides under Article 53 of EU Regulation 1107/2009. It aims to standardise the evaluation o...
doi.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Another step towards more sustainable #pest control methods
We published a protocol for standardising evaluations of emergency authorisations of insecticides & acaricides.
It will help ensure approvals are consistent, & that sustainable alternatives are fully considered.
🔗 doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
We published a protocol for standardising evaluations of emergency authorisations of insecticides & acaricides.
It will help ensure approvals are consistent, & that sustainable alternatives are fully considered.
🔗 doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
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A nice shot of tonight's full moon.
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
A nice shot of tonight's full moon.
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📢 EFSA's 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa | Registration & abstract submission now open!
🗓️ 22–26 June 2026, Bari (Italy)
Join leading experts to discuss the latest science on detection, epidemiology & sustainable management.
✍️ www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/5t...
#Xylella #PlantHealth
🗓️ 22–26 June 2026, Bari (Italy)
Join leading experts to discuss the latest science on detection, epidemiology & sustainable management.
✍️ www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/5t...
#Xylella #PlantHealth
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
📢 EFSA's 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa | Registration & abstract submission now open!
🗓️ 22–26 June 2026, Bari (Italy)
Join leading experts to discuss the latest science on detection, epidemiology & sustainable management.
✍️ www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/5t...
#Xylella #PlantHealth
🗓️ 22–26 June 2026, Bari (Italy)
Join leading experts to discuss the latest science on detection, epidemiology & sustainable management.
✍️ www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/5t...
#Xylella #PlantHealth
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Homenajeamos en DIGITAL.CSIC a Antonio García Bellido, con la recopilación de su extenso y pionero legado científico en Biología del desarrollo. Descubre su perfil científico en digital.csic.es/cris/rp/rp15...
February 2, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Homenajeamos en DIGITAL.CSIC a Antonio García Bellido, con la recopilación de su extenso y pionero legado científico en Biología del desarrollo. Descubre su perfil científico en digital.csic.es/cris/rp/rp15...
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The hydrological situation across a large part of the Iberian Peninsula is alarming, to say the least, and conditions are set to worsen as several powerful atmospheric rivers are forecast; major flooding cannot be ruled out.
February 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The hydrological situation across a large part of the Iberian Peninsula is alarming, to say the least, and conditions are set to worsen as several powerful atmospheric rivers are forecast; major flooding cannot be ruled out.
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Paper alert! Our study about functional motifs is out in PNAS. We use food webs as an example to discuss how small subgraphs drive the dynamics in complex systems. While motifs that determine overall stability are rare, when it comes to reactivity, we show that small groups dominate system behavior.
New paper with @mhab.bsky.social @jdyeakel.bsky.social and @thilogross.bsky.social out now in @pnas.org! We show when and why you can know something about an entire network, just by knowing the behavior of it's building blocks: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Functional motifs in food webs and networks | PNAS
When studying a complex system, it is often useful to think of the system as a network
of interacting units. One can then ask if some properties of...
doi.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Paper alert! Our study about functional motifs is out in PNAS. We use food webs as an example to discuss how small subgraphs drive the dynamics in complex systems. While motifs that determine overall stability are rare, when it comes to reactivity, we show that small groups dominate system behavior.
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512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close. https://scim.ag/4t6j94X
A motley crew of fossils illuminates an ancient, mysterious extinction event
512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close
scim.ag
February 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close. https://scim.ag/4t6j94X
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Do agricultural diversification practices pay off in the long run? Our new paper synthesizes 100+ years of evidence showing that diversification practices become more profitable over time and delivers growing benefits for soils, biodiversity, and carbon.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-term agricultural diversification increases financial profitability, biodiversity, and ecosystem services: a second-order meta-analysis - Nature Communications
Feeding a growing population while protecting the environment is a major global challenge. This study suggests that agricultural diversification enhances long-term profitability, biodiversity, soil he...
www.nature.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Do agricultural diversification practices pay off in the long run? Our new paper synthesizes 100+ years of evidence showing that diversification practices become more profitable over time and delivers growing benefits for soils, biodiversity, and carbon.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🪶 Cedar Waxwings have been seen in 49/50 states this month (sorry Hawaii.) If you head outside this weekend, maybe you'll see one. Hope you find something beautiful.
January 30, 2026 at 7:43 PM
🪶 Cedar Waxwings have been seen in 49/50 states this month (sorry Hawaii.) If you head outside this weekend, maybe you'll see one. Hope you find something beautiful.
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#Climate change could cause more than 500,000 #malaria #deaths in #Africa ...
| #ClimateChange | #disease | #infections | #GlobalWarming | #GHGs | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
| #ClimateChange | #disease | #infections | #GlobalWarming | #GHGs | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
Climate change could cause more than 500,000 malaria deaths in Africa by 2050
New research published today in Nature warns climate change could substantially increase malaria burden in Africa over the coming decades. The study projects that a middle-of-the-road climate…
medicalxpress.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
#Climate change could cause more than 500,000 #malaria #deaths in #Africa ...
| #ClimateChange | #disease | #infections | #GlobalWarming | #GHGs | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
| #ClimateChange | #disease | #infections | #GlobalWarming | #GHGs | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
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Around the Lab 💫
Today, CERN’s #PhotoOfTheWeek features a series of images captured by Gregory Milasseau during the 2025 CERN Photowalk competition. #PhysPics25
👉 Vote now and help select the global winners: www.interactions.org/photowalk-vo...
📸 by @gregseth
Today, CERN’s #PhotoOfTheWeek features a series of images captured by Gregory Milasseau during the 2025 CERN Photowalk competition. #PhysPics25
👉 Vote now and help select the global winners: www.interactions.org/photowalk-vo...
📸 by @gregseth
January 28, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Around the Lab 💫
Today, CERN’s #PhotoOfTheWeek features a series of images captured by Gregory Milasseau during the 2025 CERN Photowalk competition. #PhysPics25
👉 Vote now and help select the global winners: www.interactions.org/photowalk-vo...
📸 by @gregseth
Today, CERN’s #PhotoOfTheWeek features a series of images captured by Gregory Milasseau during the 2025 CERN Photowalk competition. #PhysPics25
👉 Vote now and help select the global winners: www.interactions.org/photowalk-vo...
📸 by @gregseth
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🚰❌ NUEVO | 257.000 personas sin agua potable en sus casas por exceso de nitratos en 2024 y más de un millón viven en zonas críticas a esta contaminación
332 municipios españoles superaron durante 2024 el límite legal
🚫 No se puede beber, ni cocinar, ni lavarse los dientes
332 municipios españoles superaron durante 2024 el límite legal
🚫 No se puede beber, ni cocinar, ni lavarse los dientes
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
🚰❌ NUEVO | 257.000 personas sin agua potable en sus casas por exceso de nitratos en 2024 y más de un millón viven en zonas críticas a esta contaminación
332 municipios españoles superaron durante 2024 el límite legal
🚫 No se puede beber, ni cocinar, ni lavarse los dientes
332 municipios españoles superaron durante 2024 el límite legal
🚫 No se puede beber, ni cocinar, ni lavarse los dientes
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The Iberian wildcat population is at risk of extinction. In Portugal, it is estimated that fewer than 100 individuals remain. In Spain, monitoring carried out in recent years indicates a decline of more than 30% in the species' range.
More info: secem.es/novedades/la...
Imagen: @ Héctor Ruiz
More info: secem.es/novedades/la...
Imagen: @ Héctor Ruiz
January 21, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The Iberian wildcat population is at risk of extinction. In Portugal, it is estimated that fewer than 100 individuals remain. In Spain, monitoring carried out in recent years indicates a decline of more than 30% in the species' range.
More info: secem.es/novedades/la...
Imagen: @ Héctor Ruiz
More info: secem.es/novedades/la...
Imagen: @ Héctor Ruiz
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7ª ed. del curso 'Optimizando #Rstats para el análisis de datos en Ecología'
4-8 mayo 2026, Jaca, Huesca
www.aeet.org/events/2026/...
4-8 mayo 2026, Jaca, Huesca
www.aeet.org/events/2026/...
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
7ª ed. del curso 'Optimizando #Rstats para el análisis de datos en Ecología'
4-8 mayo 2026, Jaca, Huesca
www.aeet.org/events/2026/...
4-8 mayo 2026, Jaca, Huesca
www.aeet.org/events/2026/...
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🍍🧬 New article in @aobp.bsky.social addressing how genetic and genomic resources are transforming the improvement of tropical and subtropical fruits, from yield and quality to shelf-life and stress resilience.
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qktv
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qktv
#PlantScience
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 AM
🍍🧬 New article in @aobp.bsky.social addressing how genetic and genomic resources are transforming the improvement of tropical and subtropical fruits, from yield and quality to shelf-life and stress resilience.
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qktv
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qktv
#PlantScience
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A new anti-biofilm strategy ...
| #biofilm | #pathogen | #bacteria | #infections | By @asm.org via @sciencex.bsky.social
| #biofilm | #pathogen | #bacteria | #infections | By @asm.org via @sciencex.bsky.social
Piercing pathogens: A new anti-biofilm strategy
A bacterial cell settles onto a nondescript surface. It is plump, healthy and functioning as it should. Nothing appears amiss.
phys.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A new anti-biofilm strategy ...
| #biofilm | #pathogen | #bacteria | #infections | By @asm.org via @sciencex.bsky.social
| #biofilm | #pathogen | #bacteria | #infections | By @asm.org via @sciencex.bsky.social
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New paper, Great news:
We have been saying for years that making the editorial board more diverse was needed
We now show that diverse team of editors makes for more diverse reviewers
More Inclusive=Better Science
Things are getting better on this❤️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We have been saying for years that making the editorial board more diverse was needed
We now show that diverse team of editors makes for more diverse reviewers
More Inclusive=Better Science
Things are getting better on this❤️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
New paper, Great news:
We have been saying for years that making the editorial board more diverse was needed
We now show that diverse team of editors makes for more diverse reviewers
More Inclusive=Better Science
Things are getting better on this❤️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We have been saying for years that making the editorial board more diverse was needed
We now show that diverse team of editors makes for more diverse reviewers
More Inclusive=Better Science
Things are getting better on this❤️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Herbicide‐induced metabolic changes in a plant–aphid system: how soil bacteria drive the fate and impact of a residual dose of Isoproturon?
Beringue et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/9FHUHZ...
Beringue et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/9FHUHZ...
January 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Herbicide‐induced metabolic changes in a plant–aphid system: how soil bacteria drive the fate and impact of a residual dose of Isoproturon?
Beringue et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/9FHUHZ...
Beringue et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/9FHUHZ...
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New R Coding for Ecology chapter on measuring landscape patterns with landscapemetrics and motif 📊🌍
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Preprint: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Code: github.com/Nowosad/land...
#LandscapeEcology #RSpatial #GIS
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Preprint: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Code: github.com/Nowosad/land...
#LandscapeEcology #RSpatial #GIS
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
New R Coding for Ecology chapter on measuring landscape patterns with landscapemetrics and motif 📊🌍
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Preprint: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Code: github.com/Nowosad/land...
#LandscapeEcology #RSpatial #GIS
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Preprint: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Code: github.com/Nowosad/land...
#LandscapeEcology #RSpatial #GIS
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt
Reduced #Fecundity associated with #Wolbachia infection in a neotropical Drosophilid
doi.org/10.1111/een.70051
#Drosophila #Phenotypes
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Reduced #Fecundity associated with #Wolbachia infection in a neotropical Drosophilid
doi.org/10.1111/een.70051
#Drosophila #Phenotypes
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt
Reduced #Fecundity associated with #Wolbachia infection in a neotropical Drosophilid
doi.org/10.1111/een.70051
#Drosophila #Phenotypes
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Reduced #Fecundity associated with #Wolbachia infection in a neotropical Drosophilid
doi.org/10.1111/een.70051
#Drosophila #Phenotypes
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
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🌴 Does palm oil really rule the supermarket? 🌴
🔎 Find out more in this #ERFS article assessing the prevalence of palm oil containing products in western #supermarket chains 🛒🛍️
🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#Environment #Food #Foodsystems #sustainability #deforestation #supplchains #palmoil
🔎 Find out more in this #ERFS article assessing the prevalence of palm oil containing products in western #supermarket chains 🛒🛍️
🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#Environment #Food #Foodsystems #sustainability #deforestation #supplchains #palmoil
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
🌴 Does palm oil really rule the supermarket? 🌴
🔎 Find out more in this #ERFS article assessing the prevalence of palm oil containing products in western #supermarket chains 🛒🛍️
🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#Environment #Food #Foodsystems #sustainability #deforestation #supplchains #palmoil
🔎 Find out more in this #ERFS article assessing the prevalence of palm oil containing products in western #supermarket chains 🛒🛍️
🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#Environment #Food #Foodsystems #sustainability #deforestation #supplchains #palmoil
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Join us as an observer at the 139th Plenary meeting of the Panel on Plant Health (PLH).
💻 Online
🗓 18 February 2026, 09:00–13:30 (CET)
✍️ Register by 9 February 2026
More: link.europa.eu/HxtKbm
#OpenEFSA #PlantHealth | @efsa-plants.bsky.social
💻 Online
🗓 18 February 2026, 09:00–13:30 (CET)
✍️ Register by 9 February 2026
More: link.europa.eu/HxtKbm
#OpenEFSA #PlantHealth | @efsa-plants.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Join us as an observer at the 139th Plenary meeting of the Panel on Plant Health (PLH).
💻 Online
🗓 18 February 2026, 09:00–13:30 (CET)
✍️ Register by 9 February 2026
More: link.europa.eu/HxtKbm
#OpenEFSA #PlantHealth | @efsa-plants.bsky.social
💻 Online
🗓 18 February 2026, 09:00–13:30 (CET)
✍️ Register by 9 February 2026
More: link.europa.eu/HxtKbm
#OpenEFSA #PlantHealth | @efsa-plants.bsky.social
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Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
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We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n