CITRUSBUSTERS responds by delivering early detection, plant resilience, and biocontrol solutions.
EU funded
🙏Protecting crops & biodiversity is not a challenge we face alone.
Many EU-funded projects are driving:
• IPM strategies
• Bio-based solutions
• Early detection tech
• Biotech & AI models
Curious? Check a small preview:https://shorturl.at/y8LIa
🙏Protecting crops & biodiversity is not a challenge we face alone.
Many EU-funded projects are driving:
• IPM strategies
• Bio-based solutions
• Early detection tech
• Biotech & AI models
Curious? Check a small preview:https://shorturl.at/y8LIa
🤝 Collaboration is key to reducing reliance on chemicals and supporting farmers in Europe & beyond.
🔗https://shorturl.at/nAP3J
🤝 Collaboration is key to reducing reliance on chemicals and supporting farmers in Europe & beyond.
🔗https://shorturl.at/nAP3J
Webinar From lab to land: learn how AGRO4AGRI, BiobiveProject, Citrusbusters, PHAntastic, and VINNY are delivering safer, sustainable solutions for crop protection and nutrition
📅 Tue 30 Sept 2025
🕚 12:00–13:45 CEST
➡ Register: tinyurl.com/FromLabtoLand
Webinar From lab to land: learn how AGRO4AGRI, BiobiveProject, Citrusbusters, PHAntastic, and VINNY are delivering safer, sustainable solutions for crop protection and nutrition
📅 Tue 30 Sept 2025
🕚 12:00–13:45 CEST
➡ Register: tinyurl.com/FromLabtoLand
Partners shared progress on early detection, plant resilience and biocontrol - aligning solutions to protect EU citrus.
🤝🍋Collaboration drives innovation and citrus health
Partners shared progress on early detection, plant resilience and biocontrol - aligning solutions to protect EU citrus.
🤝🍋Collaboration drives innovation and citrus health
🔬 Research updates
🌱 Practical tools for growers
🤝 Opportunities to connect
📩 Subscribe today and join the citrus revolution: shorturl.at/zpfct
🔬 Research updates
🌱 Practical tools for growers
🤝 Opportunities to connect
📩 Subscribe today and join the citrus revolution: shorturl.at/zpfct
Horizon Europe projects AGRO4AGRI, Biobive, Citrusbusters, PHAntastic, and VINNY - together to share knowledge
- Tue 30 Sept 2025
- 12:00–13:45 CEST
Register: tinyurl.com/FromLabtoLand
Horizon Europe projects AGRO4AGRI, Biobive, Citrusbusters, PHAntastic, and VINNY - together to share knowledge
- Tue 30 Sept 2025
- 12:00–13:45 CEST
Register: tinyurl.com/FromLabtoLand
A new study shows how RPA with lateral flow assays could make early, low-cost detection possible in the field.
Faster diagnostics = faster action 🌱
Read more 👉 rb.gy/j3fqhd
A new study shows how RPA with lateral flow assays could make early, low-cost detection possible in the field.
Faster diagnostics = faster action 🌱
Read more 👉 rb.gy/j3fqhd
About 3.57 ha of commercial citrus are impacted.
In CITRUSBUSTERS, we want to prevent this.
We study, research and protect citrus production in the EU.
Source: shorturl.at/Xy104
About 3.57 ha of commercial citrus are impacted.
In CITRUSBUSTERS, we want to prevent this.
We study, research and protect citrus production in the EU.
Source: shorturl.at/Xy104
Explore two #HorizonEU projects sharing the goal of a smart and resilient agri system:
🔹 EmergeNow: detecting threats like HLB and CBS at EU entry points.
🔹 POMATO: natural biocontrol and early-warning systems
Explore two #HorizonEU projects sharing the goal of a smart and resilient agri system:
🔹 EmergeNow: detecting threats like HLB and CBS at EU entry points.
🔹 POMATO: natural biocontrol and early-warning systems
🔸 Plant Health Regulation
🔸 Plant Passport System
🔸 Import restrictions on high-risk citrus
🔸 #Farm2Fork & #Biodiversity strategies
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🔸 Plant Health Regulation
🔸 Plant Passport System
🔸 Import restrictions on high-risk citrus
🔸 #Farm2Fork & #Biodiversity strategies
Want to know more? Follow us!
🟢 Communication and Dissemination
🟢 Stakeholder Engagement
🟢 Clustering with EU Projects
🟢 IP, Sustainability, Exploitation
We don't just innovate. We share, connect, and grow.
🟢 Communication and Dissemination
🟢 Stakeholder Engagement
🟢 Clustering with EU Projects
🟢 IP, Sustainability, Exploitation
We don't just innovate. We share, connect, and grow.
🌍 LCA: emissions and ecosystem
💶 CBA: costs vs. benefits
👩🌾 SoLCA: impact on jobs, awareness, acceptance
We’re proving our biocontrol tools are not just effective - but present-ready.
🌍 LCA: emissions and ecosystem
💶 CBA: costs vs. benefits
👩🌾 SoLCA: impact on jobs, awareness, acceptance
We’re proving our biocontrol tools are not just effective - but present-ready.
In #CITRUSBUSTERS, we're validating our #pest-fighting tools in real orchards 🌱
✔️ DNA-free edited citrus
✔️ Biobased immune boosters
✔️ Endolysins and dsRNA biocontrol
✔️ Large-scale fermentation and field tests
👉From the lab to the ground!
In #CITRUSBUSTERS, we're validating our #pest-fighting tools in real orchards 🌱
✔️ DNA-free edited citrus
✔️ Biobased immune boosters
✔️ Endolysins and dsRNA biocontrol
✔️ Large-scale fermentation and field tests
👉From the lab to the ground!
We develop biocontrol solutions:
🧬 dsRNA to silence citrus pest vectors
🦠 Endolysins vs. citrus greening bacteria
🧪 Fermented compounds to fight CBS
🎯 Smart delivery via encapsulation
🌱 Bioaugmentation with beneficial microbes
We develop biocontrol solutions:
🧬 dsRNA to silence citrus pest vectors
🦠 Endolysins vs. citrus greening bacteria
🧪 Fermented compounds to fight CBS
🎯 Smart delivery via encapsulation
🌱 Bioaugmentation with beneficial microbes
Under the Work Package 2, we will set up strategies with 4 objectives:
🔬 Gene-editing (DNA-free) for #resistance
🌱 Biofractions from citrus waste
🧪 Validation lab tests
🧫 Soil bioaugmentation
Smart science to grow resilient #citrus – naturally with a tech twist
Under the Work Package 2, we will set up strategies with 4 objectives:
🔬 Gene-editing (DNA-free) for #resistance
🌱 Biofractions from citrus waste
🧪 Validation lab tests
🧫 Soil bioaugmentation
Smart science to grow resilient #citrus – naturally with a tech twist
In #CITRUSBUSTERS, we want to predict outbreaks before symptoms show.
Work Package 1 includes:
📍 Scouting fields
🧪 Culturing key pathogens
🌱 #Soil microbiome analysis
📡 Sensing tech (LiDAR, HSI)
🤖 AI for early detection
In #CITRUSBUSTERS, we want to predict outbreaks before symptoms show.
Work Package 1 includes:
📍 Scouting fields
🧪 Culturing key pathogens
🌱 #Soil microbiome analysis
📡 Sensing tech (LiDAR, HSI)
🤖 AI for early detection
⬇️ We designed our multi-level response tackling every angle: early detection, preventive and biocontrol strategies with real-world validation and support, across 7 WPs.⬇️
🔔Wanna know more? Follow us!
⬇️ We designed our multi-level response tackling every angle: early detection, preventive and biocontrol strategies with real-world validation and support, across 7 WPs.⬇️
🔔Wanna know more? Follow us!
The answer lies in the CITRUSBUSTERS Project.
❓ How?
Learn about our approach in just 2 minutes, with our coordinator Paloma Juarez Ortega.
🎥 Watch the video: youtu.be/LyQ4TILswIQ
The answer lies in the CITRUSBUSTERS Project.
❓ How?
Learn about our approach in just 2 minutes, with our coordinator Paloma Juarez Ortega.
🎥 Watch the video: youtu.be/LyQ4TILswIQ
⬇️Let us present you the culprits:
🔴Trioza erytreae, the insect vector of Candidatus Liberibacter spp. – the bacteria behind citrus greening (HLB)
🔴Phyllosticta citricarpa – a fungal disease causing black spot
⬇️Let us present you the culprits:
🔴Trioza erytreae, the insect vector of Candidatus Liberibacter spp. – the bacteria behind citrus greening (HLB)
🔴Phyllosticta citricarpa – a fungal disease causing black spot
• PEDAL: Expert EU project dissemination & exploitation
• OXIGEN: Stakeholder engagement and outreach
Spreading knowledge for sustainable citrus protection.
🌱 Follow along our journey to protect EU citrus production!
• PEDAL: Expert EU project dissemination & exploitation
• OXIGEN: Stakeholder engagement and outreach
Spreading knowledge for sustainable citrus protection.
🌱 Follow along our journey to protect EU citrus production!
In CITRUSBUSTERS, IFU leads clustering, networking, and capacity building - connecting research with real-world citrus processors.
🌱 You’ve discovered nearly all of our team. Stay with us to meet the last key players!
In CITRUSBUSTERS, IFU leads clustering, networking, and capacity building - connecting research with real-world citrus processors.
🌱 You’ve discovered nearly all of our team. Stay with us to meet the last key players!
• Bioclear Earth (Netherlands): Soil microbiome toolbox for surveillance & biocontrol
• CHEMIA (Italy): Formulation, scale-up, validation of biocontrol solutions
From research to the field for sustainable citrus protection.
• Bioclear Earth (Netherlands): Soil microbiome toolbox for surveillance & biocontrol
• CHEMIA (Italy): Formulation, scale-up, validation of biocontrol solutions
From research to the field for sustainable citrus protection.
Julián Calleja Cabrera (AINIA) shared insights on the project objectives and method, with special focus on RNA interference (RNAi) as a biopesticide
A great step in spreading our mission for citrus health!
Julián Calleja Cabrera (AINIA) shared insights on the project objectives and method, with special focus on RNA interference (RNAi) as a biopesticide
A great step in spreading our mission for citrus health!
They’re driving innovation in:
• Early detection
• Remote sensing and AI
• Non-GMO breeding
🌍 Pests and science know no borders, so does innovation!
They’re driving innovation in:
• Early detection
• Remote sensing and AI
• Non-GMO breeding
🌍 Pests and science know no borders, so does innovation!
This leading event saw 300 participants from 28 countries to connect innovation and sustainability in the juice sector, sharing opportunities and goals.
💡Big thanks to IFU for organizing this.
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This leading event saw 300 participants from 28 countries to connect innovation and sustainability in the juice sector, sharing opportunities and goals.
💡Big thanks to IFU for organizing this.
Check the conference:
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