Plant-health emergencies

Exotic insects and pathogens can spread epidemically and put crops, nurseries and public greenery in crisis. We find them early, with a molecular detection dog, before the spread gets out of control.

A plant-health emergency arises when a harmful organism develops epidemically, causing significant damage. For quarantine organisms, EU law (Reg. (EU) 2016/2031) and national law (Legislative Decree 19/2021) require surveillance, demarcated zones and eradication or containment measures, managed by the National Plant Protection Service and the regional services.

Early interception is decisive: finding an outbreak while it is still small can dramatically cut eradication costs. This is where the molecular detection dog's scent work offers an operational advantage.

The pests we detect

Turf · nurseries · crops Popillia japonica An EU priority quarantine beetle: its larvae eat roots in the soil, the adults leaves, flowers and fruit. Grapevine Flavescence dorée A serious phytoplasma disease of grapevine, insect-borne: no cure, under mandatory control in Italy. Apple Apple proliferation An apple phytoplasma that deforms shoots (witches' broom) and leaves the fruit small and poor.

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