On the 19th of July 2024 a workshop with the title “Possible future guidance and risk assessment for novel microbial and microbiome solutions for biocontrol in European agriculture” was organized by AIT as a satellite event of the International Symposium Micrope. Researchers from RATION like the coordinator Dimitrios Karpouzas, Dr Brader Gunder (AIT), Dr Antonis Chatzinotas (UFZ) and Dr Jose Luis Alonso Prados (CSIC-INIA) presented the work done in the area of microbial pesticides risk assessment in the project RATION and talked about novel microbial solutions like phages, protists, consortia and data requirements.
Continue ReadingPresentation of RATION in the 19th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME19) in Cape Town, South Africa
The work presented addresses two aspects that are targeted in RATION, towards the development of a new RA scheme for dsRNAs as low-risk biopesticides: (a) the mode-of-action of small RNAs in the plant, focusing on epigenetic effects on the plant genome, and (b) the movement of sRNAs in the root-to-shoot access.
Continue ReadingOn-line Workshop on RA of dsRNA-based pesticides
On Thursday 29th of August an on-line workshop took placeto establish initial contact with the Task Force involved in WP4, which focuses on the risk assessment of dsRNA-based pesticides, and facilitated meaningful interaction among its members. The outcomes included a comprehensive introduction to RNA interference (RNAi) and a focused discussion on critical issues surrounding dsRNA risk assessment through a webinar. The 34 workshop participants engaged in an in-depth Q&A session, addressing the Task Force members’ concerns regarding the risk assessment of dsRNA-based pesticides.
Continue Reading3rd E-newsletter of RATION
The third e-newsletter of RATION was issued. Have a look on the activities of RATION so far and its prime goals).
Continue ReadingRATION upcoming workshop taking place in Vienna at the miCROPe 2024 in July
For more info click here: https://www.micrope.org/workshops
The first Policy Brief of RATION is out
The first Policy Brief of RATION provides first insights about the regulation of plant protection products based on new microbial solutions like bacteriophages, protists and microbial consortia.
Presentation of RATION in the Clustering Workshop “Rationale Use of Pesticides
The coordinator of RATION Prof. D. Karpouzas presented RATION and highlights of the progress in the EU projects clustering workshop “Rationale Use of Pesticides” organized on Monday 22 April 2024 as a satelite event of the Kickoff meeting of the EU project NextGenBiopest held in FORTH, Herakleion, Crete.
Continue ReadingTwo new publications were just published by members of the RATION projects
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2nd E-newsletter of RATION
The second e-newsletter of RATION was issued. Have a look on the activities of RATION so far and its prime goals).
Continue ReadingCollaboration of new EFSA project on low-concern pesticides and RATION
A new EFSA funded project will aim to develop guidance and recommendation for risk assessment of low concern pesticides including botanicals, semiochemicals, pheromones, ds-RNA pesticides, inorganic compounds. The project is lead by Dr Zisis Vryzas from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and University of Thessaly, Wageningen University Research, Ctgb, CSIC-INIA and HAO-DEMETER are collaborating on this. RATION will work jointly with the EFSA project partners in order to identify common grounds and share concerns, recommendations and initiatives.
