The 26th international manifestation of olive growers and olive oil producers “Noćnjak 2024.” was held in Zadar from March 14 to 17, 2024 in the organization of the Dalmatian Cooperative Association. As part of Noćnjak 2024, a scientific and professional conference was held under the leadership of PhD Mirella Žanetić, collaborator on the LoVeFly project. On the meeting, the project collaborator MSc Filipa Burul (HRZZ-DOK-2021-02-1355) held a lecture entitled “Effectiveness of selected mixtures of volatiles for attracting the olive moth (Prays oleae Bern.) in an olive grove” of authors MSc Filipa Burul, prof. PhD Renata Bažok, PhD Marijana Popović, PhD Maja Jukić Špika, MSc Jakša Rošin, PhD Katja Žanić and PhD Elda Vitanović.

The “59th Croatian and 19th International Symposium of Agronomists” was held in Dubrovnik from February 11 to Ferbuary 16, 2024, during which Marina Kranjac, project collaborator, presented the paper “Chemical diversity of headspace volatiles of selected bee pollen from Croatian flora” of authors Marina Kranjac, Elda Vitanović, Maja Veršić Bratinčević, Dragan Bubalo and Saša Prđun.

Abstract of the paper can be found in The Book of Anstracts on page 167.

The Night of Researchers 2023 was held in Split on September 29, 2023. The Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation participated in the work of this event, and among the participants was Filipa Burul, associate of the LoveFly project. The aim of the Night of Researchers is to promote science to children of preschool, primary and secondary school age, as well as students.

At the IX International Symposium on Olive Growing, which took place from September 10 to 14, 2023, at UC Davis in California in the United States of America, the project associates Ph.D. Mirella Žanetić and Ph.D. Maja Jukić Špika presented the work “Field trapping of the olive moth (Prays oleae Bern.) using olive fruit volatiles as attractants” by Elda Vitanović, Filipa Burul, Ana Bego, Marijana Popović, Jakša Rošin, Tonka Ninčević, Marija Bolčić, Mirella Žanetić, Katja Žanić and Maja Jukić Špika.

As part of the Science Festival 2023, which was held from April 24 to 29 this year, a workshop entitled “Agriculture and Forestry Research at the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation” was organized on April 28 at the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation in Split. As part of workshop Filipa Burul, a collaborator on the project, held a lecture of a scientific-popular character entitled “Agricultural Harmful Organisms and Society”. During the lecture, the present students and professors were informed with the project “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles ” (KK.01.1.1.04.0002).

As part of the GeoNight project and the European night of researchers (Blue connect), project associates MSc Jakša Rošin and PhD Maja Jukić Špika and the project manager PhD Elda Vitanović hosted the students of the I Gymnasium Split accompanied by professor Tina Franić. During their stay at the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, they learned all about the LoVeFly project (KK.01.1.1.04.0002) and the obtained results.

The 25th international manifestation of olive and oil growers “Noćnjak 2023” was held in the organization of the Cooperative Association of Dalmatia in Tučepi from March 30 to April 2, 2023. As part of “Noćnjak 2023”, a scientific and professional meeting was held under the leadership of PhD Mirella Žanetić, assocaiate on the LoVeFly project. During the same event project associate, Filipa Burul, mag. ing. agr. (HRZZ-DOK-2021-02-1355) held a lecture of the authors Filipa Burul, mag. ing. agr., Ana Bego, mag. ing. agr., PhD Marijana Popović, MSc Jakša Rošin, PhD Maja Jukić Špika, PhD Katja Žanić and PhD Elda Vitanović, entitled “Results of the first year of research of the influence of selected olive volatiles on the attraction to the olive fly”, with which she presented the results of the research to interested olive growers and olive oil producers.

The “58th Croatian and 18th International Symposium of Agronomists” was held in Dubrovnik from February 11 to February 17, 2023. During the Symposium project associates Maja Jukić Špika and Mirella Žanetić and project manager Elda Vitanović promoted the project “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles – LoVeFly” (KK.01.1.1.04.0002 .).

The scientific paper “In the Beginning Was the Bud: Phytochemicals from Olive (Olea europaea L.) Vegetative Buds and Their Biological Properties” was published in the Open Access Journal Metabolites (Volume 13, Issue 2). Authors are Marijana Popović, Franko Burčul, Maja Veršić Bratinčević, Nikolina Režić Muzinić, Danijela Skroza, Roberta Frleta Matas, Marija Nazlić, Tonka Ninčević Runjić, Maja Jukić Špika, Ana Bego, Valerija Dunkić and Elda Vitanović.

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In the professional journal “Maslina” (in English: “Olive”) (number 108, December 2022), in the section “Najnovije iz znanosti” (in English: “Latest from science”), a professional paper entitled „Privlači li muhu veličina ploda ili miris masline“ (in English: “Does the size or the smell of the olive fruit attract the fly”) was published. Authors are “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles – LoVeFly” (KK.01.1.1.04.0002) project associate MSc Filipa Burul (CSF-DOK-2021-02-1355) and project leader PhD Elda Vitanović. In the paper the project is presented, and the carried activities, goals and results are described.
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