The 65th plant protection conference organized by HDBZ was held in Opatija at the Ambasador hotel from December 6 to December 9, 2022.

As part of a program, Filipa Burul (CSF-DOK-2021-02-1355) held a presentation entitled “Izolacija i identifikacija hlapivih tvari masline koje bi mogle biti odgovorne za privlačenje maslinina moljca” (“Isolation and identification of olive volatile substances that could be responsible for attracting olive moths”) of authors Filipa Burul, Ana Bego, Marijana Popović, Maja Jukić Špika, Tonka Ninčević Runjić, Maja Veršić Bratinčević, Marija Bolčić, Jakša Rošin and Elda Vitanović.

More details about the seminar (in Croatian): https://hdbz.hr/65-seminar-program-2022/

Ph.D. Maja Jukić Špika and Ph.D. Mirella Žanetić participated in the international scientific meeting “10th International Congress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists – Smart Food for a Healthy Planet and Human Prosperity” which was held in Zagreb from November 30 to December 2, 2022. The results of the project were presented at the meeting through poster entilted “Phenolic compounds in buds and flowers of ‘Oblica’ and ‘Lastovka’ olive cultivars”, by authors: Maja Jukić Špika, Maja Veršić Bratinčević, Ana Bego, Marija Bolčić, Jakša Rošin, Tonka Ninčević Runjić, Marijana Popović, Mirella Žanetić and Elda Vitanović.

More about the congress: https://pbn2022congress.pbf.hr/

During the Congress, they also promoted the objectives, activities and results of the project.

The 4th International Scientific Congress “Green Extraction of Natural Products – GENP2022” was held in Poreč from October 26 to 28, 2022. As part of the conference, Ph.D. Maja Jukić Špika, the project manager Ph.D. Elda Vitanović and project associate Ph.D. Mirella Žanetić presented the poster “Green volatile compounds in olive pest control” by the group of authors Maja Jukić Špika, Mirella Žanetić, Ana Bego, Filipa Burul (CSF-DOK-2021-02-1355), Marijana Popović and Elda Vitanović. As part of the Congress, on October 26, 2022, the workshop “New Advances in EVOO Production Technologies” was held, which consisted of two sections and four presentations. During the workshop and the congress, the promotion of the KK.01.1.1.04.0002 project was carried out through roll-up banners and printed leaflets.
More on the Congress website http://genp2022.pbf.hr/

Selected volatile substances are tested in 3 experimental olive groves, one each in the hinterland, on the coast and on the island Brač, in such a way that a dispenser with a combination of volatile substances that proved to be the most attractive to the olive moth last year was placed in each delta trap. Three combinations of selected volatile substances are tested in 4 repetitions, as stipulated in the project Contract. Once a week, the results of the olive moth catch are read, traps and dispensers are replaced with new ones and rotated in the olive grove (Photo 1 – 4).

In the other three selected olive groves, yellow sticky traps were placed with three combinations of volatile substances that proved to be the most attractive to the olive fly last year (Photo 5-7). The traps were placed in 4 repetitions, as stipulated in the project Contract. Once a week, the catch results are read, the traps and the dispenser with volatile substances are replaced with new ones, and the traps are rotated.

4th International scientific and expert conference “Natural resources, green technology and sustainable development/4-GREEN2022“ was held in Zagreb from September 14 to September 16, 2022. godine. As part of the conference program PhD Elda Vitanović presented poster “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles” by authors MSc Ana Bego, mag, MSc Filipa Burul (CSF-DOK-2021-02-1355), PhD Maja Jukić Špika, PhD Marijana Popović, PhD Tonka Ninčević, MSc Marija Mandušić, MSc Jakša Rošin, PhD Marin Čagalj, PhD Mirella Žanetić, PhD Katja Žanić, PhD Slavko Perica, Prof. Valerija Dunkić, PhD, MSC Marija Nazlić, Prof. Tanja Gotlin Čuljak, PhD and PhD Elda Vitanović.

57th Croatian and 17th International Symposium on Agriculture was organised in Vodice from June 19 to June 24, 2022. As part of the Symposium program Ana Bego, mag. ing. agr. presented poster “Olive volatile compaunds as possible attractants of olive moth (Prays oleae Bern.)” by authors MSc Ana Bego, MSc Filipa Burul (CSF-DOK-2021-02-1355), PhD Marijana Popović, PhD Maja Jukić Špika, PhD Tonka Ninčević Runjić, MSc Marija Mandušić, MSc Jakša Rošin, PhD Maja Veršić Bratinčević and PhD Elda Vitanović.

As part of the project “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles” (KK.01.1.1.04.0002) workshop for olive growers and olive oil producers was held in the “OPG Batina” in Blizna Donja, in the hinterland of Dalmatia, on May 24, 2022 . Project associates MSc Ana Bego, MSc Jakša Rošin, PhD Maja Jukić Špika and PhD Mirella Žanetić presented to the interested olive growers the goals of the project, all implemented project activities and the results obtained.

In the professional journal “Maslina” (in English: “Olive”) (number 106, May 2022), in the section “Najnovije iz znanosti” (in English: “Latest from science”), a professional paper entitled “Za prirodan način borbe s muhom i moljcem” (in English: “A natural way to fight olive fly and olive moth”) was published. Authors MSc Ana Bego and MSc Jakša Rošin are associates on the project “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles – LoVeFly” (KK.01.1.1.04.0002). The professional paper presents the project, describes the activities carried out, goals and results of previous research, and lists future activities that will be carried out in the coming season.
The magazine “Maslina” is the most influential and popular newspaper in the field of olive growing and olive oil production in the region (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia). It is intended for all olive growers and olive oil producers, for experts in the field of olive growing and for small and medium entrepreneurs and businessmen engaged in sectors of olive protection, of production and sale of machines and tools for olive growing and processing, of fruit and oil processing and of sales of olive and olive oil products (food, cosmetics, wood industry, etc.).

Organized by the Cooperative Alliance of Dalmatia the 24th International event of olive growers and oil oil producers “Noćnjak 2022.” was held in Supetar on the island of Brač from 5 to 8 May 2022. As part of the Noćnjak 2022, a Scientific-professional meeting was held under the leadership of PhD Mirella Žanetić, LoVeFly project associate. On the same a group of authors PhD Elda Vitanović, MSc Filipa Burul (CSF-DOK-2021-02-1355), MSc Ana Bego, PhD Maja Jukić Špika, PhD Marijana Popović and PhD Maja Veršić Bratinčević held a lecture entitled “Volatile substances as possible new attractants of the olive fly (Bactrocera oleae Rossi)”. In a lecture they presented the results of the research to interested olive growers and olive oil producers.

More on Noćnjak 2022. (in Croatian)