On Friday, March 6, 2020, a meeting of the PE Laboratory Analysis Working Group was held at the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation in Split. The meeting was attended by: Prof Valerija Dunkić, PhD from the Faculty of Science, University of Split, Tonka Ninčević, mag.ing. and project manager PhD Elda Vitanović from the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation. The meeting discussed the procurement of chemicals and supplies foreseen for PE Laboratory Analyzes and the start of conducting analyzes according to the planned timeframe.

Project Manager PhD Elda Vitanovic made a guest appearance on Croatian radio and television’s Radio Split show “In the Middle of the Day” on Monday, March 2nd. During the long interview, one of the main topics was the presentation of the project “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles” which is co-financed by EU funds from the Regional Development Fund “Together with EU Funds” under the Operational Program “Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014 -2020” and call “Investing in Science and Innovation – The First Call” which was clearly pointed out during the interview.

The Grand Hotel “4 opatijska cvijeta” in Opatija hosted from February 4 to 7, 2020 “64th Conference on Plant Protection “. The Conference was held in the framework of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and organized by the Croatian Plant Protection Society. During the Seminar, 49 oral presentations were held and 31 poster were presented in the poster section. There were also 2 round tables and 2 panel discussions. Within the poster section, under the group “New projects”, the project “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles” was presented.

More details about the 64th Conference on Plant Protection

On December 20, 2019, at the Ministry of Science and Education of Republic of Croatia, the signing ceremony of 24 contracts from the call “Investing in Reserach and Innovation – First Call” was held. Among the signed contracts was the contract of the project “New Methods in the Control of Olive Pests Using Plant Volatiles” (LoVeFly) of reference number KK.01.1.1.04 of the priject leader PhD Elda Vitanović. This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, under the “Operational Program Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020”, Priority Axis 1. Strengthening the economy through R&D and Specific Objective 1a1 Increased R&D capacities of R&D sector to perform excellent research and to serve the needs of economy.

Among the guests at the signing ceremony were the director of the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, PhD Katja Žanić and project leader PhD Elda Vitanović.

More details about the signing of project (in Croatian)