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.
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.).

Ph.D. Elda Vitanović, the project manager, held a workshop on Friday, December 16, 2022 at the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, during which she presented the results obtained from the work on the Lovefly project to interested stakeholders.

As part of the project “New methods in olive pests controlling using plant volatiles” (KK.01.1.1.04.0002), a workshop for olive growers and olive oil producers was held in the “Baletna škola” in Kaštel Kambelovac on December 14, 2022. Collaborators on the project M.Sc. Jakša Rošin, Ph.D. Maja Jukić Špika, Ph.D. Mirella Žanetić and the project manager Ph.D. Elda Vitanović presented the project goals, all implemented project activities and the obtained results to the interested olive growers.

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.