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Panel on Challenges in Pest Risk Assessment at Scientific Session, February 2020, Poznań

Please see the announcement below about a Panel on Challenges in Pest Risk Assessment, which will take place at the 60th Anniversary Scientific Session of the Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute in February 2020 in Poznań, Poland. The Panel is being organized in cooperation with IPRRG. The announcement includes a link to register for […]

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New Article in the Journal PLOS One – Black Sigatoka in bananas: Ecoclimatic suitability and disease pressure assessments

IPRRG members Tania Yonow and Darren Kriticos had an article published recently in the Journal PLOS One: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0220601 Who doesn’t like a nice banana? In this paper we were able to demonstrate a robust relationship between Disease Pressure assessments from a group of experts in Black Sigatoka pathology and climate suitability modelled using CLIMEX.  This […]

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CLIMEX Modelling course Poznań

Introduction to CLIMEX Version 4 This course is timed to coincide with the upcoming meeting in Poznań, allowing you to make the most of your travel.  We have included CLIMEX is one of the most powerful computer-based tools available to pest risk assessors and ecologists to explore the geographical effects of climate on organisms.  Using […]

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