WG 3 & 4 meeting to develop a cost-benefit model for assessing the management...
Members of Working Groups 3 and 4 met at Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands on 17-18 March 2016. The meeting started with the presentations of Antoine Champetier and Sandro Steinbach...
View ArticleCore group meeting (Torino, Italy, 22 March 2016)
Francesco Vidotto and Silvia Fogliatto hosted a Core Group meeting at the University of Torino. The members of the Core Group presented and discussed the progress and future plans of the Working Groups...
View ArticleTask Force Ophraella meeting (Torino, 23 March 2016)
Fourteen members of WG1 and the Ophraella Task Force met on 23/03/2016. The meeting was organized by Prof. Francesco Vidotto from the University of Turin. In the meeting, collaboration for the upcoming...
View ArticleFirst observations of active Ophraella in 2016!
The first observations of active Ophraella adults, eggs, and larvae have been made in April 2016 in Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland. We would like to encourage anybody who works on the ragweed...
View ArticleFinal SMARTER conference and meetings
Members of European COST Action for the sustainable management of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Europe “SMARTER” met in the historic and picturesque town of Vianden in north-eastern Luxembourg. The...
View ArticleSMARTER Final synthesis meeting
A final synthesis meeting for COST SMARTER will be held at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) 31 October – 2 November 2016. The meeting aims to bring together key players (leaders of the various...
View ArticleJoint meeting of the taxonomy group and TF genetics of SMARTER
Specialists in Ambrosia taxonomy and genetics met at Cagliari, Sardinia (3-4.10.2016), to discuss closure for ongoing collaborative projects and to plan future collaborations. On the first day the...
View ArticleSMARTER Final synthesis meeting in Leiden
The final synthesis meeting took place at the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden on October 31-November1, 2016. The meeting was attended by thirteen SMARTER members, mainly form the core group....
View ArticleSMARTER Dissemination Meeting, Milan
The COST SMARTER Dissemination Meeting “Ragweed management and the potential benefit and risk of Ophraella communa in Northern Italy – Researchers meet their Stakeholders” was held on 28th of October...
View ArticleIdentification leaflet on all 6 ragweed species in Europe
The SMARTER Taxonomy Group produced a brochure on the identification of 6 ragweed species in Europe for scientists, stakeholders and the general public. It contains pictures of plants, leaves, and...
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