On Monday 10 March, inFarm presented a webinar to showcase its upcoming innovations: a professional development event involving agricultural experts, technicians and companies seeking innovative solutions for monitoring and controlling plant pests.

During the webinar, the new strategies and products that will characterise the inFarm 2025 offering were illustrated, with a focus on monitoring and capture technologies, packaging optimisation and improving the effectiveness of pheromone dispensers.

GEA and Serbios: a strategic alliance for innovation
The event highlighted the synergy between GEA and Serbios, two companies specialising in integrated and biological crop protection, with the aim of developing increasingly effective tools for plant protection. This collaboration has led to the introduction of new traps, advanced monitoring systems and enhanced pheromones.

Preview of the new catalogue
The new inFarm 2025 catalogue introduces highly innovative products designed to improve the effectiveness of pest control in various agricultural contexts:

• Olives: new solutions for monitoring the main olive tree pests.
• Popillia Trap: trapping system for the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica.
• Ecodian CT: specific trap for controlling chestnut leaf miners.
• High-dose pheromones: new generation of more effective attractants for monitoring and capturing harmful insects.

Technical focus: tests conducted in 2024

During the webinar, the results of monitoring and attractiveness tests conducted in the field to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed solutions were presented. Among the most relevant studies:

• Golden Trap for Scaphoideus titanus: tested in vineyards to evaluate the capture of the insect vector of flavescence dorée.
• Monitoring of the main phytophagous insects: comparison of different pheromones to determine the most effective.
• Drosophila suzukii: study on the best monitoring and mass trapping strategies for controlling the invasive dipteran.
• Elateridae: evaluation of different dispensers for attracting these insects harmful to crops.
• Cryptoblabes gnidiella (striped vine moth): new phytosanitary emergency, with a focus on the importance of monitoring.
• Contarinia pyrivora: study on behaviour and solutions to reduce the risk of damage to pear trees.

An update and networking event

The webinar was an important opportunity to share knowledge, learn about the latest innovations and discuss the best strategies for integrated pest management. With the participation of experts and technicians from the sector, the meeting highlighted the central role of research and development in crop protection.

If you missed the event, you can request more information about the 2025 catalogue and the new products presented by contacting the inFarm team.