Following the declaration by the United Nations General Assembly of the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH), every 12th of May, the plant health community celebrates the importance of plant health by organizing events to raise awareness and to mobilize international communities. In order to give visibility to national and international research and development activities carried out by plant health scientists and their organizations, the Euphresco III network, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies of Bari (CIHEAM Bari), the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI), CABI and the IPPC Secretariat (IPPC) launched the fourth edition of the video contest ‘Plant Health TV: Promoting the importance of Plant Health research’. The videos received are presented below and the public is invited to contribute to the overall evaluation by liking their favorite one on youtube. The winning video will be broadcast at international events organized for the celebration of the IDPH2025, and other events such as the 17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU2025). The winner of the contest will be invited to take part in a two-week internship hosted by PBRI (Australia), NIPHM (India), or CIHEAM-Bari (Italy).
| Author | Topic | You Tube link |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Mainello-Land | Detecting the plant pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum |  |
| David Pires | PineProtect - Exploring the biocontrol potential of Esteya spp. against the pinewood nematode | |
| Eva Nyambura | A menace: the potato vs cyst nematodes | |
| Fazl Ullah | Parasitization of Helicoverpa armigera eggs by Trichogramma chilonis: a biocontrol perspective | |
| Hasna Hena Khusbu Luna | Modelling the risk | |
| Imane Mrabti | Saving the prickly pear: a Moroccan success story | |
| Lavanya Sravani Balguri | Sterile Insect Technique for protecting mango exports from fruit flies | |
| Loïc Laridant | Clinique des Plantes : 40 years of research, from common phytopathogens to quarantine organisms | |
| Marlen Saladini di Rovetino | Plant health at risk: the spread and resistance of fall armyworm | |
| Oumayma Jlaiel | Biological control of the red palm weevil using entomopathogenic nematodes | |
| Spyridoula Dimitropoulou | Saving Greece’s plane trees: digital technologies for early detection of Ceratocystis platani | |
| Stella Nkatha | Silent threat - detection and identification of Pectobacterium Parmentieri in potatoes | |
| Thaleia Chanopoulou | One insect, global threat: monitoring Spodoptera frugiperda | |
| Turan Gökberk Çon | 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani': the stealthy plant killer explained! | |
| Violet Ochieng | Drones in plant health | |
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