On February 12th, the 15th Technical Rice Conference organized by IRTA was held in the Tarragona town of Deltebre, attended by some 250 producers, technicians and companies linked to the sector. During the day, various topics were addressed, such as the various studies on certain diseases that affect the cultivation of rice, such as Pyricularia […]
The presence of apple snail in France has been detected
- Tuesday, 12 February 2019
The apple snail (Pomacea insularum) is a freshwater gasterópode that is considered one of the 100 most damaging invasive species in the world. This month of July the presence of apple snail on the lake of Saint-Esprit in the French town of Frejuli, belonging to the province of Provence-Alps-Cote d’Azur, has been detected in the […]
The NEURICE project meets to assess the work done so far
- Tuesday, 05 February 2019
Nearly thirty researchers from the NEURICE project met on January 29 and 30 in the French town of Arles to share the work carried out so far in the project of 4 years (2016-2020). The main objective of the NEURICE project (New commercial EUropean RICE) is to develop strategies for the productivity, stability and quality […]
Solutions to eradicate the apple snail, a plague in the rice fields (Euronews video)
- Monday, 08 October 2018
New academic works related to Neurice Project
- Monday, 08 October 2018
On 28th september, two new thesis related to the Neurice project have been defended at the University of Barcelona: Doctoral Thesis Defense: Developing of new stress-Tolerant rice varieties for the Mediterranean region. Eduardo Ramos de Fuentes Master’s Thesis Defence Physiological and biochemical characterization of salt stress tolerant lines Julen Equiza
