Improving resilience to the spread of plant diseases via a regional Pest Common Data Space

PestSpace will use existing technologies to create a system that identifies pests in the field using environmental DNA and photos uploaded via a mobile app. Machine learning will be used to discover and identify unknown pests and data will be stored in a common data space on the PlutoF platform.The system will quickly notify plant growers of threats and provide guidance on how to respond to them. We will develop guidance materials on the use of the system and engage all stakeholders along the value chain. We will validate the system using two important crops to the BSR, winter wheat and faba bean, and create guidelines on how the system could be further expanded to cover other crops in other countries in the BSR in the future.