{"id":1233,"date":"2026-03-31T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1233"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:23:55","slug":"wp6-update-new-ecological-data-to-support-more-robust-and-biologically-grounded-predictive-models","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/sr\/news\/wp6-update-new-ecological-data-to-support-more-robust-and-biologically-grounded-predictive-models\/","title":{"rendered":"WP6 update: new ecological data to support more robust and biologically grounded predictive models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re glad to share a new update from MYMATCH, exploring how climate change is reshaping fungal behaviour and mycotoxin risks across European crops.<br><br>In WP6, we study how environmental factors such as temperature, CO\u2082 and water activity influence the growth and interactions of key mycotoxin-producing fungi (<em>Fusarium spp., Aspergillus flavus, Alternaria spp<\/em>.).<br>Key focus:<br>&#8211; Fungal responses under climate change scenarios<br>&#8211; Co-occurrence\u00a0and competition in maize and tomato<br>&#8211; Implications for mycotoxin production and biocontrol strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WP6-T6.1-1024x990.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1234\" style=\"width:685px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WP6-T6.1-1024x990.png 1024w, https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WP6-T6.1-980x947.png 980w, https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WP6-T6.1-480x464.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>These experiments generate new ecological data to support more robust and biologically grounded predictive models.<br><br>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udd2c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matteo-crosta-64062a18a\/\">Matteo Crosta<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mymatch-project\/\">MYMATCH Project<\/a>)<br>\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udd2c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/darina-balkov%C3%A1-48069022a\/\">Darina Balkov\u00e1<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/biotoxdoc\/\">BIOTOXDoc<\/a> PhD student), collaborating within her research programme on fungal ecology and mycotoxin risks.<br><br>Their work contributes to the MYMATCH AI Mycotoxin Management Platform, supporting decision-making for farmers, industry and policymakers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re glad to share a new update from MYMATCH, exploring how climate change is reshaping fungal behaviour and mycotoxin risks across European crops. In WP6, we study how environmental factors such as temperature, CO\u2082 and water activity influence the growth and interactions of key mycotoxin-producing fungi (Fusarium spp., Aspergillus flavus, Alternaria spp.).Key focus:&#8211; Fungal responses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1234,"template":"","tags":[],"news_category":[5],"class_list":["post-1233","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-articles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymatch-project.eu\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}