The stone pine, despite producing a highly valued pine nut, has insufficient global production. 70% of the global area of Pinus pinea is found in the Iberian Peninsula, but in Catalonia, the existing 40,000 ha produce very little due to a lack of management, climate change, and the invasive pest Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera: Coreidae). The project aims to transfer guidelines for productive management to the sector, from planting to harvesting, incorporating previous knowledge on the productive potential of stone pine in poor drylands, the evaluation of grafted plants, genotypes, rootstocks, and the recovery of non-grafted plantations. This project also addresses the potential of mass trapping L. occidentalis as an integrated management measure to further reduce its impact on pine nut production.
