How can we sniff out plant pests and diseases? Every year, large quantities of plant material are imported into Norway — but along with the plants, stowaways may arrive that can cause serious damage to our nature and agriculture. Andrea Ficke explains how it's possible to create electronic noses that sniff out these stowaways to prevent them from causing harm.

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Episode credits:

• Host: Silje Kvist Simonsen
• Guest: Andrea Ficke, Senior researcher at NIBIO
• Editors: Silje Kvist Simonsen and Hege Ulfeng
• Technical production: Jannis Jacobsen
• Logo design: Morgane Merlin
• Executive editor: Ragnar Våga Pedersen

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