XF-ACTORS - H2020 research project on Xylella fastidiosa

Book of Abstracts

The abstracts of contributions presented at the 3rd Joint Annual Meeting of the POnTE and XF-ACTORS projects, held in Ajaccio from 28 to 30 October 2019.

XF-ACTORS Digital Research Object Portal

An infrastructure that aims to provide a unique entry point to search for open research data and open access documents on Xylella fastidiosa

European research on Xylella fastidiosa

A book of abstracts collecting all the contributions presented during the 2nd Joint Annual Meeting of the POnTE and XF-Actors projects in Valencia on the emerging plant diseases.

Screening of olive cultivars for searching sources of resistance to Xylella fastidiosa

List of olive cultivars under evaluation, based on the year in which the experiments were started, both in the greenhouse (artificial inoculations) and under field conditions (exposure to infected vectors).

Pictures of the symptoms caused by Xylella fastidiosa in host plants

A collection of pictures showing symptoms associated with the presence of Xylella fastidiosa in susceptible host plants in the different Countries where the pathogen is known to occur.

XF-ACTORS is the first research project in Europe entirely devoted to research on the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa.
A multidisciplinary research program implemented by an international consortium of 29 partners. Funded by the European Commission as part of the Horizon 2020 program.

XYLELLA UPDATES

17/06/2020

Update on Plant health – Measures to control the bacterial pest Xylella fastidiosa

Last week the EU Commission launched the public consultation for implementing the regulation on measures to control Xylella fastidiosa. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/7892 has been applied since May 2015 with the aim to prevent further spread within and...

10/06/2020

Guidelines for statistically sound and risk‐based surveys of Xylella fastidiosa

At the request of the European Commission, to support the EU Member States, EFSA prepared specific guidelines for the survey of Xylella fastidiosa. The guidelines include three different survey designs: detection surveys to substantiate pest freedom; delimiting...

29/04/2020

Xylella: 37 new plant species added to host list

Thirty-seven new plant species have been identified as hosts of the Xylella fastidiosa pathogen. Most were naturally (not artificially) infected and were found both in EU countries (France, Italy, Portugal and Spain) and non-EU countries (USA and Iran). The new hosts...

LATEST NEWS

07/08/2020

APS Annual Meeting: Plant Health 2020 Online

The theme selected for Plant Health 2020 conference is “Scientific Credibility: Changing the Climate,” inspired in large part by the growing gap in understanding and respect between scientists and the public, as well as a book written by Richard Harris, NPR...

22/06/2020

Special Issue “Integrating Science on Xanthomonas and Xylella for Integrated Plant Disease Management”

As an output of the EuroXanth COST Action, the four Working Group Leaders Joana Josta, Joël F. Pothier, Jens Boch and Emilio Stefani, together with the Chair Ralf Koebnik, will edit a Special Issue “Integrating Science on Xanthomonas and Xylella for Integrated Plant...

05/05/2020

Southern Europe could lose $22 billion fighting deadly olive tree disease

[…] The tree-killer is a bacterium called Xylella fastidiosa. Since 2013, it has killed millions of olive trees in Italy and is now threatening those in Spain and Greece. Together, these countries produce 95% of Europe’s olive oil. A recent study projects...

PROJECT PUBLICATIONS

23/08/2020

Study shows strong spatial clustering of Xylella fastidiosa in Alicante (Spain) and Apulia (Italy)

Researchers in XF-ACTORS from IVIA and IPSP-CNR have recently published in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science an epidemiological study of Xylella fastidiosa distribution in Alicante, Spain, and Apulia, Italy. The effects of climatic and spatial factors on the...

03/07/2020

Estimating the epidemiology of emerging Xylella fastidiosa outbreaks in olives

Authors: S.M. White; J.A. Navas‐Cortés; J.M. Bullock; D. Boscia; D.S. Chapman. Publication: 30 June 2020 Abstract: Xylella fastidiosa is an important insect‐vectored bacterial plant pathogen with a wide host range, causing significant economic impact in the...