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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The main research outcomes from the 2nd reporting period of XF-ACTORS
Last April the review process of the 2nd Project Report (from May 2018 to October 2019) was successfully approved and completed. The technical report summarizing the work carried out between May 2018 and October 2019 was submitted in January 2020 and presented to the...
Feeding behavior in relation to spittlebug transmission of Xylella fastidiosa
Authors: Daniele Cornara; Monica Marra; Marina Morente; Elisa Garzo; Aranzazu Moreno; Maria Saponari; Alberto Fereres. Published: 13 May 2020 Abstract: Here, we provide the first insights into the transmission dynamics of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa by the meadow...
