New finding of Xylella infections in olives in Apulia (southern Italy)
Last December the Regional Plant Authority officially reported the finding of a new outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa in Apulia (southern Italy). The bacterium was detected by serological and molecular tests in an olive tree sampled in the framework of the current...
First Identification of Xylella fastidiosa in Portugal
On January 8th 2019, the “Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária”, the Portuguese Services of the Government, noticed the first identification of Xylella fastidiosa in Portugal (see the annex | .pdf) The identification occurred in an asymptomatic plant of Lavanda...
First European detection of Xylella fastidiosa in a apricot-tree in the province of Alicante
On November 12 the Conselleria de Agricultura, Medio Ambiente, Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Rural reported 201 new positive results for Xylella fastidiosa in the province of Alicante, Spain. Most of them, 193, correspond to almond trees, 4 to Polygala myrtifolia, 2...
The XF-ACTORS Digital Research Object Portal launched
The XF-ACTORS Digital Research Object Portal (DROP) is an infrastructure that aims to providing a unique entry point to search for open research data and open access documents on Xylella fastidiosa. What is DROP? The acronym DROP stands for Digital Research Object...
Italy’s olive crisis intensifies as deadly tree disease spreads
On November 14, journalist Alison Abbott published a second article this year on the continuous expansion of the spread of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in southern Italy, where infections are devastating ancient olive trees and entire olive groves. The journalist...
Capacity building and awareness raising seminars on Xylella fastidiosa
In the framework of the project XF-ACTORS the partner CIVI-ITALIA, an Italian Association of nursery consortia and Union of fruit producers, is organizing a series of technical seminars to update growers and nurserymen on the latest legislative provisions on...
Xylella fastidiosa in olive in Apulia: where we stand
Authors: Maria Saponari, Annalisa Giampetruzzi, Giuliana Loconsole, Donato Boscia, Pasquale Saldarelli. Published: November 2018 Abstract: A dramatic outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa decimating olive was discovered in 2013 in Apulia, Southern Italy. This pathogen is a...
Using insects to detect, monitor and predict the distribution of Xylella fastidiosa: a case study in Corsica
Authors: Astrid Cruaud, Anne-Alicia Gonzalez, Martin Godefroid, Sabine Nidelet, Jean-Claude Streito, Jean-Marc Thuillier, Jean-Pierre Rossi, Sylvain Santoni & Jean-Yves Rasplus Published: October 23, 2018 Abstract: We sampled ca 2500 specimens of Philaenus...
European Research on Emerging Plant Diseases | Book of abstracts
Authors: XF- ACTORS and POnTE * Published: October 24, 2018 Proceedings: This publication collects all the contributions presented during the 2nd Joint Annual Meeting of the POnTE and XF-ACTORS projects in Valencia (Spain), on the emerging plant diseases targeted by...
