insights about xylella
Plant health management
To improve preparedness of the EU Member States against the introduction of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf), EU emergency legislation has been introduced, which includes requirements to protect against introductions from non-EU countries, as well as from those parts of the EU where it is has been detected.
New requirements for imports of non-EU plants have been introduced and movements of ‘specified plants’ (which includes the confirmed hosts of Xf in the EU and further afield) are only possible from areas in the EU where the pathogen is present if stringent conditions are met.In the general organization of the EU phytosanitary system, the national plant protection organizations of the member states are the main part of the official services for the implementation of such provisions.
This implies that the effectiveness of the quarantine program relies on (i) coordinated measures adopted by the Member States; (ii) harmonized practical guidelines for the implementation of the EU decisions; (iii) updated information on the susceptible hosts and on the phytosanitary status of the country of origin; (iv) suitable diagnostic tools for early detection; and (v) trained personnel, at different level, capable of organizing and performing efficient surveillance programs.
An important ambition of the project is to contribute to the capacity building of the human resources involved at international and national level in the biosecurity plan.
PROJECT PUBLICATIONS
VIEW ALLXylella and citrus: an overview of 30 years of research and disease management
Authors: Helvecio Della Coletta-Filho; Andreina I. Castillo; Francisco Ferraz Laranjeira; Eduardo Chumbinho de Andrade; Natalia Teixeira Silva; Alessandra Alves de Souza; Mariana Esteves Bossi; Rodrigo P. P. Almeida & João R. S. Lopes. Published: 16 April 2020...
Update of the Scientific Opinion on the risks to plant health posed by Xylella fastidiosa in the EU territory
Authors: EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Marie-Agne s Jacques, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A...
FEATURED BIBLIOGRAPHY
VIEW ALLA new online resource to monitor new or emerging plant pests: MEDISYS media monitoring and the case of Xylella fastidiosa
Authors: Franco Ferilli; Giuseppe Stancanelli; Jens Patrick Linge; Maria Rosaria Mannino Published online: November 2018 Source: APS Journals. Abstract: The European Food Safety Authority has established a horizon scanning exercise for plant pests by automated...