Under the mainstream of the Giornate Fitopatologiche an invited speech titled “Xylella fastidiosa: hosts, subspecies and diffusion in Italy and Europe” was presented by Stefania Loreti (CREA-DC of Rome)
The speech deal with the main characteristics and distribution of the pathogen, their subspecies and Sequence Type (ST) worldwide, with particular focus on the Italian and European situation and the possible recombination events among strains. Part of the evidence on X. fastidiosa are the results obtained within the Project XF-ACTORS.
Learn more about the event via Giornate Fitopatologiche.