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POnTE Project presented at the EU AgriResearch Conference in Brussels

From Wednesday, 2 May, 2018 to Thursday, 3 May, 2018 the European Commission organized in Le Charlemagne, (Brussels, Belgium) the EU AgriResearch Conference “Innovating for the future of farming and rural communities”. The event assembled over 500 people scientists, farmers, rural communities, industry, advisors, policy-makers, citizens and NGO representatives who wished to learn about EU agriculture and rural R&I activities […]

‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ haplotypes D and E in carrot plants and seeds in Tunisia

Journal of Plant Pathology (2018), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-018-0045-7 Authors Soukaina Ben Othmen (1), Félix E. Morán (2), Inmaculada Navarro (2), Silvia Barbé (2), Carmen Martínez (2), Ester Marco-Noales (2), Brahim Chermiti (1), María M. López (2) Affiliations (1) High Agronomic Institute of Chott-Mariem,University of Sousse Chott-Mariem, Tunisia. (2) Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Spain Abstract Vegetative disorders similar to those associated with […]

Occurrence and pathogenicity of Phytophthora × cambivora on Prunus laurocerasus in Serbia

Forest Pathology (2018), e12436. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12436 Authors I. Milenković (1,2), N. Keča (3), D. Karadžić (3), Z. Radulović (2), M. Tomšovský (1), T. Jung (1,4) Affiliations (1) Phytophthora Research Centre, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic. (2) Institute of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia. (3) Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. (4) Phytophthora Research and Consultancy, Nußdorf, Germany Abstract Cherry […]

Factsheet on Xylella fastidiosa

A factsheet has been issued by Generalitat Valenciana to raise awareness in the Comunitat Valenciana on the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa and related issues. The document is available also in Valencian.

A Project Meeting on POnTE research on CaLsol pathosystem held in Bordeaux

INRA hosted in Bordeaux, on last 10-11 April, a Project meeting dedicated to the scientific activities carried out in POnTE and related to ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (CaLsol). A total of 11 researchers from 9 partner institutions (INRA, LUKE, University of Helsinki, Vilmorin, SG SASA, University of Wageningen, ICA-CSIC, ANSES, Agricola Villena) and 5 different countries […]

Specific Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (FISH) Test to Highlight Colonization of Xylem Vessels by Xylella fastidiosa in Naturally Infected Olive Trees (Olea europaea L.)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 431. Authors Massimiliano Cardinale1, Andrea Luvisi2*,3, Erika Sabella2, Luigi De Bellis2, Albert C. Cruz4, Yiannis Ampatzidis5 and Paolo Cherubini3 Affiliations (1) Institute of Applied Microbiology, Research Center for BioSystems, Land Use, and Nutrition, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany (2) Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy (3) WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Birmensdorf, […]

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum haplotypes C: symptoms and vector species

A photo gallery of symptoms associated with Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum haplotypes C infection o carrot, their psyllid vectors and insect feeding damage, has been prepared by Dr. Anne Nissinen (Luke, Finland). This slideshow presentation has been prepared within the framework of the H2020 research Projects POnTE (Pest Organisms Threatening Europe). The slideshow is also available […]