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H2020-funded research on Xylella fastidiosa presented at the EuroXanth COST Annual Conference in Coimbra

The 1st Annual Conference of the EuroXanth COST Action (CA16107) “Integrating science on Xanthomonadaceae for integrated plant disease management in Europe”  was held from 13 to 15 December 2017, in the historic city of Coimbra, Portugal, famous for one of the oldest universities of Europe, already recognised as a UNESCO cultural heritage. Researchers from all […]

Isolation and pathogenicity of Xylella fastidiosa associated to the olive quick decline syndrome in southern Italy

Nature Scientific Reports, 7(1), 17723 (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17957-z Authors M. Saponari (1), D. Boscia (1), G. Altamura (1), G. Loconsole (2), S. Zicca (1), G. D’Attoma (1,2), M. Morelli (1), F. Palmisano (3), A. Saponari (3), D. Tavano (1), V. N. Savino (2), C. Dongiovanni (3) & G. P. Martelli (1) Affiliations (1) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto […]

POnTE Project researchers at the Meeting on Plant Protection in Serbia

The Plant Protection Society of Serbia organized the 14th Meeting on Plant Protection in the Zlatibor mountain resort, Serbia, from the 27th of November to the 1st of December 2017. This traditional national plant protection conference gathered more than 500 participants (researchers, farmers, company representatives, students and media) interested in gaining first-hand and up-to-date knowledge […]

New insights from the studies investigating the role of Xylella fastidiosa infections in the development of the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome

The results of a 2-year research program investigating the aetiology of the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS), primarily focusing on assessing the association of Xylella fastidiosa and the severe disease affecting olive trees in Salento (southern Apulia), have been just published in the current issue of Scientific Reports by the Italian team of researchers of […]

Published the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2352 concerning Xylella fastidiosa

On December 14, 2017, the COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/2352 has been published. The new decision, amending the Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789, as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.), introduces several major changes: the width of the buffer zones has been reduced to 5 […]

First International Congress for plant protection in Mediterranean Ecosystems – Call for abstracts

The first International Congress for plant protection in Mediterranean Ecosystems will be organized in July 2018 in Montpellier from 16th to 20th. The deadline for the submission of scientific contributions is the 15th of December. The focus of the Congress Research developed around the Mediterranean basin cannot disregard the complexity of the processes involved in […]

A brief summary of the first results achieved by POnTE now available on CORDIS portal

A brief summary, for the broader public, of the first Periodic Report of POnTE Project has been recently released on the web portal CORDIS (Community Research and Development Information Service). Since 1994 CORDIS is the European Commission’s public portal to disseminate information on all EU-funded research projects and their results in the broadest sense. CORDIS […]