Facing the threat of Xylella fastidiosa together
A factsheet on Xylella fastidiosa threat published by the FAO International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and included in the IPP Media Kit . Download.pdf
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First Report of the Invasive Ash Dieback Pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on Fraxinus excelsior and F. angustifolia in Serbia
/in SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONSBaltic Forestry 23(1): 56–59 Nenad Keča 1*, Thomas Kirisits 2 and Audrius Menkis 3 1 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade, Department of Forestry, 1, Kneza Višeslava street, 11030 Belgrade, Serbia. 2 Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection (IFFF), Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria. 3 Department of […]
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 42 | April 20, 2017
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CNR: Scoperta un’altra cultivar di olivo resistente alla Xylella
/in PRESS REVIEWComunicato stampa – Nuovi risultati dall’impegno del Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche nella ricerca di soluzioni all’emergenza fitosanitaria che affligge da qualche anno l’olivicoltura pugliese. Ricercatori dell’Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante del CNR, assieme a colleghi dell’Università di Bari e del Centro di Ricerca Basile Caramia, hanno scoperto fenomeni di resistenza nella varietà di […]
Xylella continues to spread in Apulia ‒ 290 new plants infected in the containment area
/in NEWSOn April 14, the Apulian Regional Phytosanitary Service reported on its official website “Emergenza Xylella” the discovery of other 290 olive trees infected by Xylella fastidiosa. The infected trees have been found throughout the municipalities of Brindisi, Carovigno, Francavilla Fontana, Manduria, Oria, San Vito dei Normanni and Latiano, between the provinces of Brindisi and Taranto. […]
When prevention fails. Towards more efficient strategies for plant disease eradication
/in SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONSNew Phytol, 214: 905–908. doi:10.1111/nph.14555 Antonio Vicent1, Jose Blasco1 1 Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Valencia, Spain Abstract This article is a Commentary on Hyatt-Twynam et al., New Phytologist 214: 1317–1329. Pathogen exclusion through quarantine is the most effective strategy for plant disease prevention. However, phytosanitary measures usually restrict the […]
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 41 | April 13, 2017
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April 11, 2017: first seasonal observation of adults of Philaenus spumarius in Salento
/in NEWSAmong the activities of the POnTE project aimed to study the biology of the vector Philaenus spumarius, periodical samplings and field observations have been carried out in the area of the provinces of Brindisi, Lecce and Taranto (Apulia, southern Italy) affected by Xylella fastidiosa. Within the framework of these activities, Philaenus spumarius adults were observed […]
Conflicting effects of climate and vector behavior on the spread of a plant pathogen
/in Featured BibliographyORIGINAL ARTICLE Dr. Matt Daugherty University of California, Riverside, Dept. of Entomology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States, 92521, 951-827-2246; matt.daugherty@ucr.edu Dr. Adam R. Zeilinger UC Berkeley, ESPM, Berkeley, California, United States; arz@berkeley.edu Dr. Rodrigo Almeida UC Berkeley, ESPM, 137 Mulford, Berkeley, California, United States, 94720; rodrigoalmeida@berkeley.edu ABSTRACT Local climatic conditions […]
Resistenza a Xylella fastidiosa in diverse cultivar di olivo
/in SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONSL’Informatore Agrario 2017 11:59-63. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.495708 D. Boscia1, G. Altamura1, A. Ciniero2, M. Di Carolo2, C. Dongiovanni2, G. Fumarola2, A. Giampetruzzi3, P. Greco4, P. La Notte1, G. Loconsole3, F. Manni,5 G. Melcarne6, V. Montilon2, M. Morelli1, N. Murrone7, F. Palmisano2, P. Pollastro2, O. Potere3, V. Roseti3, P. Saldarelli1, A. Saponari2, M. Saponari1, V.N. Savino3, M.R. […]