NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 36 | March 8, 2017
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Online the portal of the H2020 project XF-ACTORS
/in NEWSIt has been released a few days ago the website of XF-ACTORS, the first international research project in Europe entirely devoted to research on the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. The project is based on a multidisciplinary approach, involving expertise in different research fields for developing a comprehensive and integrated work plan. The portal will act as […]
132 plants confirmed positive to Xylella fastidiosa in the Balearic Islands
/in NEWSThe Spanish Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente has announced on last February 28, that 132 samples have been found positive to Xylella fastidiosa in the Balearic Islands, until now. In Mallorca, 95 out of the 595 samples analysed have provided a positive result: 9 cultivated olives, 24 wild olives, 11 polygalas, […]
Effects of co-inoculations of Alnus incana with Phytophthora alni complex and P. plurivora on disease development and mortality
/in SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONSAuthors: Corcobado Tamara; Schwanda Katharina; Daxer Andreas; Hüttler Christine; Cech Thomas Affiliations: Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW). Department of Forest Protection, Unit of Phytopathology. Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria. Type of contribution: Conference Abstract | Oral Presentation Conference: 8th Meeting IUFRO Working Party 7.02.09 (Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystems), Sapa, Vietnam, […]
Des millions d’oliviers menacés par une bactérie à travers l’Europe
/in PRESS REVIEWDepuis 2013, la bactérie xylella fastidiosa décime des oliviers en Italie, mais aussi en France et aux Baléares Les oléiculteurs corses sont inquiets. Mardi, ils dénonçaient le “risque majeur que fait encourir la politique actuelle de dérogations pour l’entrée de végétaux à la Corse”. Au début du mois, la bactérie xylella fastidiosa avait été détectée, […]
Xylella fastidiosa advances in Apulia: new outbreaks identified in the northern belt of the infected zone
/in NEWSMore than 70 olive trees (Olea europaea L.) and two Acacia spp. plants have been found positive to Xylella fastidiosa with several new outbreaks reported in the Apulia Region, located in the municipalities of Brindisi, Francavilla Fontana, Oria, Ceglie Messapica, Carovigno and Manduria, in the northern border (20 Km-width) of the infected zone. The new outbreaks emerged during […]
Zebra chip disease: Portable diagnostic tool breakthrough aims for fast, accurate results
/in PRESS REVIEWBy Michelle Stanley and Tyne Logan A new portable diagnostic tool for identifying the devastating zebra chip disease may bring faster and more accurate results to stem its spread, according to New Zealand scientists. Zebra chip is a bacteria which alters a plant’s metabolism and burns striped patches in potatoes, making both the potato and […]
Assessment of the genetic diversity of Xylella fastidiosa in imported ornamental Coffea arabica plants
/in Featured BibliographyORIGINAL ARTICLE M. Bergsma-Vlami, J.L.J van de Bilt, N.N.A. Tjou-Tam-Sin, C.M. Helderman, P.P.M.A. Gorkink-Smits, N.M. Landman, J.G.W. van Nieuwburg, E.J. van Veen, M. Westenberg Dutch National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO-NL), P.O. Box. 9102, 6700 HC ,Wageningen, the Netherlands ABSTRACT A study has been performed in order to assess the presence of Xylella fastidiosa in imported ornamental plants, among them Olea europeae, Coffea […]
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 35 | March 1, 2017
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EFSA announces an international conference on European research into Xylella fastidiosa, to be held in Mallorca, on November 2017
/in NEWSThe European Food and Safety Agency (EFSA) has announced on its portal the upcoming organization of a major scientific conference on Xylella fastidiosa and its vectors, to be held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, from 13 to 15 November 2017. The major international event ‘Xylella fastidiosa: finding answers to a global problem’, jointly organized by […]