Entries by Staff

Mating behavior and vibrational mimicry in the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Rachele Nieri 1,2 Valerio Mazzoni 1 Shira D. Gordon 3 Rodrigo Krugner 3 1 Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’adige, Italy 2 Department of Biology University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy 3 USDA-Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, USA ABSTRACT The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Homalodisca vitripennis, is an […]

Xylella fastidiosa and its hosts

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Xylella fastidiosa and its hosts A brochure realized, in Serbian language, by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Serbia, to raise awareness about pathogen presence in Europe and its current distribution. The brochure comprises main pieces of information about Xylella fastidiosa such as host range, symptomatology, epidemiology and disease management. Credits to A. Obradović , D. […]

Modelling the spread and control of Xylella fastidiosa in the early stages of invasion in Apulia, Italy

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Steven M. White 1,2 James M. Bullock 1 Danny A. P. Hooftman 1,3 Daniel S. Chapman 4 1 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wallingford, UK 2 Mathematical Institute University of Oxford, UK 3 Lactuca: Environmental Data Analyses and Modelling Diemen, The Netherlands 4 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Penicuik, UK ABSTRACT Xylella fastidiosa is an important plant pathogen that attacks several plants of economic importance. […]

Further investigations on the genetics of Xylella fastidiosa isolates spreading in Apulia

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With the support of POnTE Project (WP3) and in the framework of the monitoring program ongoing in the Apulia Region, the joint research team of CNR-IPSP and UNIBA-DiSSPA implemented the dataset of sequences available for the isolates of Xylella fastidiosa detected in different hosts and foci in the affected area. Fifteen new isolates were analyzed using the […]

Ash dieback disease: a plague on our ashes

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A video published by the Microbiology Society tries to explain what is Ash dieback disease. Ash dieback is expected to kill millions of Britain’s ash trees over the next ten years. Caused by a fungus, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the disease kills trees by spreading through the branches and strangling the vascular system. Dr Anne Edwards is a plant […]

Bacteria that kills olive trees spreads from Italy to Spain’s Balearic Islands

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By LUCÍA BOHÓRQUEZ, ALYSSA McMURTRY The regional government of the Balearic Islands says Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterium that kills fruit-bearing plants such as olive trees, is now threatening its agricultural sector. In a bid to control its spread, authorities have destroyed some 2,000 fruit trees so far. At the same time, a ban has been imposed […]