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New infected olive groves have been identified in Apulia Region, in the municipality of Francavilla Fontana, province of Brindisi. The newly infected olive trees are located in the “containment zone”, as defined by the Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/764 of the European Commission, and further extend, up to nearly 3.5 km, the diameter of the outbreak of Oria, becoming […]
A training workshop on Xylella fastidiosa detection is going to be held at the Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) facilities, in Edinburgh, UK, from 13 to 15 September, 2016. The workshop will include an open session held on the morning of September 13, and a two-days practical laboratory session reserved for selected participants from the UK […]
POnTE NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 11 | July 26, 2016 is available at this link.
ORIGINAL PAPER Rodrigo P. P. Almeida. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Summary On 21 October 2013, the Italian phytosanitary service notified the European Commission (EC) that the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa had been detected in olive trees near Gallipoli, a tourist destination in Italy’s southern region of Apulia. This […]
The Institute for National and International Plant Health of the Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) has notified the first identification of a plant sample found positive to Xylella fastidiosa in the territory of Germany. During a baseline survey performed, on April 20, 2016 in a greenhouse of a small nursery producing young vegetable and ornamental plants, in […]
The Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) bacterium was first being detected last year in parts of Europe. Commonly referred to as the “olive ebola”, it can cause serious damage to olive trees and also to almond, fig and citrus trees. The El Pi party has now taken the matter to the Balearic parliament in seeking the means […]
During the last week of June 2016, CSIC, CNR-IPSP, UNIBA and CRSFA, all members of the POnTE consortium, teamed up with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) to coordinate their field surveys and lab analyses of olive trees with the JRC’s airborne survey of a Xylella fastidiosa infected zone. An airplane, chartered by […]
Article in original language [GTranslate] La Unió de Llauradors ha organizado hoy, 13 de julio, en la localidad de La Jana (Maestrat) una interesante jornada informativa sobre la amenaza que supone para el cultivo del olivo y otros cultivos leñosos la Xylella fastidiosa, conocida como el ébola del olivo, y las medidas de lucha y control […]
POnTE NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 10 | July 19, 2016 is available at this link.
On July 12, the Regional Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Forestry (DRAAF) of Corsica has notified the discovery of eight new outbreaks of Xylella fastidiosa, in the regional territory, since the beginning of the month. Following this new update, the map of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex presence in the island is now comprising 261 outbreaks, 247 […]
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