Supporting the participation of stakeholders in the 2nd European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa
For the purpose of encouraging the participation of stakeholders (plant health inspectors, representatives of associations of farmers, producers and nurserymen, delegates of the national phytosanitary authorities, and etc.) in the final event of the Project, and the Second European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa: how research can support solutions, in Ajaccio (France), from 28 to 31 October […]
ACLI RACALE presents the pilot project “Resilience”, an innovative technical desk in the area affected by Xylella fastidiosa
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 the ACLI Racale Cooperative, a partner of the POnTE Project, will present the first phase of the Pilot Project “Resilience”, the first technical desk of integrated management in Salento (Apulia, Italy) with the aim of relaunching the rural economy of the area and “reap the benefits” of the production potential […]
First Report of Dactylonectria torresensis causing foot and root rot of olive trees
PLANT DISEASE | https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-17-1381-PDN Authors F. Nigro, I. Antelmi, V. Sion, P. Parente and A. Pacifico Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari – Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy DISEASE NOTE During the 2014 to 2016 growing seasons, a severe decline of olive (Olea europaea L., 8 to […]
Identification of genetic relationships and subspecies signatures in Xylella fastidiosa
BMC Genomics | 20 (1): 239 | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-5565-9 Authors Nicolas Denancé†*, Martial Briand†*, Romain Gaborieau*, Sylvain Gaillard* and Marie-Agnès Jacques* †Contributed equally Affiliations * IRHS, INRA, AGROCAMPUS-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 42 rue Georges Morel, 49071 Beaucouzé cedex, France Abstract Background The phytopathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa was thought to be restricted to the Americas […]
New visit of delegates of DG-AGRI in the Xylella-demarcated areas in Apulia (Italy)
Following the visit of the last year, on March 21, Gianfranco Colleluori (Deputy Head of Unit “Italy-Malta”) and Andrea Incarnati (Desk Officer Puglia) of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural development of DG-AGRI visited the area of the Apulia region demarcated as “infected” and affected by the epidemic spread of Xylella fastidiosa. The visit, organized […]
ACLI Racale Cooperative, a partner of the POnTE Project, opens today an information desk in the framework of Resilience, a local pilot initiative. This information point is located in the “hotspot” of the Xylella-infected area of Apulia (southern Italy) and aims to provide technical assistance and support to growers and farmers currently dealing with the management […]
The identification of the first European vectors of Xylella fastidiosa, studies on their biology and host preference have been deeply investigated in the last three years in the framework of a dedicated procurement funded by EFSA and within several tasks of the H2020 projects POnTE and XF-ACTORS. Results are now used to implement a large-scale […]
After the preliminary tests carried out in vitro to evaluate the efficacy of different antimicrobial peptides to inhibit the growth of Xylella fastidiosa, experiments have been now started on infected olive plants. In the framework of the project XF-ACTORS, and funded by the Erasmus+ program from the European Commission, scientist Aina Baró Sabé from Centro […]
A group of students from the Université catholique de Louvain, leaded by Prof. Claude Bragard, was hosted early this week in Bari (Italy) by the research teams of CNR-IPSP, UNIBA and CIHEAM. The students during the short visit had the opportunity to visit olive groves severely affected by Xylella fastidiosa in the demarcated infected are […]
Following the visit of last year, on March 21, 2019, Gianfranco Colleluori (Deputy Head of Unit “Italy-Malta”) and Andrea Incarnati (Desk Officer Puglia) of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural development of DG-AGRI visited the area of the Apulia region demarcated as “infected” and affected by the epidemic spread of Xylella fastidiosa. The visit, organized […]
The outcomes of the first Apulian Community of Practices, organized under the aegis of XF-ACTORS project (WP8/Task 8.1) by CIHEAM-IAMB in close collaboration with Federbio, will be presented today in the frame of BIOL 2019 International Prize in Bari, Italy. The aim of the Community of Practices is to analyze the process of transferring information about Xylella […]
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