EFSA announces an international conference on European research into Xylella fastidiosa, to be held in Mallorca, on November 2017
The 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 […]
Study offers guidance on how to protect Europe’s olive trees from being ravaged by deadly Xylella fastidiosa pathogen
By Wayne Coles The research highlights how Xylella fastidiosa is influenced by a range of insects – including spittlebugs – and the rate to which these vectors contribute to the potential spread of the disease across Europe and beyond. Expert ecologists at the UK-based Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have devised a scientific model […]
Mating behavior and vibrational mimicry in the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis
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 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
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. […]
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