Characteristics and identification of xylem-sap feeders
The present manual describes characteristics of xylem-sap feeders, vectors of Xylella fastidiosa, and current techniques for their morphological identification, rearing, transmission studies and molecular detection of the pathogen. The manual was realised on the occasion of the International Symposium on the European outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa in olive, organised on October 21-24, 2015 in Apulia Region. […]
“Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” associated with the Psyllid, Bactericera maculipennis (Hemiptera: Triozidae)
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Karina M. Borges, W. Rodney Cooper, Stephen F. Garczynski, Jenita Thinakaran, Andy S. Jensen, David R. Horton, Joseph E. Munyaneza, Isabel Cueva, Nina M. Barcenas Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Wapato, WA 98951 ABSTRACT The psyllid Bactericera maculipennis (Crawford) (Hemiptera: Triozidae) often cohabits field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis, Solanales: Convolvulaceae) and […]
IVIA participated in informative days on Xylella threat organized by La Unio, in Valencian Community
On March 2, 2017, an informative day about Xyella fastidiosa took place in the village of Vallada, in Valencia, Spain, organised by an important farmer’s association, La Unió de Llauradors i Ramaders, that has a great interest in warning their members about the devastating effect of this pathogen. Vallada is located in an area with important […]
The following protocols for detection of Xylella fastidiosa have been realised on the occasion of the Diagnostic training workshop organised on September 13-15, 2016, by Forest Research Agency (FR) and SG-SASA, as part of their participation in POnTE and Euphresco projects, and funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
International conference: “Xylella Fastidiosa: Finding Answers to a global phenomenon” and XF-ACTORS Annual Meeting to be held next November in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Call for abstract for the International Conference to be submitted here by 30 april 2017. EFSA, the European Food and Safety Agency, has announced the organization of a major European conference […]
Euphresco network has announced the publication on its website of the Strategic Research Agenda, developed to set the plant health research priorities for the next years, particularly for the sector of plant biosecurity. With the title “Plant health research co-ordination, cross-sectoral collaboration and learning”, the Agenda wants to stress the fundamental relevance of globalizing the […]
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