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Ponte Project findings and achievements: Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and psyllid vector species

Factsheet “Ponte Project findings and achievements: Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and psyllid vector species” addressed to experts       Factsheet “Ponte Project findings and achievements: Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and psyllid vector species” addressed to the general public       Credits Texts Angelo Di Mambro Layout Surrender Media Solution Scientific Supervision Anne Nissinen (Luke, Finland) […]

POnTE: Project Deliverables

Ten deliverables were chosen among the most relevant to prepare a special series of factsheets addressed to expert communities and laypeople. Deliverable 2.1 – Pathogenicity and virulence of the Apulian strain of Xylella fastidiosa Deliverable 2.3 – Identification of natural hosts associated with the Lso bacterium in Europe Deliverable 3.3 – Map of the Lso […]

Monitoring the incidence of Xylella fastidiosa infection in olive orchards using ground-based evaluations, airborne imaging spectroscopy and Sentinel-2 time series through 3-D radiative transfer modelling

Remote Sensing of Environment  | Volume 236, January 2020, 111480 | doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111480 Authors A.Hornero a, R.Hernández-Clemente a, P.R.J.North a, P.S.A. Beck b, D.Boscia c, J.A.Navas-Cortes d, P.J.Zarco-Tejada bde Affiliations a Department of Geography, Swansea University, SA2 8PP, Swansea, United Kingdom, bEuropean Commission (EC), Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate D-Sustainable Resources, Via E. Fermi 2749 – […]

Now available the program of the inaugural day of POnTE final event in Ajaccio

On the occasion of the final event of the Project, the POnTE Consortium will organize an inaugural day entirely dedicated to Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and Emerging pathogens of forestry. The complete program of the event can be downloaded here. The event will be held in Ajaccio, on October 28th, and will open the annual joint […]

Research funded by POnTE and XF-ACTORS Projects presented in Lednice, at the EuroXanth COST Annual Conference

The third annual conference of the EuroXanth COST Action on “Integrating science on Xanthomonadaceae for integrated plant disease management in Europe” was held in Lednice, the Czech Republic, from 9 to 11 September 2019. The conference sessions, hosted at the Institute of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Mendel University in Brno, the Czech Republic, saw the […]

Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa Subspecies Pauca Sequence Type 53 by Different Insect Species

Insects 2019, 10(10), 324; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10100324 Authors Vincenzo Cavalieri 1, Giuseppe Altamura 1, Giulio Fumarola 2, Michele di Carolo 2, Maria Saponari 1 , Daniele Cornara 3, Domenico Bosco 4 and Crescenza Dongiovanni 2 Affiliations 1 Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, 70126 Bari. 2 Centro di Ricerca, Formazione e Sperimentazione in Agricoltura “Basile Caramia” (CRSFA), 70010 […]

Draft Genome Sequence Resources of Three Strains (TOS4, TOS5, and TOS14) of Xylella fastidiosa Infecting Different Host Plants in the Newly Discovered Outbreak in Tuscany, Italy

Phytopathology | https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-19-0108-A Authors Annalisa Giampetruzzi 1 , Giusy D’Attoma 2 , Stefania Zicca 2 , Raied Abou Kubaa 2 , Domenico Rizzo 3 , Donato Boscia 2 , Pasquale Saldarelli 2 , and Maria Saponari 2 Affiliations 1 Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo […]