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Apulia Region approves the newly demarcated areas for Xylella fastidiosa CoDiRO strain

In application of the Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/764 of the European Commission, which amended the Decision (EU) 2015/789, with Determination n. 203 of May 24, 2016, the Department of Agriculture, Rural and Environmental Development of the Apulia Region, has defined the newly demarcated areas for Xylella fastidiosa subspecies Pauca strain CoDiRO. The infected zone includes […]

Consortium meeting on CaLsol pathosystem held at ICA-CSIC in Madrid

A meeting about the ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (CaLsol) related activities included in POnTE project was held in Madrid, at the ICA-CSIC headquarter, on 17-18 May, 2016. A total of 21 researchers from 11 partner institutions and 5 different countries participated in the meeting. The meeting included partners from stakeholders as well as academic institutions. The aims were […]

EPPO diagnostic protocol for Xylella fastidiosa

The EPPO diagnostic protocol on Xylella fastidiosa (PM7/24) is currently under revision and in the next upcoming months, the final version will be officially released by EPPO. The revision process started in late 2015, under the coordination of the EPPO secretariat, by a working group which included EU and American experts. In early March 2016, […]

Corsica updates the map of demarcated areas for Xylella fastidiosa

The Regional Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Forestry of Corsica has made available on May 23, 2016 the new map of demarcated areas for Xylella fastidiosa in the island. The extension of the buffer zone (beyond the infected zones) is now covering 3,917 km². So far 249 outbreaks of Xylella fastidiosa have been identified in […]

Tradecorp-Spain signs an agreement to co-support the research on Xylella fastidiosa conducted by IAS-CSIC

TRADECORP is a company committed to providing solutions to farmers that are effective and environmentally friendly. This company also wants to contribute to the study and control of Xylella fastidiosa and other pathogens affecting olive trees and other woody species. Through this collaboration, TRADECORP-Spain will provide some financial support to the IAS-CSIC research group ‘Phytopathology […]

The “reporting tool” of POnTE website has been redesigned and updated with several enhancements

Today, POnTE Coordination Team released a relevant update of the web reporting tool, accessible on the home page at this link, with improvements to make this technical resource more efficient and useful for Project Beneficiaries. The web reporting tool has been redesigned to allow an easier announcement or report of news, conferences, technical workshops, consortium meetings, […]

POnTE consortium will consolidate the link with the Euphresco network on Xylella fastidiosa

The Euphresco research project (2016-2017) “Harmonized protocol for monitoring and detection of Xylella fastidiosa in its host plants and its vectors” involves more than 20 partners from different EU and Mediterranean countries, with the scientific support of the United States Department of Agriculture (Parlier, California, USA). The project aims to develop rapid and reliable detection […]

NATURE.COM | Gridlock over Italy’s olive tree deaths starts to ease

Alison Abbott A court ruling paves the way for disease-containment measures, but the risk of spread to other regions and nations remains [GTranslate] Google Translate From a small hill in the Puglia region of southern Italy, plant pathologist Donato Boscia gestures towards a landscape of the dullest brown—dead and dying olive trees as far as the […]