Plant health: Xylella fastidiosa outbreak in Italy and damages to olive trees

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium in the class Gammaproteobacteria, is an important plant pathogen that causes phoney peach disease in the southern United States, bacterial leaf scorch, oleander leaf scorch, and Pierce's disease, and citrus variegated chlorosis disease (CVC) in Brazil. Recently found for the first time on EU territories, the strain of Xylella fastidiosa identified in Italy (province of Lecce, in the Apulia region) attacks … Continue reading Plant health: Xylella fastidiosa outbreak in Italy and damages to olive trees

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Plant Health report: import controls are an effective tool in protecting EU consumers

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

A Commission report published today presents key findings on the controls carried out at Europe's borders to prevent harmful plant pests from entering the EU market. This EUROPHYT report reveals that 7.000 consignments mainly imported from non-EU countries were intercepted in 2013. In about one third of the cases insects, fungi, bacteria or viruses were found; the … Continue reading Plant Health report: import controls are an effective tool in protecting EU consumers