Philaenus spumarius: when an old acquaintance becomes a new threat to European agriculture

D Cornara, D Bosco, A Fereres - Journal of pest science, 2018 - Springer
The unique color pattern polymorphism and the foamy nymphal case of the meadow
spittlebug Philaenus spumarius have attracted the attention of scientists for centuries …

Antioxidants in extra virgin olive oil and table olives: Connections between agriculture and processing for health choices

B Lanza, P Ninfali - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on the conditions required to increase and maintain the antioxidant
nutrients in both extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and table olives (TOs) from the agronomic and …

Previsual symptoms of Xylella fastidiosa infection revealed in spectral plant-trait alterations

PJ Zarco-Tejada, C Camino, PSA Beck, R Calderon… - Nature Plants, 2018 - nature.com
Plant pathogens cause significant losses to agricultural yields and increasingly threaten
food security, ecosystem integrity and societies in general,,–. Xylella fastidiosa is one of the …

Impact of Xylella fastidiosa subspecies pauca in European olives

K Schneider, W Van der Werf… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Xylella fastidiosa is the causal agent of plant diseases that cause massive economic
damage. In 2013, a strain of the bacterium was, for the first time, detected in the European …

Isolation and pathogenicity of Xylella fastidiosa associated to the olive quick decline syndrome in southern Italy

M Saponari, D Boscia, G Altamura, G Loconsole… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
In autumn 2013, the presence of Xylella fastidiosa, a xylem-limited Gram-negative
bacterium, was detected in olive stands of an area of the Ionian coast of the Salento …

Spittlebugs as vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in olive orchards in Italy

D Cornara, M Saponari, AR Zeilinger, A de Stradis… - Journal of pest …, 2017 - Springer
The recent introduction of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe and its involvement in the Olive Quick
Decline Syndrome (OQDS) in Apulia (Salento, Lecce district, South Italy) led us to …

Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa by naturally infected Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae) to different host plants

D Cornara, V Cavalieri, C Dongiovanni… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The recent establishment of Xylella fastidiosa subspecies pauca in the southern Italian
region of Apulia threatens agricultural crops and the environment. Olive is an important and …

Update of the Scientific Opinion on the risks to plant health posed by Xylella fastidiosa in the EU territory

EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), C Bragard… - EFSA …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
EFSA was asked to update the 2015 EFSA risk assessment on Xylella fastidiosa for the
territory of the EU. In particular, EFSA was asked to focus on potential establishment, short …

Transcriptome profiling of two olive cultivars in response to infection by the CoDiRO strain of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca

A Giampetruzzi, M Morelli, M Saponari, G Loconsole… - BMC genomics, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The recent Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca (Xfp) outbreak in olive (Olea
europaea) groves in southern Italy is causing a destructive disease denoted Olive Quick …

Detection of Xylella fastidiosa infection symptoms with airborne multispectral and thermal imagery: Assessing bandset reduction performance from hyperspectral …

T Poblete, C Camino, PSA Beck, A Hornero… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a harmful plant pathogenic bacterium, able to infect over 500 plant
species worldwide. Successful eradication and containment strategies for harmful …