▪ Abstract Xylophagous leafhopppers are common and abundant insects of tropical and
subtropical environments and play important ecological roles in these ecosystems. The …

Diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa have attained great importance worldwide as the
pathogen and its insect vectors have been disseminated. Since this is the first plant …

Emerging plant diseases frequently have significant economic, environmental, cultural, and
social impacts. The prediction of new disease emergence, associated with new pathogens …

Abstract The Gram-negative bacterium Xylella fastidiosa causes disease in a number of
important crops and plants within natural ecosystems. Most notable among these diseases …

The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, a xylem-inhabiting, vector-transmitted, Gram-negative, very
slow growing bacterium, was cultured and properly described for the first time in 1987 in the …

The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa re-emerged as a plant pathogen of global importance in
2013 when it was first associated with an olive tree disease epidemic in Italy. The current …

Xylella fastidiosa, which causes Pierce's disease of grapevine and other important plant
diseases, is a xylem-limited bacterium that depends on insect vectors for transmission …

Vector-borne plant diseases have significant ecological and economic impacts, affecting
farm profitability and forest composition throughout the world. Bacterial vector-borne …

Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-limited bacterium transmitted to plants by xylem sap-feeding
insects. This pathogen has a wide host range, causing disease in crops such as grape …

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health conducted a pest risk assessment and an
evaluation of risk reduction options for Xylella fastidiosa. X. fastidiosa has been detected in …