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 …

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 …

Using a modified multilocus sequence ty** (MLST) scheme for the bacterial plant
pathogen Xylella fastidiosa based on the same seven housekee** genes employed in a …

The bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa continues to threaten agricultural production of
many different crops around the world, with significant economic burden from crop loss …

Homologous recombination plays an important role in the structuring of genetic variation of
many bacteria; however, its importance in adaptive evolution is not well established. We …

In order to identify potential vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in olive orchards in Puglia (southern
Italy), Hemiptera insects were collected from October to December, 2013, in olive orchards …

The recent finding of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) in olive trees in southern Italy, the scanty
molecular information on this bacterium and its association with the olive quick decline …

Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of several scorch diseases, is associated with leaf scorch
symptoms in Chitalpa tashkentensis, a common ornamental landscape plant used …

Two isolates of mulberry-pathogenic bacteria isolated from diseased mulberry roots were
investigated in a polyphasic taxonomic study. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence …

Xylella fastidiosa is an insect-borne, xylem-limited pathogenic bacterium that has been
associated with a rise in incidence of diseased landscape ornamentals in southern …