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Two peer-reviewed articles that have been recently made available in Plant Pathology demonstrate that X. fastidiosa diversity in Europe, both in nature as well as imported plant material, continues to expand. Five sequence types (i.e. genetic groups) were identified in coffee shipments

There is still little information available from the recently detected X. fastidiosa outbreak at the Baleares, Spain. A recent news article in Spanish covers what is currently known (LINK). Note that Blanca Landa (CSIC) suggests X. fastidiosa may have been associated with

As it was been widely reported, Xylella fastidiosa has been detected on the islands of Majorca and Ibiza in Spain. Although details are still not available, there is one point of concern we would like to raise based on an

Xylella fastidiosa was first detected in Mallorca last year. Follow up surveillance efforts have now also found it in Ibiza. At least two different introductions are assumed, given that the report indicates that both subspecies fastidiosa and multiplex were found

The French government (Ministère de l’agriculture, de l’agroalimentaire et de la forêt) just released a plan (public release) that describes steps required to eradicate novel outbreaks of Xylella fastidiosa (download PDF). It is a good resource/document to read and consider

There were many interesting talks in the 2016 Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium. Here are a few highlights, in case you don’t want to go through the 290-page book, with respective pages in the proceedings indicated: . grapevines respond to X. fastidiosa LPS

Here you will find much of the research that is currently being done in the USA – prior to publication. Enjoy,  

During the last 3 years Xylella fastidiosa has been reported in four European countries: Italy, France, Germany, and Spain. The initial and continuing emphasis on the outbreak of a devastating epidemic in olives in the southeastern tip of Italy is understandable, but