The Standard describes a diagnostic protocol for Xylella fastidiosa. 

First approved in 2004-09. Revised in 2016-09.

The Standard describes a diagnostic protocol for Xylella fastidiosa. 

First approved in 2004-09. Revised in 2016-09 and 2018-04.

The Standard describes a diagnostic protocol for Xylella fastidiosa. 

First approved in 2004-09. Revised in 2016-09, 2018-04 and 2019–05.

During the execution of the early detection surveillance program, carried out by the Regional Phytosanitary Service and the University of Florence, the DNA of the bacterium was detected in early Oc...

Existing methods for the identification of the subspecies of Xylella fastidiosa are time consuming which can lead to delays in diagnosis and the associated plant health response to outbreaks and ...

DNA-based approaches were used to characterize a strain (Salento-1) of Xylella fastidiosa obtained from an olive plant suffering from the syndrome of quick decline in Apulia (South Italy). Salento-...

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 syndrome (OQDS) p...

This opinion addresses a request from the European Commission to evaluate whether heterogeneous populations of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca have been found in Apulia (Italy) in addition to the s...

MLST sequences from Xylella fastidiosa present on Philaenus spumarius specimens and from almond trees infected by the bacterium in Mallorca Island, Spain

In Europe, the meadow spittlebugPhilaenus spumariusis the main known vector of the quarantine bacteriumXylella fastidiosa. So far detection and identification ofX.fastidiosahas more often been pe...