Phytosanitary Rules for the Movement of Olive ( L.) Propagation Material into the European Union (EU).

Phytosanitary legislation involves government laws that are essential to minimize the risk of the introduction and diffusion of pests, especially invasive non-native species, as a consequence of the international exchange of plant material, thus allowing us to safeguard agricultural production and biodiversity of a territory. These measures ensure compliance with adequate requirements relating to the absence of pests, especially of harmful quarantine organisms through inspections and diagnosis tests of the consignments to ascertain the presence of the pests concerned. They also regulate the eradication and containment measures that are implemented in the eventuality of an unintentional introduction of these organisms.

Screening of Olive Biodiversity Defines Genotypes Potentially Resistant to .

The recent outbreak of the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS), caused by subsp. (), is dramatically altering ecosystem services in the peninsula of Salento (Apulia Region, southeastern Italy). Here we report the accomplishment of several exploratory missions in the Salento area, resulting in the identification of thirty paucisymptomatic or asymptomatic plants in olive orchards severely affected by the OQDS.

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

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 most dangerous plant bacteria worldwide, causing several diseases with profound impacts on agriculture and the environment. Primarily occurring in the Americas, its recent discovery in Asia and Europe demonstrates that X.