First Detection of Xylella fastidiosa Infecting Cherry (Prunus avium) and Polygala myrtzfolia Plants, in Mallorca Island, Spain

Xylella fastidiosa, a quarantine organism in the European Union (EU), causes diseases in a wide variety of plants such as almond, cherry, grape, citrus, elm, olive, and coffee trees and many ornamental plants. Since the detection of the bacterium in Italy (2013), where it is associated to a severe e...

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Main Authors: Olmo, Diego, Nieto, Alicia, Adrover, Francesc, Urbano, Alejandro, Beidas, Omar, Juan, Andreu, Marco-Noales, Ester, López, María M., Navarro-Herrero, Inmaculada, Monterde, Adela, Montes-Borrego, M., Navas-Cortés, Juan A., Landa, Blanca B.
Format: Artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6079
https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-04-17-0590-PDN
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Summary:Xylella fastidiosa, a quarantine organism in the European Union (EU), causes diseases in a wide variety of plants such as almond, cherry, grape, citrus, elm, olive, and coffee trees and many ornamental plants. Since the detection of the bacterium in Italy (2013), where it is associated to a severe epidemic on olive trees, the pathogen has also been detected in France (2015) and Germany (2016) (EPPO 2016).