Xylella fastidiosa in the Mediterranean Basin Authors Vicente Dalmau-Sorlí Generalitat Valenciana Amparo Ferrer-Matoses Generalitat Valenciana Josep A. Jaques-Miret Universitat Jaume I (UJI) Miguel A. Miranda Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) Antonio Vicent Institut Valencià d’Investigacions Agràries (IVIA) Keywords: plant health, quarantine, Balearic Islands, Alicante, plant-pathogenic bacteria, vector insects. Abstract Xylella fastidiosa Wells, Raju, Hung, Weisburg, Parl & Beemer (Gammaproteobacteria, Xanthomonadales, Xanthomonadaceae) is a bacterium causing different plant diseases, some of which are severe and currently incurable. Due to its American origin, its limited presence in the European Union (EU), and the serious consequences of further introductions and spread, this bacterium is considered a quarantine pest. In 2013, X. fastidiosa subsp. pauca was detected for the first time in the Mediterranean Basin in Puglia, southernItaly, seriously affecting olive trees in that area with the olive quick decline syndrome (OQDS), a lethal disease for most commercial olive varieties. Subsequently, new outbreaks of the subspecies pauca, multiplex and fastidiosa have been detected and are currently under official control throughout the northwestern quadrant of the Mediterranean Basin and Israel. Three insect species in the family Aphrophoridae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) are proven vectors of this pathogen in Europe. These are Neophilaenus campestris Fallén, Philaenus italosignus Drosopoulos & Remane and Philaenus spumarius L. These species are univoltine and overwinter on herbaceous hosts, where they reproduce, invading crops when these plants dry out in late spring. Although eradication has been the prime phytosanitary measure established by the EU regulation against this pathogen since its first detection, the extent and geographical features of the affected area have determined that in some cases, as in the Balearic Islands and southern Italy, containment strategies have been prescribed for the purpose of preventing the spread of the pathogen to other territories. In the medium and long terms, the management of this pathogen is addressed to obtaining varieties that are either tolerant or resistant to X. fastidiosa. This is currently the case of olive trees in Italy. Given the great social importance of the problems caused by this pathogen, activities aimed at raising awareness among the population are considered an essential part of the solution. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biographies Vicente Dalmau-Sorlí, Generalitat Valenciana Conselleria d’Agricultura, Desenvolupament Rural, Emergència Climàtica i Transició Ecològica, Generalitat Valenciana, València Amparo Ferrer-Matoses, Generalitat Valenciana Conselleria d’Agricultura, Desenvolupament Rural, Emergència Climàtica i Transició Ecològica, Generalitat Valenciana, València Josep A. Jaques-Miret, Universitat Jaume I (UJI) Departament de Ciències Agràries i del Medi Natural, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castelló de la Plana Miguel A. Miranda, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), grup de recerca de Zoologia Aplicada i de la Conservació, Palma de MallorcaDepartament de Producció i Protecció Agroalimentària, Institut de Recerca Agroambiental i d’Economia de l’Aigua(INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca Antonio Vicent, Institut Valencià d’Investigacions Agràries (IVIA) Institut Valencià d’Investigacions Agràries (IVIA), Centre de Protecció Vegetal i Biotecnologia, Montcada (València) Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 51: desembre 2021 Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal QUADERNS AGRARIS, authors accept the following terms: Authors assign to ICEA (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to QUADERNS AGRARIS.Authors answer to ICEA for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.ICEA declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal QUADERNS AGRARIS is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
