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Landscape and environmental drivers of plant health decline during an active invasion of Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al. in Mediterranean agroecosystems
Invasive plant pathogens, such as Xylella fastidiosa (Xf), pose a major threat to global...
Thermotherapy Treatments of Fruit Trees of the Genus Prunus Infected by Viruses and Bacteria
The thermotherapy technique has been used to evaluate the viability of hot water treatments (HWTs)...
A metabolic model based on a pangenome core reveals putative conserved biochemical features of the phytopathogen Xylella fastidiosa
Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-limited phytopathogenic bacterium responsible for severe diseases in...
The susceptibility of olive cultivars to Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca ST53 affects transmission efficiency of the insect vector Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae)
BACKGROUND Olive quick decline syndrome (OQDS), caused by Xylella...
Confirmation of Xylella fastidiosa (Lysobacterales: Lysobacteraceae) transmission by 8 leafhopper species present in coffee plantations in Costa Rica
Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al. 1987 is a vector-transmitted plant pathogen of economic importance...
Emerging risk of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe under global change
The insect-borne bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is one of the most damaging plant pathogens...
Genomic Analysis of Prophage Distribution in Xylella fastidiosa Reveals Extensive Diversity and Horizontal Gene Transfer
Xylella fastidiosa is a plant-pathogenic bacterium responsible for significant agricultural and...
A genomic locus uniquely encoded by blueberry-infecting Xylella fastidiosa strains affects motility and biofilm formation in vitro, and virulence in planta
Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is an insect-transmitted, xylem-limited bacterial plant pathogen that...
Endophytic colonization and epiphytic presence of Metarhizium brunneum alter the feeding behavior of the Xylella fastidiosa vector Philaenus spumarius
Philaenus spumarius represents the primary vector of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in Europe;...
First Report of Xylella fastidiosa Infection and Pierce’s Disease in Resistant Grape Cultivars in Texas, United States
All commercially cultivated European grapevines (Vitis vinifera) are considered susceptible to...
Complete Genome Sequence Data of Two Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex Strains (ST26) Isolated from Infected Almond and Cherry in Southern Italy
In the framework of the monitoring campaign annually carried out in the Apulia region (southern...
Physiologically-based eco-epidemiological model of Xylella fastidiosa infection in olive groves
Natural occurrence of infections of the spittlebug Philaenus spumarius by the entomopathogenic fungi Zoophthora radicans and Batkoa major in Northwest Italy
An infection event of the spittlebug Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae) has been...
Aggressiveness of Subspecies and STs of Xylella fastidiosa and Plant Response in Nicotiana benthamiana
The aggressiveness of seventeen X. fastidiosa strains, representing different subspecies and...