Building on the success of the experiments on canines’ detecting plants' pathogens, the BeXyl Project supports the Xylella detection dogs’ initiative, started in 2021. The goal is to have a squad of sniffing dogs to detect early stage, asymptomatic Xylella fastidiosa...

In 2013, scientists detected for the first time in the EU the quarantine plant bacterium Xylella fastidiosa on olive trees in Apulia, southern Italy. Ten years later, what is the situation? And how is research contributing to solutions? Interview with Pierfederico La...