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 infections. Here is the second episode of our reportage from Italy, “Xylella, ten years after”.
Eyes from the sky to spot Xf infections, a talk with Pablo Zarco
When plants are sick, they send signals human senses cannot detect. Cameras that are sensitive to infrared and electromagnetic radiation can though. For many years, scientists have been experimenting with ways to use this knowledge to detect plant pathogens at an...
