Marco Scortichini, Stefania Loreti, Nicoletta Pucci, Valeria Scala, Giuseppe Tatulli, Dimitri Verweire, Michael Oehl, Urs Widmer, Josep Massana Codina, Peter Hertl, Gianluigi Cesari, Monica De Caroli, Federica Angilè, Danilo Migoni, Laura Del Coco, Chiara Roberta Girelli, Giuseppe Dalessandro, Francesco Paolo Fanizzi
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca is the causal agent of "olive quick decline syndrome" in Salento (Apulia, Italy). On April 2015, we started interdisciplinary studies to provide a sustainable control strategy for this pathogen that threatens the multi-millennial olive agroecosystem of Salento. Confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence quantification showed that a zinc-copper-citric acid biocomplex-Dentamet® -reached the olive xylem tissue either after the spraying of the canopy or injection into the trunk, demonstrating its effective systemicity...
May 29, 2021: Pathogens