New Xylella-resistant olive cultivar announced

Numerous news sources, following a report that first appeared in L’Informatore agrario (N.11, p.59), are announcing the discovery, in the laboratories of the National Research Council (CNR) in Bari, of a second Xylella-resistant olive cultivar that may be a godsend for growers in the Infected and Containment Zones of southern Puglia, where the leaf-dessication syndrome known as CoDiRO appears to be spreading rapidly.