Study offers guidance on how to protect olive trees from being ravaged by deadly pathogen

An olive tree infected with Xylella fastidiosa in Apulia, Italy. Credit: Dr Steven White, CEH.

Expert ecologists at the UK-based Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have devised a scientific model which could help predict the spread of the deadly Xylella fastidiosa which is threatening to destroy Europe’s olive trees.

Don’t miss our update on Xylella fastidiosa activity across the globe in the coming March edition of Olivegrower & Processor.