Xylella Files Roundtable

Next week on May 2, for the last meeting of the “Xylella Files” spring seminars, a special round table will take place, with the participation of speakers on the front line in the control of the X.-fastidiosa induced diseases, and on surveillance and diagnostics.

The panelists:

Monica Cooper (Farm Advisor-Viticulture, UC Cooperative Extension, USA; farmers control of Pierce’s disease in California)

Vicente Dalmau Sorli (Plant health services, Valencia, Spain; surveillance in Spain)

Matt Kaiser (CDFA, USA; glassy-winged sharpshooter surveillance, treatments in infested areas and regulatory control in California)

Maria Saponari (CNR, Bari, Italy; efforts to control olive quick decline syndrome in Italy)

Sandra Visnovsky (The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, New Zealand; surveillance, sentinel plots and gardens)

Moderators:

Blanca B. Landa (CSIC-IAS, Cordoba, Spain) and Leonardo De La Fuente (Auburn University, USA, currently in a OECD fellowship at CSIC-IAS).

For more information on the webinar and submitting questions: Leonardo De LaFuente, lzd0005@auburn.edu and Blanca B. Landa, blanca.landa@csic.es