Xylella Fastidiosa: deadly intruder

Southern Italy loses its olive trees, Mallorca his almonds, France is worried about his wine. Behind all of this is an invisible enemy that penetrates to Europe. The bacterium xylella fastidiosa spreads through insects, through trade routes and due to increasing temperatures – and is difficult to stop.

Text: Roman Goergen

The southern Italian landscapes look like a fire, but it didn’t burn. Dead olive trees such as skeletons are in the sun in large parts of Pugia. The bark is gray, the leaves disappeared, the wood dead. Where Silbrig-green crowns used to throw shadows, a monotonous area has remained from bald branches today. For many people in Italy, this is more than an economic loss – it is a cultural trauma for a nation that has such an intimate relationship with olives.

“I have worked my whole life in phytopathology, but I’ve never had such a disaster

Xylella Fastidiosa: deadly intruder

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