Xylella fastidiosa : How to help Trees to overcome the problem – The experience from Italy
According to EU, Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) is one of the most dangerous plant bacteria worldwide, causing a variety of diseases, with a huge economic impact on agriculture, public gardens, and the environment.
Xylella fastidiosa has the potential of causing the EU, an annual production loss of 5.5 billion euros, affecting 70% of the EU production value of older olive trees (over 30 years old), and 35% value of younger ones; 11% of citrus; 13% of almond and between 1-2% of grape production in a scenario of full spread across the entire EU. This would put at risk nearly 300 000 jobs across Europe currently involved in that production. In addition to direct impacts on production, pests have significant indirect effects on upstream or downstream economic sectors.
The Compo Expert Italia agronomists contributed significantly to an Olive grove in the south of Apulia by using 2 special products
– Agrosil® Algin (https://www.compo-expert.com/products/agrosil-algin) and
– Vitanica® RZ (https://www.compo-expert.com/products/vitanica-rz)
What happened?
Both products helped the new trees to develop a strong rooting system.