Article by Alberto Fereres, project partner, in Interempresas (in spanish) with the main results of the proyect at the moment. With the detection of the Asian psylla, Diaphorina citri, in Israel in July 2021 and its subsequent establishment in one of the most important citrus production regions (Emek Hefer), a great threat to the entire…
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A coordination meeting was held on 11 and 12 May at the Areeiro Phytopathological Station (EFA) to continue monitoring and evolving the objectives set out in the European Horizon 2020 project “Pre-HLB: Preventing HLB epidemics for ensuring citrus survival in Europe”, in which this service of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra collaborates through an agreement…
Los días 11 y 12 de mayo se celebró en la Estación Fitopatológica de Areeiro (EFA) una reunión de coordinación para continuar con el seguimiento y la evolución de los objetivos planteados en el proyecto europeo Horizonte 2020 “Pre-HLB: Preventing HLB epidemics for ensuring citrus survival in Europe”, en el que este servicio de la…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition of the Government of Valencia organized a technical workshop on the threat of HLB in citrus farming. The workshop entitled ‘The threat of Huanglongbing or citrus Greening. Strategies for citrus nursery plant production’ was held the 7th of April 2022 as part of the PRE-HLB project. This…
El psílido asiático de los cítricos, o Diaphorina citri (ACP-Asian Citrus Psyllid), es el insecto vector de la bacteria más agresiva asociada a la enfermedad del Huanglongbing (HLB), que es considerada la enfermedad más grave de los cítricos. Los investigadores del proyecto #Pre-HLB, Marcelo Miranda (Fundecitrus, Brasil), Alberto Fereres (ICA-CSIC), Ofir Bahar (Volcani, Israel)…
The Asian citrus psyllid, or Diaphorina citri (ACP-Asian Citrus Psyllid), is the insect vector of the most aggressive bacterium associated with Huanglongbing disease (HLB), which is considered the most serious citrus disease. The Pre-HLB project researchers Marcelo Miranda (Fundecitrus, Brazil), Alberto Fereres (ICA-CSIC), Ofir Bahar (Volcani, Israel) and Leandro Peña (IBMCP-CSIC) are collaborating with…
The Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) and the Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP) will develop three research projects for the prevention of HLB in citrus. The three research projects are called ‘Expression of peptides with antibacterial activity for the control of Huanglongbing (HLB) of citrus using a viral vector’,…
Last week, the Valencian Institute of Agricultural Research, partner of the PRE-HLB project, hosted a simulation exercise to test the contingency plan for a hypothetical introduction of Huanglongbing into the peninsula. For two days, leading researchers, representatives of agricultural and nursery organisations, heads of regional plant health services and the Ministry of Agriculture, as…
The Conselleria de Agricultura, Desarrollo Rural, Emergencia Climática y Transición Ecológica, within the PRE-HLB Project, “PREVENTING HLB EPIDEMICS FOR ENSURING CITRUS SURVIVAL IN EUROPE” framed within the HORIZONTE 2020 program, held during June 15 and 16, 2021 the second technical workshop, with webinar format, on “THE HLB. PREVENTIVE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES”. This course was mainly…