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Informational video about the almond wasp (Eurytoma amigdali)

Information on the uprooting of olive tree plantations for ornamental purposes in the Autonomous Community of Aragon

Recommendations for the release of Torymus sinensis, a biological control organism for the chestnut wasp

The almond wasp (Eurytoma amigdali E) is a hymenopteran recently discovered in almond orchards in the Valencian Community. The adults are black and emerge in spring from the fruit they parasitized the previous season.

The olive fruit fly population is beginning to increase this year, so an initial bait treatment is recommended. Once the first pitted olives appear, the next generation of adults will emerge approximately 25 days later, and a second bait treatment is required to control them.

Field Pest Situation Report, 2024 Campaign, Week 43: October 21-October 27

Pollinating insects are vitally important for the proper functioning of crops. Pollination is essential to ensuring the quantity and quality of crops and food production, directly linking wild ecosystems with agricultural production systems.

On February 12, 2019, a "Seminar on Xylella fastidiosa" was held in the Assembly Hall of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. This seminar is part of the measures adopted by the Ministry to disseminate information and raise awareness about the fight against and control of Xylella fastidiosa.

Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) is a quarantine phytopathogenic bacterium that has a very wide range of host plants (more than 300 plant species), and can cause serious damage to the most important crops of the Balearic Islands, such as almond, vine, olive, citrus or fig trees, and to numerous species of ornamental plants (rosemary, lavender, polygala and acacia, among others).

Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium that causes rapid and widespread decline in plants. In the most severe cases, the leaves and branches may dry up and, ultimately, the entire plant may die. In many host species, the presence of the bacteria does not produce any symptoms, making detection extremely difficult. X.

Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium that lives in the xylem of plants, preventing the normal flow of water and nutrients. It causes diseases in various economically important crops, depending on the subspecies and genetic group of the bacteria. The most characteristic symptoms are the scorched appearance of leaves and shoots.

This document sets out the measures to be taken against the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, a priority Union quarantine pest, with the aim of preventing its emergence and, if it does appear, acting quickly and effectively, determining its distribution and implementing eradication measures.

Field manual for estimating the risk of damage caused by pests and diseases in olive cultivation.

Field manual for estimating the risk of damage caused by pests and diseases in almond cultivation.

English translation of a compilation of projects developed through Rural Development Programmes, operational groups and innovative projects that are working on issues of improvement in the management of agricultural holdings.

English translation of a compilation of projects developed through the regional and national Rural Development Programmes, operational groups and innovative projects that are working on fertilisation issues.

English translation of a compilation of projects developed through regional and national Rural Development Programmes, operational groups and innovative projects that are working on agricultural plant health issues.

English translation of a compilation of projects developed through the regional and national Rural Development Programmes, operational groups and innovative projects that are working on organic farming issues.

English translation of a compilation of projects developed through EAFRD funds, operational groups and innovative projects working in marketing in the agricultural, livestock, forestry and agri-food industries sectors.

This compilation includes projects considered good practices, due to their possibility of being replicated and for making good use of the funds received, through the different measures of the regional Rural Development Programmes (RDP). It includes projects from several autonomous communities and several measures.