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Informational video about the almond wasp (Eurytoma amigdali)

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.

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 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 almond cultivation.

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.

This publication is a compilation of Operational Groups and Innovative Projects in the field of plant health in Spain and Europe.

Inventory of innovative projects implemented by supra-regional operational groups of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability of the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR) 2014-2022, submeasure 16.2.

The Technical Dossier no. 123: “Grups operatius a Catalunya. Call 2018” is dedicated to the Groups Operatius developed within the framework of the CAP Strategic Plan (PEPAC 2023-2027), and includes the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, also linked to AKIS (Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System).

"Technical Dossier No. 123: “Operational groups in Catalonia. Call 2018” is dedicated to the Operational Groups developed within the framework of the CAP Strategic Plan (PEPAC 2023-2027), and taking into account the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, also known as AKIS (Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System).

The report summarizes the first funding period (2014-2022) of the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-Agri) operational groups, implemented at supra-autonomous level in Spain.