The 12th of May is the UN International Day of Plant Health, an opportunity to raise awareness on the importance of plant health in our daily lives. Many celebrations occur every year all over the world.

In 2020 the Plant Health TV video contest was organized by the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM-Bari) and the Euphresco network for phytosanitary research coordination and funding. 

The video, prepared by Magdalena Kovacova, presents a funny and original Christmas holiday story about the impact of one of the deadliest plant pathogens Xylella fastidiosa on olive oil. For Christmas, a young female researcher orders olive oil from a heavily Xylella impacted region, but the olive oil is not shipped because the olive trees were destroyed by the pathogen. The researcher asks for help from the BIOVEXO project consortium, that worked on the development of a bio-based pesticide against Xylella fastidiosa.