Pectinolytic bacteria, namely the genera Pectobacterium and Dickeya, are economically important pathogens causing potato blackleg and potato soft rot in different European countries. Main aim of th...

Dickeya and Pectobacterium belonging to the group of soft rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP) are causing emerging problems in a wide range of vegetable and ornamental crops in Europe, including potato, ca...

The EU directive 2006/63/EC describes a detailed protocol for the official testing of Ralstonia solanacearum, that is internationally recognized and has been implemented in many diagnostic laborato...

Slide of the Euphresco project 2016-A-180 'Interlaboratory test performance study for molecular confirmation of Ralstoniasolanacearumvirulence'.  

Slide of the Euphresco project 2020-F-336 'Taxonomy and epidemiology of Pectobacterium and Dickeya spp, in Europe, North America and South Africa'

The blackleg-soft rot-aerial stem rot disease complex causes serious losses to the potato industry. It is caused by species of the genera Pectobacterium and Dickeya, collectively known as the soft ...

Seventeenth seminar of the new Xylella Seminar Series jointly organised by the EU funded Bexyl project, EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) and Auburn University. Miguel Román, Institute for Sust...

Thirteenth seminar of the new Xylella Seminar Series jointly organised by the EU funded Bexyl project, EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) and Auburn University.  Lindsey Burbank, United States D...