project - Research and innovation
XF-ACTORS "Xylella Fastidiosa Active Containment Through a multidisciplinary-Oriented Research.
XF-ACTORS "Xylella Fastidiosa Active Containment Through a multidisciplinary-Oriented Research"
Objectives
XF-ACTORS aims to establish a multidisciplinary research program to answer the urgent need to improve prevention, early detection and control of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf), while maximizing its impact through a multifactor approach, based on a seamless integration amongst the 29 partners involved. The overall goal is to assess Xf potential to spread throughout EU territory. The objectives are: preventing Xf introduction into pest-free areas; the establishment of successful eradication strategies in infected zones; developing a comprehensive integrated management strategy for diseases associated with Xf to prevent Xf spread and control its economic, environmental and social impact.
Objectives
XF-ACTORS aims to establish a multidisciplinary research program to answer the urgent need to improve prevention, early detection and control of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf), while maximizing its impact through a multifactor approach, based on a seamless integration amongst the 29 partners involved. The overall goal is to assess Xf potential to spread throughout EU territory. The objectives are: preventing Xf introduction into pest-free areas; the establishment of successful eradication strategies in infected zones; developing a comprehensive integrated management strategy for diseases associated with Xf to prevent Xf spread and control its economic, environmental and social impact.
Further details
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Project acronym
- XF-ACTORS
Agricultural sectors
Crops (generic), Forestry (wood & timber)Project keyword
Topics
Contacts
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Project coordinator
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Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IPSP)
Project partner
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Centre International de Hautes Etudes Mèditerranéennes Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimemti (DiSSPA) INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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Instituto Valenciano de Ivestigaciones Agrarias
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Benaki Phytopathological Institute
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Julius Kühn-Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
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Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research
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University of California
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Centro de Citricultura Sylvio Moreira (CCSM) and Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiros (ESALQ)
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National Taiwan University
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Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad de Costa Rica
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Natural Environment Research Council
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Istituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB)
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University of Salford (USAL)
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Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) Directorate D Sustainable Resources
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CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA-CENTRO DI RICERCA PATOLOGIA VEGETALE
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Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
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Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
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INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE INVESTIGACIONY FORMACION AGRARIA PESQUERA ALIMENTARIA Y DE LA PRODUCCION ECOLOGICA
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International Federation Of Organic Agriculture Movements
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European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
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Russel IPM Ltd
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Enbiotech srl
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AINIA
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Sustainable Communication
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Stichting Nederlandse Algemene Kwaliteitsdienst Tuinbouw
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Centro interprofessionale per le attività vivaistiche
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1 Practice Abstracts
XF-ACTORS is the first international research project in Europe entirely devoted to develop a multidisciplinary research program on the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. The project is funded by the European Commission as part of the Horizon 2020 program. XF-ACTORS involves a large consortium: 29 Partners and Research Institutions, including 4 non-European research centers from USA, Brazil, Costa Rica and Taiwan, countries where the pathogen is known to be present since a long time. The project wants to address the urgent need to improve prevention strategies, early detection and control of Xylella fastidiosa. XF-ACTORS aims to implement a multidisciplinary research program to fill the research gaps and strengthen the EU research capabilities with a global strategy for the integrated management of the outbreaks, so as to prevent the further spread of the bacterium in the EU territories and to mitigate the economic, environmental and social effects of the epidemics. The stakeholders’ interests are an important driver of XF-ACTORS. Therefore, a Stakeholder Board has been settled, with the participation of representatives of international and national Plant Protection and quarantine services, policy makers at the EU level, growers, producers and nurserymen organizations and extension services. The knowledge generated by XF-ACTORS research aims to a number of objectives, such as improving capacity of farmers to manage the disease and prevent further economic losses in crops; enhancing capacity and competence of plant health authorities to strengthen the EU plant health regime; generating positive impact towards the improvement of EU prevention measures (legislative provisions, technical procedures, means of disease control, etc.).