Sustainable management of plant quarantine pests: The case of olive quick decline syndrome

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Luvisi, Andrea ^a   Nicolì, Francesca ^a   De Bellis, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CoDiRO; Disease outbreaks; Plant health monitoring; Science communication; Xylella fastidiosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOLOGY; PEST OUTBREAK; POLICY MAKING; QUARANTINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; PUGLIA; SALENTO; SALERNO;

XYLELLA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 85018441337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9040659     Document Type: Review

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