Olives of Salento, is the danger real? Are the olive trees of Salento really in danger? In recent weeks, worrying, sometimes alarming news has circulated about the situation of olive trees in Salento, which would have been attacked by a killer bacterium considered invincible. The Ministry of Agriculture, in recent days, announced the formation of a Task Force to understand the causes of the problem and seek a solution.
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- olive trees of Salento am I really in danger? In recent weeks, worrying, sometimes alarming news has circulated about the situation of olive trees in Salento, which would have been attacked by a killer bacterium considered invincible. The Ministry of Agriculture, in recent days, has announced the formation of a Task Force to understand the causes of the problem and seek a solution.
Now on the real danger situation for the Apulian olive groves begin to arise some doubts. The characteristic trees of the regional landscape are really in danger of disappearing due to an incurable disease, or are present other interests what about their eventual elimination?
At this point we speak of a shameful terrorist climate which would be affecting Puglia, with particular reference to the olive groves of the lower Salento, agriculture and the local economy. L'Georgofili Academy in Florence has in fact carried out specific analyzes on the Salento olive trees, which have not identified the presence of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in a dangerous form for plant survival.
This would be true both for olive trees and for the cultivation of grapes, almonds and citrus fruits. The strain di Xylella fastidiosa present on plants is asymptomatic. The confirmation came both from the intervention of the Florentine researchers, and from the experts ofUniversity of Salento. The bacterium could have been present on plants for centuries and be completely harmless.
Second what was communicated by researchers, the Salento strain of Xylella fastidiosa belongs to a subspecies that does not infect grapevine or citrus fruits and that is endowed with poor pathogenicity for olive trees. The news was disclosed to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Regional Health Service, but it seems that it has not been taken into sufficient consideration.
What, then, is hidden behind the case of the olive trees of Salento? Self the bacteria present on plants is not harmful, because there was talk of having to urgently seek phytosanitary therapy to defeat the imminent danger, if not even dejection olive trees? The announcement of one "State of natural disaster" it could be a mere pretext for accessing European funds. It remains to be understood, therefore, whether the death of olive trees is effective and what its real causes are.
Marta Albè
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