FD.CONTROL: STRATEGIE PER DIMINUIRE L’INCIDENZA DELLA  FLAVESCENZA DORATA DELLA VITE IN VIGNETO (Progetto finanziato da Regione Veneto, Capofila Progetto CREA-VE)

Scientific Responsable: Professor Rita Musetti, TESAF | rita.musetti@unipd.it

Reference dates: 2022 – 2024

Project description (English)

The recent Flavescence dorée epidemic is causing production losses in many wine-growing areas of the Veneto region. The activities of the Project are part of the “Regional Plan for countering the spread of grapevine diseases for the three-year period 2022-2024.” As part of the Project, the Plant Pathology group will be involved in the evaluation of the degree of susceptibility to Flavescence dorée of local grapevine varieties in comparison with the cultivar Glera. On rooted cuttings of the different varieties, from the time of infection onward, the ability of phloem tissue colonization by the phytoplasma and the defense reactions of the host to counter its spread will be investigated.