Ponte Project

POnTE is a four-year research project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme (2014-2020), call SFS-03a-2014: Sustainable food production systems-Native and alien pests in agriculture and forestry. The Project focused on the investigation of genetics, biology, epidemiology, vector ecology and economic impacts of three pathosystems (Xylella fastidiosa and hemipteran vector species, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ and psyllid vector species, Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (anamorph. Chalara fraxinea) and new and exotic Phytophthora species) that threaten strategic crops and natural landscapes in the EU with the aim to identify economically, technically feasible and environmentally sustainable integrated management strategies for their containment.