European Commission requests updated host list for Xylella

Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have carried out significant works on updating the database of plants which may host the bacterium Xylella.  Whereas previous databases considered only Xylella fastidiosa, this update provides a more comprehensive host list, which analyses hosts of Xylella spp. retrieved from scientific literature up to November 2017 and from EUROPHYT notifications up to 2018.

The latest host plant database may be downloaded from the following link: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5408