Visit of dr. Joel Vanneste, an expert on bacterial canker of kiwifruit

On the 26^thof September 2013, the National Instituteof Biology hosted dr. Joel L. Vanneste from The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, an expert on plant quarantine bacteria. He first visited Slovenia in 2003 during the first majoroutbreak of fire blight in our country. In recent years, he focuses on Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, which causes bacterial cancer of kiwifruit. This is a bacterial disease which causes an enormous economic damage in kiwifruit producing countries. During his visit, he gave a lecture entitled: "Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, three years after the discovery in New Zealand: what have we learned about the pathogen, the disease and how to control it?" In the lecture hepresented the fast spread of the disease, associatedeconomic consequences and the knowledge needed to manage it.

Lecture is available at the following link: http://videolectures.net/nib_vanneste_pseudomonas_syringae/