Working group 2: Epidemiology and vector ecology

WG2 members (pdf file, please click to download)

 

Tasks of Working Group 2 "Epidemiology and Vector Ecology"

1.  Establish tools to identify vector species,

2.  Monitor the presence of phytoplasma diseases and their putative vectors in defined regions throughout Europe,

3.  Provide data about the infectivity of vector species towards the establishment of a risk assessment system,

4.  Monitor differences in vector populations to verify correlations between vector populations and efficiencies in disease spread, and

5.  Establish the importance of different means of disease spread, such as seed transmission and transmission by root bridges.