The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Researchers hunt for solutions to Italy's 'olive tree leprosy' Working in an arid Italian field of crumbly soil, agronomists are battling a rampant bacterium that has already infected millions of olive trees and could threaten the entire Mediterranean basin. https://www.thelocal.it/20190731/xylella-italy-puglia-olive-trees-research Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:14:11 +0200 xylella-italy-puglia-olive-trees-research