The article examines olive quick decline syndrome in Salento olive trees (CoDiRO), with an impact at local, national and international level. Initially, the symptoms were unclear and non-specific, and were attributed to wood-decay fungi, insects and the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Subsequently, the fungi and insects came to be regarded as “aggravating factors”, leaving the main responsibility to the bacterium.
A 2015 trial, carried out by professors of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Foggia, demonstrated how fertilisers, resistance inducers and agrochemicals, combined with good agronomic practices, can contain the symptoms of CoDiRO.
The use of Radicon®, alone or in combination with other crop inputs, gave highly convincing results.