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The Olive Quick Decline Syndrome: A Syndemic Outbreak in the Apulia Region, Southern Italy

Since a decade in Apulia, south-east of Italy, an increasing number of olive trees developed the quick decline syndrome (OQDS) leading to partial or total dessication of the canopy and subsequent death. Currently six million of olive trees show the symptoms of the decline, despite the mitigation mea…