How computer modelling is helping to solve Europe’s olive tree disease problem
25 Oct 2021
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- Evelyn Greeves

 

 

Find out how the JASMIN super-data-computer is being used to track the disease.

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Close up view of an olive tree.

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​Have you ever noticed the white foamy “cuckoo spit” found on certain plants in the spring? It turns out it has nothing to do with cuckoos at all – it is actually produced by jumping insects called froghoppers, and they are playing unwitting accomplice to Europe's number one plant health problem.

Click the image below to read the full study.

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Contact: Simpson, Orlagh (STFC,RAL,SC)