Auburn University professor teams with European scientists seeking to save olive trees from deadly pathogen
De La Fuente first started studying the plant pathogen in 2005 as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University.
- De La Fuente first started studying the plant pathogen in 2005 as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University.
- He said he was fascinated by the bacterium as a "biological problem" and continued his studies when he came to Auburn.
- They turned to American experts like De La Fuente when their olive trees started dying.
- Italy, Greece and Spain produce some 95% of European olive oil, with Italy's contribution alone worth more than $2 billion each year.