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Sergio Miele1 \*, Stefania Tegli2 , Carlos Garcia Izquierdo3 , Matteo Cerboneschi2 and Enrica Bargiacchi1

1 Consortium INSTM, Firenze, Italy

2 Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), Plant Pathology and Entomology Section, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

3 Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

\*Address all correspondence to: smiele.agr@instm.it

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