Olive Tree Disease Spain
Xylella first detected in.
Olive tree disease spain. Wilt olive tree verticillium dahliae the verticillium verticilosis or wilt olive tree is a disease caused by a soil fungus its treatment being very difficult. An olive tree is cut down in oria near brindisi southern italy monday april 13 2015 in an attempt to keep a deadly pathogen xylella fastidiosa from spreading. At present the use of varieties or resistant rootstocks is necessary to replant infected olive tree groves. The disease had earlier been discovered on the balearic island of mallorca according to xylella expert alexander purcell from the university of california at berkeley.
If the majority of olive trees in spain become infected. A plant disease spread by sap sucking insects has been devastating olive and fruit orchards across southern europe but scientists are inching closer to halting its spread with the help of insect. About 17 of italy s olive producing areas are currently estimated to be infected with the disease olive quick decline syndrome which has become colloquially known as olive leprosy and has also. The researchers made projections for italy spain and greece which between them account for 95 per cent of european olive oil production.
The bacteria xylella fastidiosa which is spread by insects known as spittlebugs is considered to be one of the most dangerous plant pathogens in the world. Elsewhere in the mediterranean spanish authorities had reported that they had found a xylella infected olive tree on spanish mainland near madrid. Spain hit by deadly bacteria threatening olive trees spain is the world s top olive oil producer and home to the world s oldest olive tree a deadly bacteria that infected thousands of olive trees.