Olive Tree Fungus Italy
It has already caused widespread.
Olive tree fungus italy. A pathogen is destroying italy s olive trees in the puglia region of italy which produces 40 percent of the country s olive oil a bacterium from the new world xylella fastidiosa is infecting. A deadly disease estimated to have killed a million olive trees in italy has spread to france. Until the olive trees fell ill xylella had never been seen in europe and its identification in italy set off alarm bells across the scientific and political communities of the european union. Olive trees infected by the bacteria xylella fastidiosa in gallipoli in the puglia region of italy.
During its activity it feeds on the sap of the olive tree and excretes sugars on the olive leaves. The xylella fastidiosa bacteria also threatens. The french agriculture ministry announced the discovery of the bacterium xylella fastidiosa known as. Italy must step up efforts to contain a bacterial disease blighting olive trees in the southern province of lecce the european commission has warned.
Last summer italian officials destroyed dozens of groves of prized and economically vital olive trees with chainsaws in an attempt to stop the spread of xylella fastidiosa a bacterium that has. 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. They ve modelled the future worst impacts of the xylella fastidiosa pathogen. Black scale on olive tree saissetia oleae the black scale saissetia oleae olivier 1791 also known as caparreta is considered one of the main pests of the olive tree grove.
More than a million ancient olive trees are being wiped out by a deadly disease in southern italy forcing a 20 per cent rise in the cost of olive oil across the eu.