Other Plant Disease -- Australia
A fungal dieback has killed off an alarming number of mango trees in the Kimberley town of Derby, Western Australia. Residents have lost trees in backyards and one commercial mango grower says nearly half of his plantation has now fallen victim.
The mango farmer said he first noticed dieback in 2005 on just 4 or 5 trees, and had it diagnosed as _Botryosphaeria_ dieback. It had since spread and this year [2016] had been horrific, with nearly 200 of his mango trees now dead. He said he had
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