Xylella Fastidiosa -- Spain
_Xylella fastidiosa_ has infected at least one million almond trees in Majorca. Scientist Eduardo Moralejo, who already warned in 2010 of the presence of the bacterium, now confirms that [it] is behind the crop's high mortality, which was initially attributed to the wood-decay fungus [see ProMED-mail post http://bit.ly/2ywjpkX]. Around 150 000 trees have been killed by the bacterium over the last decade, while another 800 000 have been infected. This entails that at least
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