Chile’s Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) has discovered the presence of the kiwifruit bacterial disease Pseudomonas syringae pv Actinidiae (Psa) in two of the country’s central regions, according to an announcement on SAG's website.
The “localised” discovery was made at one property in the O’Higgins region and three sites in the Maule region, after SAG stepped up inspections following Psa detections in Italy and New Zealand last year.
SAG said it is drawing up a contingency plan to control the disease, while also continuing to conduct inspections to understand the actual spread of Psa in the country, reports Fruitnet.com.
The discovery was made following surveys conducted by public and private sector specialists on orchards with suspicious symptoms in December 2010 and January this year.
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