Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Kiwifruit vines [in Brazil] are dying within 3 days of showing signs of infection from _Ceratocystis fimbriata_. The fungus is decimating vines in the south of the country.
New Zealand industry representatives have travelled to Brazil to investigate. Barry O’Neil says, “It’s a fungus that is quite common around the world, and one of our concerns was [that] a form of this fungus exists in New Zealand causing black spot in kumara [sweet potato] for many years.” The representatives wanted to
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