date:Jun 17, 2015
Micro-organisms may be the answer to fighting the vine disease Psa-V which came close to devastating the New Zealand kiwifruit industry.
Plant Food Research scientists are fighting the disease Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae on two fronts as part of the Next-Generation Biopesticides research programme.
Today, 2724 orchards have been identified with Psa, representing 87 percent of the country's kiwifruit orchard area.
Thanks to a new more Psa-V tolerate variety of gold kiwifruit, the ind