date:Aug 09, 2019
The Xylella fastidiosa continues to spread in the fields of the Balearic Islands. Since the first detection in October 2016 in three cherry trees of a nursery in Porto Cristo, the Department of Agriculture has already reported more than 900 infected plants and trees.
In order to promote the enforcement of measures to hold the dreaded pest back, the Consell de Govern approved a decree on Friday declaring the fight against the bacteria a matter of public interest, specifying the mandatory phytosa