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Oliver Trees

have become popular with gardeners in recent years, Severe restrictions will be infection on the imports of some of the very popular Trees and plants in an effort to stop a deadly.

Xylella fastidiosa has a devastating effect on the olive-plantations in parts of Italy and also in France and Spain

in order To prevent a spread of the disease in the United Kingdom, imports of olive Trees and Lavender bushes are now pruned.

There are also shrubs, restrictions on almond, Rosemary and oleander.

Xyllela is a bacterium that has caused severe damage to olive Trees in Italy in The Past seven years.

Infected olive Trees ripped out of the ground in Italy

Spread of spittlebugs and other sap-sucking insects, the resulting disease has no cure and it is said, cut, Italy, the olive harvest to the lowest level in 25 years.

A suggested that the infection is the cause of billions of euros in damages could, if it spreads more in the olive oil producing regions of Spain and Greece.

But Xylella is not only a disease of olive Trees .

According to experts, about 560 species in 72 plant families are affected by the infection.

For the United Kingdom, Xylella poses a threat for the iconic species, including oaks, elms and Plane Trees .

Lavender met with harsh new restrictions on imports

in order To prevent the spread of the disease, The Department for environment, food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to place severe restrictions on some types.

will be banned the import of Coffea (coffee plant) and Polygala myrtifolia completely, while the much harder requirements at other high-risk hosts, including olive, almond, Oleander, Lavender and Rosemary .

These new restrictions put the UK ahead of the rest of Europe in their efforts to curb Xylella.

In a letter, Defra said that "it is an unacceptable plague remains a danger, and We Are the introduction of national measures in The Absence of EU requirements".

experts say that the new restrictions will have a big effect.

imports of Oleander is also

to be restricted,"you are very strict requirements and you will very much impact on The Trade of things such as olives and Lavender , in which huge amounts of moving currents in the horticultural trade," said Dr Gerard clover, of the John Innes Centre in Norwich, who is in the UK-research initiative, called BRIGIT, is used to monitor the Xylella pathogen.

Tens of thousands of olive Trees are imported into the United Kingdom each year, while the figures of Lavender and Rosemary plants are even higher.

Some of the operators in the Plant Breeding industry say is the meaning of the restrictions, a ban on the practice, with consequences for the gardener.

"It is a new requirement for exporters to supply plants in great Britain show that the area of 200 m around the place of production is free from Xylella for at least a year, with the official test results to prove it. It is impossible to meet," said Graham Spencer of plants for Europe, an independent breeder's agent.

"is it Also possible to domestic British production. There is very little propagation of Lavender and Rosemary in the UK - almost all breeders rely on The International supply of unrooted cuttings, young plants or finished plants," he added.

The horticulture industry to move generally in favor of limiting the imports, in recognition of The Threat posed by Xylella.

Rosemary is one of the plants before the new restrictions

But entrepreneurs are far more immediate threat to their livelihood from the Corona Virus. If you are not supported, they argue, then the government's plans, the control of Xylella could backfire.

"We have proposed to help the government - a stock compensation Scheme - highlighting the benefits of the Dutch breeders of compensation of the Model and the re-opening of garden centres, the UK's farmers companies, in order to survive," said James Clark , of the Horticultural Trades Association.

"Without immediate financial assistance, we will be facing a significantly reduced British breeders sector, which is reliant in the UK on the importation of plants and, with him, all sorts of other pests and diseases risks carries with it. "

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Source of news: bbc.com