Brussels, 27/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - The EU standing committee on plant health will discuss emergency measures, in Brussels on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 April, to prevent the spread of the xylella fastidiosa bacterium that has been devastating olive groves in Italy.
The proposal for a decision put by the Commission to the EU experts on Monday afternoon provides for quarantine measures, including the grubbing up of infected olive trees and all plants that could potentially be harbouring the...