With the devastation of olive trees in southern Italy, European agricultural experts are gathering in Brussels to develop an action plan to save the continent’s olive trees. The meeting was called after leaf scorch was found in four ornamental coffee bushes at Rungis, an international food market on the outskirts of Paris.

This set fears alight that the insect-spread bacterium could start to wipe out the olive groves in southern France and Corsica. The French government is demanding measures in Europe to try to prevent the spread of the disease. The French ministry of agriculture has banned imports of certain plants from contaminated regions of Italy and south America.

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