Research confirms Chinese origin of NZ's PSA outbreak
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
University of Otago scientists have today published persuasive evidence that the PSA strains responsible for the outbreak in North Island kiwifruit orchards came directly from China, as did those responsible for the 2008 Italian and 2010 Chilean outbreaks of the devastating canker disease. This result will help clarify the pathway by which PSA entered New Zealand.