Olive Pest?

Hey All,

Has any of you heard of olive pest? Appearently large tracts of land are being cleared in Italy, due to a bacterial infections killing of olive trees. There is even a risk of import bans etc. It seems like this has been going on for a few years! I had never heard of this untill recently!

I put some summary of the situation on my site. ( read more )

That's sad

then at the bottom the page, a link www.growingbonsai.net/aphids-how-to-reduce-their-impact/ They didn't say if they help spread the disease. Aphids again, yuck