Re: Virus disease of pines (was Grevillea redux)

Bill Grant wrote: 
You know that we are losing a lot of our Monterey pines. The disease is
rampant here and most worrisome. None of mine so far are infected, but long
avenues of them are being cut down. I so worry the virus will jump the
Pacific. Have you had any news about this danger? bill    grant@ebold.com

I had heard that they were suffering from some disease, but not that the cause was a virus.

I am sure that in view of the enormous importance to NZ of keeping our pines disease-free every precaution will be taken to prevent it ever entering this country.

We have had a few scares in recent years from various insect pests coming ashore, but so far such invasions have been successfully contained.

Moira
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