Food Destruction - UK Edition
Warning issued over strange foam people are spotting on garden plants
Wed, Jun 15, 2022 | UPDATED: 14:01, Wed, Jun 15, 2022
Scientists are worried that a deadly plant disease known as Xyella could be spread between plants by the spittlebug, which would act as a carrier. The Xyella disease has devastated olive groves in Italy in the past few years and experts have called it one of the world's most dangerous pathogens.
If it was found in the UK, all plants within a 100m radius would need to be destroyed, with a 5km plant quarantine for up to five years afterwards because the disease could wipe out native UK plant species.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1625795/Warning-foam-foam-garden-plants-deadly-disease
100m = 328 foot
Wonder if it's tested for with a PCR test? Google's been giving a good view where all the allotments and vegetable gardens are for several years.