Provencal lavender double threat

Birch, Maria Sara | LeFigaro.fr -

Number of destructive bacteria ravaging lavender plants are already under the threat of regulation, which provides a comparison of the chemical.

When we think of Provence, immediately, the sweet smell of lavender attack us. But for some the scent is spicy. In fact bacteria harmful to the plant. It is a mistake to leafhopper feeding your SAP who have this disease. Lavender weakens and eventually dies, one and three years after the contamination.

Untreated disease

The adverse effects of these bacteria is not new. Engineer Jean-Baptiste Rivoal to examine the decline in CRIEPPAM lavender in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 70, said: "He has a lot of damage," and that a second wave of destruction occurred in the mid-2000s, while France has lost 50% of the cultivated mainly in the Vaucluse area of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Drôme. "Global warming, the warm, dry climate favors the insects," said the specialist. Currently we can not fight against this disease, because it was not found a solution. In fact, explains Jean-Baptiste Rivoal that "the treatment of these pests can also harm the bees." So scientists first seek to develop other, less restrictive measures ", the most resistant bacteria emerging types of lavender or lavender," says the engineer, and the other is a "disruptive behavior, insect sprays mud can not be recognized by the plant."

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