Xylella Awareness Campaign
Xylella fastidiosa is one of the world’s most serious plant diseases—and it’s a real threat to New Zealand’s stonefruit industry as it is the bacterium that causes phony peach disease.
This bacterium blocks water movement in plants, causing leaf scorch, chlorosis, dieback, and eventual plant death. Once established, it affects more than 600 plant species, including stonefruit, citrus, and grapes, as well as their nurseries.
Xylella Awareness Campaign Poster
Biosecurity business pledge
Summerfruit NZ has taken the biosecurity business pledge under ‘This Is Us’, the biosecurity brand formed as part of the Biosecurity 2025 programme. The biosecurity pledge was launched on 31 October 2019 by the Hon Damien O’Connor, Minister for Biosecurity and MPI officials.
Under this pledge, Summerfruit NZ is committed to playing our part as a support organisation in the efforts to prevent pests and diseases from getting into New Zealand or helping to stop the spread if they arrive our country. Our pledge is to be an active part of New Zealand’s biosecurity team of all New Zealanders by integrating proactive biosecurity practices into our operations and supply chain.
Photo: Biosecurity and export manager Juan Rosales signs the pledge on behalf of Summerfruit NZ while the Minister looks on.