There are also cases of the plant disease Stolbur in Saxony. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, both Stolbur and the pathogen SBR and the reed glasswing cicada, which is the disease vector, have been detected regionally in the state. Individual cases of the two pathogens have already been detected in the state in previous years, but economic damage has only been caused in one case so far.
The German Farmers' Association recently warned of the rapid spread of the reed glasswing cicada in Germany. According to the report, the insect has spread from Baden-Württemberg via Rhineland-Palatinate, Bavaria and Hesse further north, and has also been discovered in Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
