Thank you for this. I finally understand what has been happening with persimmons and “sudden death syndrome.”
"X. fastidiosa was detected in all the samples from the planting in Telfair County, Georgia displaying the symptoms of “Sudden Death”. "
" The fact that the disease reduced a trial of 238 trees comprising 17 cultivars of persimmon to 22 trees within 5 years would indicate that this is a serious problem, and potentially a limiting factor in the development of persimmon as an alternative crop in the southeastern USA, particularly when X. fastidiosa is endemic to the region."
X. fastidiosa (an infections agent) is found in peaches and kills them the same way.