Fears about the out break of the Psa infection in Te Puke are still lingering among many kiwifruit growers.
The vine-killing infection, first detected in early November 2010, has so far affected only 70 hectares of New Zealand's total 12,800 vine cover.

NZKGI president Peter Ombler says Psa is in New Zealand to stay and growers have to learn to live with the infection. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Kiwifruit growers say Psa is having a minimal impact on this year's harvest, but a lot of uncertainty and fear is still prevalent.
Te Puke kiwifruit grower Glenn Carter says everyone is quite apprehensive.
'We don't know if it's going to get worse, or what sort of winter we are going to get.
'There's a lot of what-ifs at the moment. A lot of trial and error going on.
'It could get a lot worse before it gets better.”
Zespri is predicting exports to be similar to the 100 million trays exported last season.
Supply chain general manager Sally Gardiner says Psa is a challenge, but the industry is working together as a cohesive and focussed team.
Kiwifruit Vine Health Incorporated general manager John Burke says spraying is key to containing the infection.
'Growers in Te Puke are organising themselves into little spray groups.
'They have spray coordinators – that's really positive. They are really starting to take ownership.”
New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated president Peter Ombler says the last five months has been a 'rollercoaster”.
'I think we have some case for optimism. There are some growers near the centre of the infection keeping free of Psa.
'We have to find ways to live with it. As more information unfolds, only time will tell how severe the problem is.”
One of the biggest challenges for growers is to stop the spread of Psa-V. The more virulent Italian-like strain caused significant damage to kiwifruit crops in Italy over a number of years.
Glenn says there is a lot of concern that the spread of Psa-V won't be contained.
'A lot of it has moved into die-back now.
'It's got to quite a serious stage again and everyone is quite apprehensive at the moment about what's going to happen over the next few months.”