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Becker Vineyards Makes The Best Wine In Texas
Forbes 2010-08-25(blog) Hail, a late freeze, Pierce's disease , all plagued his grapes. Sufficient grape supplies were hard to come by so he bought from all over Texas. ... and more ...
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Genetically Modified World: Part III
Santa Barbara Independent 2010-08-21The bacteria (Xylella fastidiosa), carried in the guts of a leafhopper insect, is responsible for Pierce's disease in grapevines. Instead of attacking the ...
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The Ojai Vineyard Opens New Tasting Room in Downtown Ojai
Enobytes 2010-08-16(blog) All of this was against the backdrop of Ojai losing its vineyards to Pierce's disease , which decimated the crop. Tolmach didn't let it stop him. ... and more ...
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Inside Australian Parliament
Australian Geographic 2010-08-11... such as the USA and Simon was worried this would allow vine diseases such as Pierce's disease , which has ruined crops in California, to enter Australia ...
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Odd Couples: The Salamander and the Alga
Berkeley Daily Planet 2010-08-10It reminds me a bit of the sharpshooters—the group containing the vineyard-pest glassy-winged sharpshooter —and their symbiotic bacteria, which are housed in ...
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Business News: Week of August 9
North Bay Business Journal 2010-08-09... at $0.75 per $1000 dollars crushed value for the 2010 winegrape harvest on the recommendation of the Pierce's Disease/ Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board ...
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Sharpshooters invade county
Madera Tribune 2010-08-06According to University of California Extension, Pierce's disease kills grapevines and there are no effective treatments for it. Three half-inch suspects ...
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UC Riverside Faculty Member Joins Elite Group of Entomologists
Media Newswire 2010-08-03(press release) ... grapevines with resistance to Pierce's disease , biotechnology for control of desert locust, and regulatory control of insect transgenic technologies ...
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Entomological Society of America names 2010 Fellows - PhysOrg.com
PhysOrg.com 2010-08-02(press release) ... grapevines with resistance to Pierce's disease , biotechnology for control of desert locust, and regulatory control of insect transgenic technologies. ... and more ...
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Gene genies
Cyprus Mail 2010-07-31Scientists in California are working on developing grape vines resistant to Pierce's Disease , a bacterial disease that attacks vines and is even more deadly ...
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Napa Democrats, Redford to welcome Boxer Saturday
Napa Valley Register 2010-07-31According to her campaign, Boxer has helped to secure more than $40 million for the Napa flood control project, as well as $50 million for Pierce's Disease ... and more ...
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UC Riverside faculty member joins elite group of entomologists - PhysOrg.com
PhysOrg.com 2010-07-29(press release) ... grapevines with resistance to Pierce's disease , biotechnology for control of desert locust, and regulatory control of insect transgenic technologies. ... and more ...
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Temecula businessman named to state agriculture board
Press-Enterprise 2010-07-27He is also a board member for the Rancho California Water District and serves on the state Pierce's Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Board. ... and more ...
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Vacaville man shares his passion for bugs
Contra Costa Times 2010-07-27In Solano, the glassy-winged sharpshooter has been an issue in recent years, as have infestations of the Mediterranean fruit fly and Light Brown Apple Moth. ... and more ...
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UC Davis professor blogging about bugs
Vallejo Times-Herald 2010-07-27In Solano County, the glassy-winged sharpshooter has been an issue in recent years, as have infestations of the Mediterranean fruit fly and Light Brown ... and more ...
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Lower Pierce's disease assessment
Western Farm Press 2010-07-20The Pierce's Disease/Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (PD/ GWSS ) Board had recommended the 75-cent level. Wine grapes were assessed at $1 per $1000 dollars crushed ...
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No Blow Movement Grows
Dissident Voice 2010-06-30That group managed to prevent the powerful wine industry from spraying homes and land against the glassy-winged sharpshooter pest without owner's ... and more ...
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UC Davis wine courses announced
Western Farm Press 2010-06-30This year's topics include: breeding grapevines for Pierce's Disease resistance; controlling grape fungal disease such as powdery mildew and Botrytis bunch ...
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Grapes for more than just wine
Victoria Advocate 2010-06-23These include Pierce disease in South and East Texas and black rot during wet-rainy periods (select tolerant varieties to avoid this); cotton root rot on ...
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US: Ag official worries about citrus heading to Tulare County
FreshPlaza 2010-06-15“They found out with glassy winged sharpshooter infestations that if they rinsed or brushed the fruit they drastically reduced the number of insects would ...
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Ag official worries about citrus loads heading to Tulare County
Porterville Recorder 2010-06-14“They found out with glassy winged sharpshooter infestations that if they rinsed or brushed the fruit they drastically reduced the number of insects would ...
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Wine Buzz: Spanish-English wine dictionary helps vintners, growers speak the ...
Sacramento Bee 2010-06-09In other words, how do you say " glassy winged sharpshooter " or "sulfur dioxide" in Spanish? Better consult the English/Spanish Dictionary ...
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California politics, and what we don't know
Los Angeles Times 2010-06-08... in various districts debate everything from hunger to cargo theft to the invasion of the glassy-winged sharpshooter and its impact on viticulture ...
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A school rooted in citrus history
Press-Enterprise 2010-06-06The school's scientists also had a big hand in helping Temecula grape growers battle the glassy-winged sharpshooter . You can also thank the school's ... and more ...
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Search for Tulare County deputy ag commissioner difficult
Visalia Times-Delta 2010-06-04... noxious-weed control, roadway-weed control, ground squirrel control, gathering crop statistics and the glassy-winged sharpshooter control program. ... and more ...
