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• UF grape research aims to push wine, grape industries beyond climate and pest ... - Checkbiotech.org
  Checkbiotech.org 2009-11-19

  (press release) Pierce's disease has been seen from California to Florida and is spread by an insect called the glassy - winged sharpshooter . It appears mild the first season ...

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• Winegrape Growers' leader Karen Ross to join Department of Agriculture
  Bizjournals.com 2009-11-18

  Highlights of Ross's tenure included working to eliminate invasive pests from vineyards, including a program to fight Pierce's Disease ; creation of the ... and more ...

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• Special sections: Florida Citrus Fewer grapefruit expected from Florida
  The Packer 2009-11-13

  Kevin Swords, Florida citrus sales manager for DNE World Fruit Sales, Fort Pierce , said this season is bringing high brix. “The pipeline is getting filled, ... and more ...

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• State corrects misinformation on citrus pest
  Capital Press 2009-11-12

  "Countries may take precautionary measures in case we could have it," said Bob Wynn, coordinator of CDFA's Pierce's Disease Control Program ...

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• TASTING ROOM PLAN ILLEGAL
  St. Helena Star 2009-11-11

  This regulation has about as much chance of surviving a legal challenge as a glassy - winged sharpshooter has of survival in Antarctica ...

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• How plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease
  Newspost Online 2009-11-11

  ... is also found in many other species of Xanthomonas as well as in Xylella fastidiosa, a microbe that causes the devastating Pierce's disease in grapes ...

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• So you want to grow grapes? Here’s how to start (Greater Houston Weekly)
  So you want to grow grapes? Here’s how to start 2009-11-10

  There is a HUGE demand for more grapes grown in Texas. If Texas tripled its vineyards, it might satisfy the ever-growing demand for Texas grapes ...

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• How plants and bacteria talk
  Scientist Live 2009-11-09

  ... is also found in many other species of Xanthomonas as well as in Xylella fastidiosa, a microbe that causes the devastating Pierce's disease in grapes ...

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• Study reveals how plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease
  Science Centric 2009-11-06

  ... is also found in many other species of Xanthomonas as well as in Xylella fastidiosa, a microbe that causes the devastating Pierce's disease in grapes. ... and more ...

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• How plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease
  India Business Blog 2009-11-06

  (blog) ... is also found in many other species of Xanthomonas as well as in Xylella fastidiosa, a microbe that causes the devastating Pierce's disease in grapes. ... and more ...

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• TASTING ROOM PLAN ILLEGAL
  St. Helena Star 2009-11-05

  This regulation has about as much chance of surviving a legal challenge as a glassy - winged sharpshooter has of survival in Antarctica ...

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• Bonny Doon winemaker gets serious
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2009-11-01

  We learn about the demise from Pierce's disease in the mid-1990s of his beloved Bonny Doon Estate Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains ...

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• Napa growers detect new grape pest
  Modesto Bee 2009-10-31

  Valley grape growers have been battling the glassy - winged sharpshooter for several years. The insect is feared because of its potential to carry the ... and more ...

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• County's assistant agricultural commissioner retires
  Visalia Times-Delta 2009-10-24

  ... department as it faced a dramatically increased workload ... primarily as a result of the introduction of the glassy - winged sharpshooter insect pest ...

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• Catch it! Bin it! Profit from it!
  guardian.co.uk 2009-10-24

  guardian.co.uk Catch it! Bin it! Profit from it! guardian.co.uk The doses – fine particles of dry powder – are in a blister pack that, once inserted into the device, automatically pierces each time t ...

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• Another moth threatens valley vineyards (The Weekly Calistogan)
  Another moth threatens valley vineyards 2009-10-21

  A new pest has landed in the Napa Valley. A single European grapevine moth, along with larvae, has been detected in Oakville, according to local agricultural officials ...

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• Puyallup kids can get free H1N1 shots
  TheNewsTribune.com 2009-10-20

  The first clinic in Pierce County to dispense free swine flu vaccine will be Saturday in Puyallup. It is one of six school-based clinics either planned or ...

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• Mad about muscadine
  Garner Citizen 2009-10-19

  The grape's vines are resistant to Pierce's disease , a bacterium which is carried by insects prevalent in eastern and central North Carolina and is deadly ... and more ...

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• New moth a threat to vineyards
  St. Helena Star 2009-10-17

  Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, which authorizes continuation of the Pierce's disease and glassy winged sharpshooter grower self-assessment to fund research ... and more ...

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• Another moth threatens valley vineyards (The Weekly Calistogan)
  Another moth threatens valley vineyards 2009-10-16

  A new pest has landed in the Napa Valley. A single European grapevine moth, along with larvae, has been detected in Oakville, according to local agricultural officials ...

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• Another moth threatens valley vineyards
  Weekly Calistogan 2009-10-15

  Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, which authorizes continuation of the Pierce's disease and glassy winged sharpshooter grower self-assessment to fund research ... and more ...

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• Governor's signing spree OKs more than a dozen local bills
  Napa Valley Register 2009-10-14

  Authorizes a vote of the Pierce's Disease and Glassy - winged Sharpshooter Board on whether the industry assessment should be continued ...

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• Governor's signing spree oks more than a dozen local bills
  Napa Valley Register 2009-10-14

  Authorizes a vote of the Pierce's Disease and Glassy - winged Sharpshooter Board on whether the industry assessment should be continued ...

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• Five Wiggins bills among those signed by governor last weekend
  Lake County News 2009-10-13

  SB 2, which authorizes a vote of the Pierce's Disease and Glassy - winged Sharpshooter Board on whether the industry assessment should be continued needs to ...

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• Calif. citrus farmers fear tree-killing disease
  Madison Daily Leader 2009-10-13

  The state is also home to the glassy - winged sharpshooter , a threat to grapes but also capable of carrying a debilitating disease called citrus variegated ... and more ...

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