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News archives for 2009
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Official fights tree disease
Capital Press on March 5, 2009"He has been a leading force in unifying state, federal and local efforts to prevent and abate such pests as the Mediterranean and other fruit flies, glassy-winged sharpshooter and our current proble...
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A county report urges control of vineyard pests in Temecula Wine ...
Trading Markets on March 3, 2009The report by the Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner's Office doesn't predict a new epidemic, but urges growers to do their part to control the glassy-winged sharpshooter. If the population i...
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North Bay reps secure fed. funding
abc7news.com on February 26, 2009The money secured by Woolsey and Thompson includes $427500 for preliminary engineering plans for the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District; $5.3 million for Sudden Oak Death and $24.5 million to fi...
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‘Sharpshooter’ gains a comeback
Inland Empire News on February 25, 2009There’s been a resurgence of the glassy-winged sharpshooter in the Temecula Wine Country. The insect first appeared more than 10-years ago and decimated 40 percent of the vineyards. Most of the vines...
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ECOLOGY: California steps up effort to halt invasive species
North County Times on February 16, 2009Other threats the council will be studying include: the glassy-winged sharpshooter, which transmits the fatal Pierce's disease to grape vines; the Asian gypsy moth and longhorned beetle, which threat...
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California steps up effort to halt invasive species
Sierra Sun on February 11, 2009Other threats the council will be studying include: the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, which transmits the fatal Pierce's Disease to grape vines; the Asian gypsy moth and longhorneed beetle, which threa...
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Ag commissioner muses on 37 years of service
Ukiah Daily Journal on February 11, 2009In addition to certifying and sealing scales, Bengston was responsible for controlling what he calls the "pest du jour" - perhaps a glassy winged sharpshooter, light brown apple moth or yellow star t...
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A Garden View: Winter chores and dying oleanders
Contra Costa Times on February 7, 2009Oleanders are dying from oleander leaf scorch, a disease caused by a bacterium known as Xylella fastidiosa — related to, but not the same as, Pierce's disease in grapevines. The pathogen attacks the ...
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Oleanders are Dying in San Diego (San Diego Reader)
Oleanders are Dying in San Diego on February 6, 2009A bacterium commonly identified with grape vines (Xylella fastidiosa) is the suspected cause of “oleander leaf scorch,” which is resulting in the slow deaths of thousands of oleanders in San Diego Co...
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Earmarks worthwhile, Farr says
Monterey County Herald on March 10, 2009Those include about $1.1 million for pest detection work; $704000 for fresh produce food-safety programs, $1.5 million to combat Pierce's disease in vineyards, $1.4 million for a viticulture consorti...
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Research into vineyard disease bearing fruit
San Diego Union Tribune on March 20, 2009Among other things, the money pays for spraying insecticides in the Central Valley to keep the glassy-winged sharpshooter – the insect that spreads the disease – from moving farther north and wreakin...
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Research into devastating vineyard disease producing results
Santa Rosa Press Democrat on March 20, 2009Among other things, the money pays for spraying insecticides in the Central Valley to keep the glassy-winged sharpshooter - the insect that spreads the disease - from moving farther north and wreakin...
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Grape Vine Researchers Works Magic with Vaccines
NBC Los Angeles on March 20, 2009Among other things, the money pays for spraying insecticides in the Central Valley to keep the glassy-winged sharpshooter -- the insect that spreads the disease -- from moving farther north and wreak...
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Research into vineyard disease bearing fruit
Capital Press on March 21, 2009Among other things, the money pays for spraying insecticides in the Central Valley to keep the glassy-winged sharpshooter - the insect that spreads the disease - from moving farther north and wreakin...
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Vineyard vaccine (The Monterey County Herald)
Vineyard vaccine on March 21, 2009RIVERSIDE — Researcher Caroline Roper turned a potted grape vine onto its side and treated the stem with a clear liquid intended to protect it from the ravages of Pierce's disease....
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The Dirt: Weeding out botanical rogues
San Francisco Chronicle on March 21, 2009Some - the Mediterranean fruit fly, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, the light brown apple moth - pose threats to agriculture. The exotic yellow star thistle is toxic to horses. Other exotic plants fo...
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FYI Datebook: Events calendar for North County
San Diego Union Tribune on March 29, 2009Features seminar on the wine industry and an update on the Pierce's Disease control program. (800) 801-WINE. Palomar Chamber Singers and Palomar Women's Chorus, 12:30 pm Thursday, Palomar College, 11...
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Research into vineyard disease bearing fruit
IdahoStatesman.com on March 25, 2009Among other things, the money pays for spraying insecticides in the Central Valley to keep the glassy-winged sharpshooter - the insect that spreads the disease - from moving farther north and wreakin...
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Vineyard disease bearing
WWLP 22News on March 25, 2009Among other things, the money pays for spraying insecticides in the Central Valley to keep the glassy-winged sharpshooter, the insect that spreads the disease, from moving farther north and wreaking ...
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Sixth Texas Pierce’s disease symposium set April 16 in Driftwood
Southwest Farm Press on March 30, 2009Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service will host the sixth-annual Texas Pierce's Disease Symposium on April 16. The symposium will take place from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm at Thur...
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Callaway Vineyard & Winery 40 Years in the Making (Inland Empire Business Journal)
Callaway Vineyard & Winery 40 Years in the Making on April 1, 2009Callaway Winery was founded in 1969 by Ely Callaway, who went on to gain fame and fortune in the world of golf. Extensive research led Callaway to Temecula and to veteran viticulturist John Moramarco...
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Ag briefs, April 5 - San Angelo Standard-Times
San Angelo Standard-Times on April 5, 2009The sixth annual Texas Pierce's Disease Symposium will start at 8:30 am and end at 5:30 pm April 16 at Thurman's Mansion, located at 17900 Farm-to-Market Road 1826 in Driftwood. "The symposium will f...
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Wine country 40 years in the making (The Temecula Valley News)
Wine country 40 years in the making on April 3, 2009Callaway Winery was founded in 1969 by Ely Callaway, who went on to gain fame and fortune in the world of golf. Extensive research had led Callaway to Temecula and to veteran viticulturist John Moram...
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Thompson appropriations requests total $18 million for Lake County
Lake County News on April 7, 2009Thompson made $46.7 million in requests for agriculture-related research and projects, including $30 million for the US Department of Agriculture to work on containment and control of the glassy-wing...
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Planning a home orchard
Bullard News on April 7, 2009Only certain grapes will perform in our area, while the majority of high quality table and wine grape varieties are susceptible to a life-shortening pest called Pierce's Disease. Muscadine grapes, wh...
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Bluebirds of happiness
Weekly Calistogan on April 9, 2009Cantisano was talking about building bird houses to attract bluebirds to the Spring Mountain vineyards to combat the blue-green sharpshooter, which, as a smaller cousin to the more notorious glassy w...
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Sixth Texas Pierce's disease symposium set April 16 in Driftwood
Southwest Farm Press on March 30, 2009Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service will host the sixth-annual Texas Pierce's Disease Symposium on April 16. The symposium will take place from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm at Thur...
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Steven McIntyre planning winery off River Road, south of Gonzales (The Salinas Californian)
Steven McIntyre planning winery off River Road, south of Gonzales on April 18, 2009Steve McIntyre says he's not only committed to environmentally and economically sustainable practices in his own Soledad vineyard, but has encouraged other grape growers to follow suit....
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Fresno County ag officials escalate battle against a growing pest ...
Fresno Bee on April 17, 2009By Robert Rodriguez / The Fresno Bee Fresno County agricultural officials are deploying some new tools and strategies in their annual battle against one of grape industry's most feared pests — the gl...
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PD EDITORIAL: Earmarks again
Santa Rosa Press Democrat on April 16, 2009The requests include $92 million for a flood-control project for the Napa River; $5 million for preliminary work on the SMART commuter rail line; $30 million to combat vineyard-threatening Pierce's d...
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Grape production down, acre price up
abc7news.com on April 9, 2009The numbers do not include many vineyards that use organic practices and qualify for organic certification but whose owners do not choose official certification. Only two glassy-winged sharpshooter e...
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Thompson's earmarks reach $395 million
Santa Rosa Press Democrat on April 5, 2009One of the largest requests is for $30 million to pay for efforts to fight the vineyard-killing Pierce’s disease, which can be spread by the glassy winged sharpshooter. Agricultural officals are tryi...
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Wine country 40 years in the making (The Temecula Valley News)
Wine country 40 years in the making on April 3, 2009Callaway Winery was founded in 1969 by Ely Callaway, who went on to gain fame and fortune in the world of golf. Extensive research had led Callaway to Temecula and to veteran viticulturist John Moram...
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News Briefs
Capital Press on April 2, 2009Pierce's Disease 10 years of Progress Towards a Solution - Nancy Irelan research director and Bob Wynn, Statewide Coordinator CDFA Pierce's Disease Control Program. • 4:30-5:00. Review of Local Vitic...
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FYI Datebook: Events calendar for North County
San Diego Union Tribune on March 29, 2009Features seminar on the wine industry and an update on the Pierce's Disease control program. (800) 801-WINE. Palomar Chamber Singers and Palomar Women's Chorus, 12:30 pm Thursday, Palomar College, 11...
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Research into vineyard disease bearing fruit (Kitchener
Waterloo Record) on March 25, 2009RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Researcher Caroline Roper turned a potted grape vine onto its side and treated the stem with a clear liquid intended to protect it from the ravages of Pierce's disease....
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Who's Who at the County: Tony Linegar
Ukiah Daily Journal on April 20, 2009The department tests for and manages the glassy winged sharpshooter, inspects incoming plant and nursery stock and enforces the Sudden Oak Death Quarantine. The Pesticide Use Enforcement Program, acc...
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Patianna Organic Vineyards: A way of life
Ukiah Daily Journal on June 28, 2009When they were worried about the glassy winged sharpshooter , which is devastating to grape vines, he explains, "we can't put chemicals because we want to ......
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WINDMILL COUNTRY: Conaway stresses impact to ag
San Angelo Standard Times on April 21, 2009"Since his election, Conaway has been an advocate for West Texas agriculture and has supported many initiatives that have benefited this region including the wool and mohair research program, Pierce'...
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Sharpshooter war may be extended
Central Valley Business Times on April 22, 2009... threatened to cause sizable damage to grapes due to the arrival of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, an insect that carries the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which causes Pierce's Disease in grapes...
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Cuts will hurt - from elections to animal control, officials say
Sacramento Bee on April 29, 2009His department is the one that dealt with the Japanese beetle infestation in thelate 1980sandmorerecently has been combating the glassy-winged sharpshooter, an invasive insect that has threatened gra...
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Extra wine briefs - St. Helena Star
St. Helena Star on April 26, 2009... committee for the past two years, said, "There are major issues that the wine industry currently faces such as the economic downturn, the threat of a serious drought, diseases and pests such as P...
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Hike your way to bluebird of happiness
San Francisco Chronicle on May 8, 2009Last year the winery built 500 bluebird boxes in hopes of recruiting the birds for the elimination of the blue-green sharpshooter, a nemesis to the grapevine and small cousin to the glassy-winged sha...
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WINE BRIEFS (The St. Helena Star)
WINE BRIEFS on May 11, 2009The Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) has announced the recipient of its 2009 Grower of the Year award. Longtime Napa grower Andrew Hoxsey will be honored at the organization’s 34th Annual Dinner on May...
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WINE BRIEFS - St. Helena Star
St. Helena Star on May 12, 2009The State Senate Committee on Food & Agriculture voted 5-0 recently to approve SB 2, legislation by Senator Patricia Wiggins (D - Santa Rosa) to extend the Pierce's Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter...
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Bonny Doon Vineyard tasting room adds gourmet cafe
Santa Cruz Sentinel on May 13, 2009He goes on to point out how random winemaking can be, "accidentally" delivering this incredible syrah before the glassy-winged sharpshooter, which carries Pierce's disease, wiped out the vineyard. Th...
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WINE BRIEFS (The St. Helena Star)
WINE BRIEFS on May 13, 2009The Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) has announced the recipient of its 2009 Grower of the Year award. Longtime Napa grower Andrew Hoxsey will be honored at the organization’s 34th Annual Dinner on May...
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Parks and Napa Pipe
Napa Valley Register on May 20, 2009May has been proclaimed “Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Awareness Month” by the Board of Supervisors. The board wants Napa County residents to know that the threat is still out there — that it is as impo...
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How To Fight Super Pests? Build Superbugs.
Alibaba News Channel on June 3, 2009California has waged a decade-long war against the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, a half-inch long brown fly, which infects grapes with a rotting disease that has cost the state's wine-growers millions ...
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Pierce's Disease control program may expand
Central Valley Business Times on June 2, 2009... threatened to cause sizable damage to grapes due to the arrival of the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, a fly-sized insect that suck moisture out of plants as it infects them with the bacterium Xylell...
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Texas Hill Country wineries' determination a lesson we can follow
Examiner.com on June 1, 2009Many vineyards and wineries with vineyards struggle with the glassy winged sharpshooter, an insect that may infect grapevines with a disease called Pierce's disease. Infected vines will die. Pierce's...
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TOURISM: Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival still flying high
North County Times on June 3, 2009Over that decade, the wineries fought off a serious threat from a fatal vine infection called Pierce's disease, spread by an insect called the glassy-winged sharpshooter. While hundreds of acres of v...
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Vail wines: Artisan winery leads green movement
Vail Daily News on June 2, 2009The next bug Fowler says she plans to tackle is the glassy-winged sharpshooter, known for spreading Pierce's disease, which can kill grapevines. Peju's efforts are paying off. It was named top artisa...
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Senate extends Pierce's disease control program
Capital Press on June 4, 2009Senate extends Pierce's disease control programCapital Press (subscription)In the meantime, the state program will help contain Pierce's disease and the glassy-winged sharpshooter, the insect that sp...
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How To Fight Super Pests? Build Superbugs.
Alibaba News Channel on June 3, 2009How To Fight Super Pests? Build Superbugs.Alibaba News ChannelCalifornia has waged a decade-long war against the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, a half-inch long brown fly, which infects grapes with a ro...
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Texas Red Festival on tap for City of Bryan
Montgomery County Courier on June 12, 2009Episode 5: Franklin Houser of Dry Comal Creek Vineyards and Winery in New Braunfels, Texas discusses Black Spanish, a red-fleshed grape that is highly resistant to Pierce's Disease and thrives in Tex...
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Senate extends Pierce's disease control program
Capital Press on June 4, 2009In the meantime, the state program will help contain Pierce's disease and the glassy-winged sharpshooter, the insect that spreads it. The bill would also extend the program to additional pests and di...
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It's back: Sharpshooter returns
Inland Empire News on July 8, 2009It's been 11-years since the glassy - winged sharpshooter began devouring grapevines in Temecula's wine country. Forty percent of the vineyards were replanted ......
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Assembly ag committee approves extension of Pierce's Disease program
Capital Press on June 25, 2009The Pierce's Disease/ Glassy - winged Sharpshooter Board, created in 2001 to direct the Pierce's Disease Control Program, was due to sunset in 2011. ......
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House passes important research programs for agriculture
Lake County News on July 11, 2009“We cannot let up in the fight against Pierce's disease, and its vector, the glassy winged sharpshooter ,” said Congressman Thompson. ......
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Backyard bugs
Santa Rosa Press Democrat on July 10, 2009These beneficial insects will go after glassy - winged sharpshooters , the western flower thrip, black aphids, white flies and leaf hoppers. ......
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Grape stomps celebrate wine harvests (Greater Houston Weekly)
Grape stomps celebrate wine harvests on July 13, 2009Several local wineries will hold “grape stomps” celebrating the harvest. Pleasant Hill Winery near Brenham will host grape stomps each weekend from July 17 through Aug. 9...
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Cotton-to-wine grape transition pays off
Southwest Farm Press on July 13, 2009“Some vines have tested positive for Xylella fastidiosa , the causal organism of Pierce's disease on the High Plains,” Hellman said...
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Bonny Doon Vineyard's Randall Grahm makes a bid to be known for wines, not wackiness (San Jose Mercury News)
Mercury News on July 8, 2009Bonny Doon Vineyard founder Randall Grahm is continually reinventing his wines and his winery.He started Bonny Doon in 1981 with the aim of making great pinot noir...
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Winery in Temecula was among first, now celebrating 40 years
Press-Enterprise on July 22, 2009Production fell after Callaway lost half its vineyards to Pierce's Disease , which kills vines choking off their water supply, in 2000, and Allied began ... and more...
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Bug Watch – Ag Pests Feel the Heat
Valley Voice on July 22, 2009The GWSS can carry the virulent Pierce's Disease that kills off grapevines. The disease had taken a hold on vineyards in the Edison area in part because it...
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Commentary: Pythons must be banned
News & Observer on July 10, 2009Commentary: Pythons must be banned News & Observer ... the Great Lakes to the glassy - winged sharpshooter , a bacteria-carrying insect that has caused nearly $40 million in losses in California's wi...
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Another View: Invasive animal species cause threats, raise costs
Pasadena Star-News on July 17, 2009... the Great Lakes to the glassy - winged sharpshooter , a bacteria-carrying insect that has caused nearly $40 million in losses in California's wine country. ... and more...
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Mothballing vineyards pose biosecurity risks (Queensland Country Life)
Mothballing vineyards pose biosecurity risks on August 17, 2009AUSTRALIA'S wine and table grape industries are facing an escalating biosecurity challenge due to the increasing mothballing, and abandonment, of vineyards...
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Report: Sacramento County crops worth $358M in '08
Bizjournals.com on July 30, 2009The commissioner also reported that for the first time since 1999, no glassy - winged sharpshooters were found in Sacramento. The insect, which is not harmful ... and more...
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California Nursery Industry Hosts Cal... - PR-USA.net
PR-USA.net on August 5, 2009(press release) Asian Citrus Psyllid, Light Brown Apple Moth, Sudden Oak Death, and Glassy - winged Sharpshooter were among the invasive pests discussed, along with the ... and more...
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New grape variety is disease resistan...
University of Florida on August 24, 2009Muscadines are typically resistant to Pierce's disease , which plagues many grape varieties grown in Florida, but they can be susceptible to bitter rot or...
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Wine classes offer history, good taste
Herald Zeitung on August 30, 2009After the vineyard suffered through Pierce's disease , a grape-destroyer that is endemic to this area, Houser replanted. He came across the Black Spanish ... and more...
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Winery harvests first grapes
Monroe News Star on September 7, 2009"The Black Spanish is the only true North American wine grape, and its resistant to Pierce Disease (a common problem for American growers)," he said. ... and more...
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Wiggins' wine bill heads to governor
Times-Standard on September 4, 2009By extending the sunset date, the Pierce's Disease Control Program can continue to combat the spread of Pierce's Disease and the Glassy - Winged Sharpshooter...
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Ag at Large: Farm getaways expand appeal
Porterville Recorder on September 14, 2009... have banished the scourge of Pierce's disease carried by the notorious glassy winged sharpshooter , tourism is likely to make a comeback there. ... and more...
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No need to whine about the swine
Daily Cardinal on September 25, 2009Frank has eaten a bad egg, and a deadly disease (Laurence Fishburne) is looking to bring him down. Now it's up to Ozzie and Drix the pill (David Hyde Pierce...
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Waiting for the governor's pen
Napa Valley Register on September 28, 2009One measure would extend state support for research into Pierce's disease, the vine-killing problem carried on the wings of the glassy - winged sharpshooter...
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Waiting for action: Eight bills by local lawmakers wait for ...
Times-Standard on October 4, 2009Wiggins' Senate Bill 2 -- Sponsored by the California Association of Winegrape Growers and the Wine Institute, the bill would extend the Pierce's Disease...
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Citrus industry gears up for HLB
Western Farm Press on October 6, 2009The trapping will be done jointly with CDFA's glassy - winged sharpshooter program. As an example of the depth of the program, when maps are completed it will ... and more...
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Poage committee chairman shares life as politician
Baylor University The Lariat Online on October 8, 2009They have been very instrumental in spreading a deadly disease called Pierce's Disease that at one time threatened to wipe out the grape industry in...
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Swine flu disaster plan could be just what the doctor ordered for small businesses - Vero Beach Press-Journal
Vero Beach Press-Journal on October 8, 2009FORT PIERCE — A howling hurricane and swine flu can shutter a small business equally fast, an expert told more than 100 small-business...
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Public Lecture At UC Riverside To Focus On Evolutionary Struggle With Cancer
Medical News Today on October 9, 2009(press release) Currently, Nunney is working on a genomic study of Xylella fastidiosa , a plant pathogen causing Pierce's disease of grape, the disease that severely ... and more...
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There's no reason to make Fresno a vacation spot
Fresno Business Journal on October 9, 2009The 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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Live 5 News, Weather Sports, and Traffic for Charleston, SC-Calif. citrus ...
Live 5 News on October 8, 2009Live 5 News, Weather Sports, and Traffic for Charleston, SC-Calif. citrus ... Live 5 News The state is also home to the glassy - winged sharpshooter , a threat to grapes but also capable of carrying ...
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Evolutionary struggle with cancer is focus of public lecture at UC Riverside
PhysOrg.com on October 8, 2009Currently, Nunney is working on a genomic study of Xylella fastidiosa , a plant pathogen causing Pierce's disease of grape, the disease that severely ... and more...
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Gov. signs six bills by local reps, vetoes two others
Times-Standard on October 13, 2009Wiggins' Senate Bill 2 -- Sponsored by the California Association of Winegrape Growers and the Wine Institute, the bill will extend the Pierce's Disease ... and more...
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New moth a threat to vineyards
Napa Valley Register on October 13, 2009Patricia 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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Public lecture at UC Riverside to focus on the evolutionary struggle for cancer
News-Medical.net on October 13, 2009Currently, Nunney is working on a genomic study of Xylella fastidiosa , a plant pathogen causing Pierce's disease of grape, the disease that severely...
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Funds to battle grape, oak diseases
Santa Rosa Press Democrat on October 12, 2009A $121 billion agricultural spending bill approved by Congress last week includes $30 million to fight Pierce's disease and sudden oak death syndrome. Rep...
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Governor's signing spree oks more than a dozen local bills
Napa Valley Register on October 14, 2009Authorizes a vote of the Pierce's Disease and Glassy - winged Sharpshooter Board on whether the industry assessment should be continued...
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Calif. citrus farmers fear tree-killing disease
Madison Daily Leader on October 13, 2009The 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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US: Citrus pest bugs farmers in California
FreshPlaza on October 12, 2009The state is also home to the glassy - winged sharpshooter , a threat to grapes but also capable of carrying a debilitating disease called citrus variegated...
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Another moth threatens valley vineyards
Weekly Calistogan on October 15, 2009Patricia 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 on October 14, 2009Authorizes a vote of the Pierce's Disease and Glassy - winged Sharpshooter Board on whether the industry assessment should be continued...
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Another moth threatens valley vineyards (The Weekly Calistogan)
Another moth threatens valley vineyards on October 16, 2009A 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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New moth a threat to vineyards
St. Helena Star on October 17, 2009Patricia 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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Mad about muscadine
Garner Citizen on October 19, 2009The 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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Puyallup kids can get free H1N1 shots
TheNewsTribune.com on October 20, 2009The 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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Another moth threatens valley vineyards (The Weekly Calistogan)
Another moth threatens valley vineyards on October 21, 2009A 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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Catch it! Bin it! Profit from it!
guardian.co.uk on October 24, 2009guardian.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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Calif. citrus farmers fear tree-killing disease
The Associated Press on October 8, 2009The 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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Napa growers detect new grape pest
Modesto Bee on October 31, 2009Valley 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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Bonny Doon winemaker gets serious
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on November 1, 2009We 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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TASTING ROOM PLAN ILLEGAL
St. Helena Star on November 5, 2009This 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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Five Wiggins bills among those signed by governor last weekend
Lake County News on October 13, 2009SB 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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How plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease
India Business Blog on November 6, 2009(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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Study reveals how plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease
Science Centric on November 6, 2009... 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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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 on November 10, 2009There 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 on November 9, 2009... 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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How plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease
Newspost Online on November 11, 2009... 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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TASTING ROOM PLAN ILLEGAL
St. Helena Star on November 11, 2009This 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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State corrects misinformation on citrus pest
Capital Press on November 12, 2009"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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Special sections: Florida Citrus Fewer grapefruit expected from Florida
The Packer on November 13, 2009Kevin 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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County's assistant agricultural commissioner retires
Visalia Times-Delta on October 24, 2009... 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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UF grape research aims to push wine, grape industries beyond climate and pest ... - Checkbiotech.org
Checkbiotech.org on November 19, 2009(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 on November 18, 2009Highlights 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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Lodi woman to head state growers group
Stockton Record on November 24, 2009... she expects to tackle issues such as renewal of the industry grape assessment used to combat Pierce's disease and the glassy - winged sharpshooter ;...
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The First, and Greatest, Reality Show: Evolutionary Biology
Discover Magazine on November 23, 2009One of the most intimate so-called mutualisms can be found inside a notorious enemy of the American farmer, an insect called the glassy - winged sharpshooter...
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Challenge of invasive pests
Western Farm Press on November 23, 2009Wynn directs the 10-year-old program to control the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter ( GWSS ), the vector for Pierce's disease. It has been challenging,...
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Moth Wars (Napa Valley Register)
Moth Wars on November 22, 2009Napa County grapegrowers are used to looking for trouble in the form of bad weather, mildew on grape clusters or the vine-killing phylloxera that has twice swept through the valley...
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Of Pests and People (Napa Valley Register)
Of Pests and People on November 22, 2009When it comes to the European grapevine moth or light brown apple moth, the main battle is man versus insect for control of vineyards...
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Valley growers see reason to toast wine market
Fresno Bee on November 21, 2009Known for his bluntness, Franzia attacked the need for growers to continue to pay for the battle against the glassy - winged sharpshooter . ... and more...
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Franzia speaks to SJ wine growers
Modesto Bee on November 21, 2009... Franzia also took the opportunity Friday to criticize the money California growers are forced to pay to battle the glassy - winged sharpshooter . ... and more...
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Pest quarantines disrupt farms and nurseries
California Farm Bureau on November 24, 2009He said the psyllid program utilizes a regimen similar to that used to combat the glassy - winged sharpshooter , which carries Pierce's Disease in grapes. ... and more...
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WINES, WITH NOTES OF MBA
El Paso Inc on November 28, 2009... sensing technologies and diagnostic devices, including a hand-held device to detect Pierce's disease , a bacterial infection that can wipe out vineyards. ... and more...
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Florida Wine (BellaOnline)
Florida Wine on November 30, 2009Will Florida be the next fashionable wine producing area? Peter F May doesn't think so. Florida has a lot going for it but is struggling to make great wines...
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Nebraska wine's a fine idea for gifts (North Platte Telegraph)
Nebraska wine's a fine idea for gifts on November 29, 2009World-Herald News Service NORFOLK - Short on gift ideas? Take a look at Nebraska wines...
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Deadline nears for USDA grants
Napa Valley Register on December 10, 2009A sample of projects that qualify include: vineyard cover crops, streambank stabilization and riparian Pierce's disease management, livestock watering and ... and more...
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County ag commissioner retires
Santa Maria Times on December 14, 2009... without too much controversy in residential areas, during outbreaks of pests such as the light brown apple moth and the glassy-winged sharpshooter...
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State declares county free of vineyard pest
Sacramento Bee on December 16, 2009The California Department of Food and Agriculture has declared Sacramento County free of the glassy-winged sharpshooter , an insect that transmits a disease ... and more...
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County ag commissioner retires
Lompoc Record on December 16, 2009... without too much controversy in residential areas, during outbreaks of pests such as the light brown apple moth and the glassy-winged sharpshooter...
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Whitmer re-appointed Ag Commissioner
St. Helena Star on December 17, 2009... Whitmer outlined his accomplishments during his most recent tenure, including maintaining Napa County as an area free of the glassy-winged sharpshooter ,...
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Cuts in funding, pests, trapping
Ukiah Daily Journal on December 26, 2009The Glassy Winged Sharpshooter is a pest that can spread Pierce's Disease, and funding is critical, the county's legislative report stated. ... and more...
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New Year's forecasts and resolutions for 2010
Montgomery County Courier on December 31, 2009Commercially available grapes vines (vitis vinifera – the classic grapes) that are resistant to Pierce's Disease will become available to Texas vineyards by...
