Nov 2009 news archives
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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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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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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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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' 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
