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Oct 2009 news archives
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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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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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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...
