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• Lower Pierce's disease assessment
  Western Farm Press on July 20, 2010

  The 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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• UC Riverside faculty member joins elite group of entomologists - PhysOrg.com
  PhysOrg.com on July 29, 2010

  (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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• UC Davis professor blogging about bugs
  Vallejo Times-Herald on July 27, 2010

  In 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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• Vacaville man shares his passion for bugs
  Contra Costa Times on July 27, 2010

  In 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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• Temecula businessman named to state agriculture board
  Press-Enterprise on July 27, 2010

  He 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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• Napa Democrats, Redford to welcome Boxer Saturday
  Napa Valley Register on July 31, 2010

  According 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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• Gene genies
  Cyprus Mail on July 31, 2010

  Scientists 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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