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glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis)

Pierce’s Disease: Areawide Project Shows IPM Success for 20 Years

A new case study in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management chronicles the challenges and successes of a two-decade effort to manage the glassy-winged sharpshooter and the bacterial disease it spreads in California vineyards.

Entomology Today March 31, 2021 Leave a Comment

A New Guide for Understanding Insect Vectors of Plant Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

In many areas across the southern United States and California, one bacteria species complex is responsible for a long list of plant diseases: Pierce’s disease of grape, citrus variegated chlorosis, […]