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Grape Agro-ecosystem Analysis-Glassy winged sharpshooter

The invasiveness of the polyphagous glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar), GWSS) using the PBDM approach. GWSS is indigenous to the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico, and extended its range into California USA in 1989. GWSS is a vector of the pathogenic bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al. 1987), which causes Pierce’s disease (PD) in … Continue reading Grape Agro-ecosystem Analysis-Glassy winged sharpshooter →

European Grapevine Moth

The European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana (Den. and Schiff.)) is the principal native pest of grape berries in Europe. It was found in Napa County, California in 2009 and has since spread to six additional counties suggesting it is well established. The goal of our study was to predict the potential geographic distribution and relative … Continue reading European Grapevine Moth →