Ten California counties are known to be infested with the glassy-winged sharpshooter, including Kern. From Wordnik.com. [Vp Announces Funding To Help Protect Ca Grape Industry] Reference
The glassy-winged sharpshooter, a non-native species of leafhopper, is responsible for spreading the bacterium Pierce's disease, which affects grapes, tree fruits, almonds, and many other crops. From Wordnik.com. [Vp Announces Funding To Help Protect Ca Grape Industry] Reference
SB 2 by Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) - Pest control: Pierce's disease: glassy-winged sharpshooter. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The European grapevine moth arrived a decade behind the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a potential carrier of Pierce's Disease. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
Sonoma County from spraying homes and land with deadly pesticides against the glassy-winged sharpshooter pest without owner's permissions. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
First the blue-green sharpshooter, then the glassy-winged, then recently it was the LBAM (light brown apple moth), and now the European. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
But it wasn't considered a real threat until the early 1990s, when the glassy-winged sharpshooter first appeared in California to spread it. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News] Reference
The glassy-winged sharpshooter spreads Pierce's disease, which damages grape vines 'circulation, interrupting the flow of water and nutrients. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The county agricultural commissioner has said there has been a resurgence in the glassy-winged sharpshooter, which devastated Wine Country earlier this decade. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The glassy-winged sharpshooter has two different resident bacteria, each of which creates different nutrients for the host insect from its base diet of plant sap. From Wordnik.com. [SEEDMAGAZINE.COM] Reference
Ultimately this state-of-the-art method will lead to better and more cost-effective control of termites, glassy-winged sharpshooters, lygus bugs, mosquitoes and other pests. From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
The report by the Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner's Office doesn't predict a new epidemic, but urges growers to do their part to control the glassy-winged sharpshooter. From Wordnik.com. [PE Angels Baseball] Reference
Fresno County agricultural officials are deploying some new tools and strategies in their annual battle against one of grape industry's most feared pests - the glassy-winged sharpshooter. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
The state is also home to the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a threat to grapes but also capable of carrying a debilitating disease called citrus variegated chlorosis that has been spotted in Brazil. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Among other things, the money pays for spraying insecticides in the Central Valley to keep the glassy-winged sharpshooter - the insect that spreads the disease - from moving farther north and wreaking havoc on wine country in Napa and Sonoma counties. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News] Reference
Oh yeah, that’s the glassy-winged vasebutt fly!. From Wordnik.com. [Syrphidae - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
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