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What is Pierce's Disease?

Pierce's Disease is a bacterial infection, which is spread by bugs that feed on grapevines, particularly the "glassy winged sharpshooter." Grapevines that become infected with PD can quickly become sick and die.

glassy-winged sharpshooter

FIRST RECORD OF AN EGG PARASITOID FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCONIINE SHARPSHOOTER PARAULACIZES IRRORATA (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE), WITH NOTES ON REARING TECHNIQUES

  • Author(s): III, Russell;
  • Abstract: The mymarid wasp, Gonatocerus fasciatus Girault, was reared from egg masses of the proconiine sharpshooter Paraulacizes irrorata (Fabricius) maintained in culture at the University of Florida North Florida Research and Education Center in Quincy, Florida. This discovery is the first known host record of an egg parasitoid for P. irrorata and also for the genus Paraulacizes Young, members of which lay eggs in plant stems and twigs rather than in leaves.
  • Publication Date: Jan 2006
  • Journal: Florida Entomologist

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