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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.

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MAINTAINING AND EVALUATING QUARANTINE CULTURES OF GONATOCERUS SPP., PROMISING EGG PARASITOIDS FROM ARGENTINA AND MEXICO, FOR THE CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER IN CALIFORNIA

  • Author(s): Hoddle, Mark; Triapitsyn, Serguei; Logarzo, Guillermo; Morgan, David;
  • Abstract: This is a new project, which is expected to be completed within one year. Cultures of two species of mymarid (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) egg parasitoids of proconiine sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae; Proconiini) of Argentina origin (Gonatocerus tuberculifemur (Ogloblin) and Gonatocerus sp. 6) as well as of two species of Gonatocerus of Mexico origin (G. morrilli (Howard) and G. new sp. near morrilli) are being maintained in a UC Riverside quarantine laboratory. Basic biological data are being collected on these species, which are candidate agents for classical biological control against the glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Homalodisca coagulata (Say).
  • Publication Date: Dec 2005
  • Journal: 2005 Pierce's Disease Research Symposium

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