• Publications

  Xylella Diseases

  • Report of the University of California Pierce's Disease Research
       and Emergency Response Task Force  version here
  • UC Agriculture and Natural Resource Publication on Pierce's Disease
  • UC Pest Management Guideline for Pierce's Disease of Grapes
  • UC Pest Management Slide Set for Pierce's Disease of Grapes
  • Pierce's Disease: History and Distribution in Tulare County
  • Pierce's Disease :Identification in Tulare County (Southern
       San Joaquin Valley)
  • Vineyard Biosecurity. UCCE Merced County publication
  • Agrculture Western Australia, Pierce's Disease Factsheet
  • Australian CSRIO Report on Pierce's Disease and the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
  • UC Pest Management Guideline for Almond Leaf Scorch
  • UC Pest Management Guideline for Oleander Leaf Scorch
  • Alfalfa Dwarf: History and Current Status (UC Davis)
  • "The genome sequence of the plant pathogen, Xylella fastidiosa". 2000. Nature 406:151-157
  • Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute Xylella fastidiosa Dixon sequence
  • Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute Xylella fastidiosa Ann-1 sequence
  • California Department of Agriculture, Pierce's Diesease Research Symposium Proceedings.
    • December 2001
    • December 2002
    • December 2003
    • December 2004
      
      

  Sharpshooters

  • Glassy-winged Sharpshooter: A serious threat to California
       Agriculture (downloadable color brochure)
  • Managing the glassy-winged sharpshooter in vineyards (downloadable color brochure)
  • UC Pest Management Guideline for Grape Leafhoppers
       (excluding the glassy-winged sharpshooter)
  • USDA-APHIS-PPQ Glassy-winged Sharpshooter/
      Pierce's Disease Factsheet
  • First record of Gonatocerus triguttatus from eggs of Homalodisca coagulata
       (Florida Entomologist 83(2):200-203.
    

    Cropping Systems

  • UC Pest Management Guidelines for Grapes (Gateway to all pests)
  • Grape management publications from the UC Agricultural
      and Natural Resources Catalog
  • UC Pest Management Guidelines for Almonds (Gateway to all pests)
  • UC Pest Management Guidelines for Citrus (Gateway to all pests)
  • UC Pest Management Guidelines for Peach (Gateway for all pests)

     
    

• Regulatory Guidelines and Agencies

  • California Department of Food and Agriculture
       Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Emergency Regulations for California
  • CDFA Environmental Information
  • California Dept. of Pesticide Registration Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Project
  • County Agricultural Commissioners of California
  • Oregon Department of Agriculture: Emergency quarantine regulations

• Maps

  • Confirmed Distribution of Glassy-winged sharpshooter in California
       (maintained by CDFA)
  
  

• News Links

  • UC DANR Online Media Kit (includes pictures and news releases)
  • CDFA/USDA Kern County Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Pilot Project Update
  • UC Cooperative Extension Tulare County Grape Notes
  • UC Cooperative Extension Sonoma County Viticulture News
  • California Department of Food and Agriculture Press Releases
  • California Dept. of Pesticide Registration Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Newsletters
  • University of Florida News Release on Technology Patented to Create PD Resistant Grapes
  • California Farm Bureau Ag Alert News portal
  • Napa Valley Grape Growers Association and the Napa County Farm Bureau News
  • The Wine Institute - Pierce's Disease Update
  • "Bugs from Brazil" News article by Michael Bevan, Nature,Vol. 406, 13 July 2000

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