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"The glassy-winged sharpshooter is one of the more recent invasive pests to afflict California agriculture. The insect transmits a bacterial pathogen that causes Pierce's disease, which has impaired production of wine, table, and raisin grapes in California. The report recommends strengthe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on California Agricultural Research Priorities: Pierce's Disease
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Pierce's disease > California.
Grapes > Diseases and pests > California.
Leafhoppers > Control.
Insects as carriers of plant disease.
Vigne > Maladies et fléaux > Californie.
Cicadelles > Lutte contre.
Insectes (Vecteurs de maladies des plantes)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
GARDENING > Fruit.
Grapes > Diseases and pests
Insects as carriers of plant disease
Leafhoppers > Control
Pierce's disease
California
Computer network resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""FrontMatter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Pierceâ€?s Disease and the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter: Their Biology and the Challenges of Their Management""; ""2 Developing Priorities for Research""; ""3 Hostâ€?Vector Interaction""; ""4 Plantâ€?Pathogen Interaction""; ""5 Vectorâ€?Pathogen Interaction""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Committee Biographies""; ""Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications""

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