News

May 13, 2019

Rapid Response Update

The Pierce’s Disease Control Program continues to work closely with agricultural commissioners’ offices in Fresno, Madera and Tulare...

Apr 12, 2018

Right now there’s a war going on in California. It’s not your typical war, but it happens every year from the end of January into June....

Feb 15, 2018

Fresno County In 2017 the CDFA’s PD Control Program continued to work closely with Fresno County to control urban and rural residential...

Sep 14, 2017

In August two single glassy-winged sharpshooters were found in two different counties in Northern California. The first was found on...

Aug 3, 2017

On Thursday, July 13, 2017 one glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) was found on a trap within the city of San Luis Obispo. The location of...

Nov 24, 2015

After the October PD/GWSS Board meeting board members and other stakeholders toured local vineyards around Bakersfield to see firsthand...

Feb 10, 2015

From vineyards in Southern California devastated by Pierce’s disease (PD), spread by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, to successful field...

May 7, 2013

Santa Clara County There have been no GWSS finds in the Capitol area of San Jose since November 2012. San Luis Obispo County There have...

Mar 28, 2013

Dr. Elaine Backus, an entomologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Science Center in Parlier,...

Feb 25, 2013

Santa Clara County: After no GWSS finds since 2010, the GWSS infestation in the Meridian area of San Jose was declared eradicated in...

Dec 13, 2012

The final version of this year’s compendium of Pierce’s disease research progress reports is now available online at...

Oct 17, 2012

As part of protecting California from Pierce’s disease, the PDCP and county cooperators maintain a network of insect traps to actively...

Sep 12, 2012

Dr Lindow talks about his ongoing field trials to create winegrape vines that are resistant to Pierce’s Disease, which is deadly to grape...