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Title: POTENTIAL OF CONVENTIONAL AND BIORATIONAL INSECTICIDES FOR GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER CONTROL

Author
item Akey, David
item BLUA, MATTHEW - UC, RIVERSIDE, CA
item Henneberry, Thomas

Submitted to: CDFA Pierce's Disease Control Program Research Symposium
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/1/2001
Publication Date: 12/1/2001
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) is a primary vector of Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al., the causative agent of Pierce's disease (PD) in grapevines. The incidence of PD has increased with serious fruit and vine losses as GWSS numbers have increased in southern California. With continuing spread of GWSS, Purcell et al. (1999) suggested that diseases caused by X fastidiosa are likely to become more prevalent. There is an urgent need to develop short- and long-term GWSS management that is economically, ecologically and socially acceptable. The essential cultural, and biological components of developing integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for the short-term, at least, will need an efficacious GWSS chemical control component with attendant insecticide resistance management (IRM), and 4 integrated crop management (ICM) inputs.