Tom Valente from the Oregon Department of Agriculture outlines past mealybug surveys and shares current mealybug monitoring programs in Oregon. Monica Cooper, Viticulture Farm Advisor for the University of California Cooperative ...
Aug 2022 |
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Credit USDA-ARS, Stephen Ausmus (Cropped from original)
So far, there’s no known infestation in Oregon. If one establishes, many of Oregon’s high-value industries may be affected, including wine grapes, nursery and tree crops, small fruits and timber.
Leafhoppers damage potatoes by feeding on the plants, or by transmitting viruses and phytoplasmas, which are small bacterial parasites of plant phloem tissue. Phytoplasmas cause purple top disease, which reduces yield ...