Carmen Gispert Ph.D, Viticulture/Pest Management Advisor, 760-863-8294, cgispert@ucdavis.edu

Some of my Current Project Activities:

1.       Area-wide trapping of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (GWSS).

2.       Monitoring Pierce's Disease in the Coachella Valley. See picture below. 

3.       Impact of Multiple-strain Infections of Xylella fastidiosa on Acquisition and Transmission by GWSS.

4.      Vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) in the Coachella Valley. See picture below.

5.      Uptake, Distribution and Persistence of Systemic Treatments of Admire (Imidacloprid) and Platinum (Thiamethoxam) in Coachella Valley vineyards.

Pierce's Disease on Grape Canes

Vine Mealybug on Grape Canes