Viticulture

Grape Field in the Coachella Valley

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
Pierce's Disease on Grape Canes
Vine Mealybug on Grape Canes
Vine Mealybug on Grape Canes