YAKIMA — The most extensive trapping for certain wine grape pests conducted by the Washington State Department of Agriculture has resulted in a clean bill of health. The department trapped and ...

Grape growers want rootstocks that can fend off pests and diseases that might prevent the vine from producing the best yield of grapes. Soil-borne nematodes and phylloxera -- tiny worms and aphids, ...

The third edition of the “Grape Pest Management” is available from the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. More than 70 researchers, scientists and crop advisers have contributed to the work, ...

The grape industry is a $4-billion-a-year industry and the nursery business $3.6 billion, he said. But grape industry spokesmen said the crop is so vital to Northern California that it is ...

Q: I grow grapes on an arbor. How can I keep yellow jackets, possums and birds from getting all the grapes? — Linda Cardone, Bloomingdale A: Protecting your fall harvest from hungry wildlife ...

Increasingly stringent environmental regulations are prompting grape growers and their pest-management advisers to seek help in many quarters. Now they can find assistance online in the new Web-based ...

GRAPE DAY FOCUS: PESTS. Get totally bugged out in Santa Rosa on Wednesday during Sonoma County Grape Day, featuring presentations on a range of pests and diseases that threaten crops.

California grape growers are aiming to create a no-fly zone for the glassy-winged sharpshooter, overwhelmingly agreeing to extend a tax dedicated to fighting the pest that is threatening to ...

Sonoma County agriculture inspectors are on high alert after discovering a pest that has been the scourge of the wine grape industry in tree shipments from Southern California. Latest.

YAKIMA – The most extensive trapping for certain wine grape pests conducted by the Washington state Department of Agriculture has resulted in a clean bill of health. The department trapped and ...