{"id":83538,"date":"2024-06-28T19:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/pierces-disease-still-plagues-california-wine-country\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T19:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:22:45","slug":"pierces-disease-still-plagues-california-wine-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/pierces-disease-still-plagues-california-wine-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce’s disease still plagues California wine country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pierce\u2019s disease remains a problem for California grape growers.\u2026 [Pathologists] have identified the cause of the disease. They were able to isolate a small, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium which is probably a new species and therefore as yet unnamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pierce\u2019s disease still vexes California vineyards<\/a> and is estimated to cost the state more than $100 million per year<\/a>. But researchers now know more about the culprit: Xylella fastidiosa.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n