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If you are dealing with vine mealybug in your vineyard, you are not alone. Kent Daane, Cooperative Extension Specialist at the University of California Berkley studies different types of mealybug populations across the globe.

Kent covers organic and conventional strategies, ways to increase the presence of generalist and specialist natural predators, and the importance of establishing refugia for beneficials.

His latest work focuses on area-wide management tactics. Looking to the European Grapevine Moth eradication program as an example, Kent sees an opportunity to decrease vine mealybug populations through neighborhood driven monitoring, trapping, coordinated sprays, and mating disruption.

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• In-season drip and foliar insecticides for a mealybug in grapes, 2023
• In-Season Drip and Foliar Insecticides for a Mealybug in Grapes, 2021
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• Mealybug transmission of grapevine leafroll viruses: an analysis of virus–vector specificity
• Sustainable Control tools for Vine Mealybug
• UCCE Napa Viticulture Extension Leaf Hopper site
• Vineyard managers and researchers seek sustainable solutions for mealybugs, a changing pest complex

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