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DISEASE SYMPTOMS

  • delayed leafing in the spring
  • shoot dwarfing
  • marginal scalding of leaves
  • leaf mottling and interveinal chlorosis and necrosis
  • wilting and premature coloring of fruit
  • uneven maturity of canes
  • eventual death of the root system

From IFAS Database (EDIS)

CAUSAL AGENT

  • a fastidious bacterium, Xyllella fastidiosa

HOST RANGE

  • grape

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

  • southeastern United States
  • California
  • southern Ontario

SPREAD OF THE PATHOGEN and CONTROL OPTIONS

  • spread by leafhoppers known as sharpshooters
  • control options: none