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Costco customers urged to report grape plant purchases following invasive pest detection
grape plant pest
Agricultural officials are concerned that plants sold at Costco may carry the glassy-winged sharpshooter, an invasive insect capable of spreading Pierce’s disease, a bacterial infection that is often fatal to grapevines (Photo courtesy of the USDA).
The Stanislaus County Agricultural Commissioner is asking residents who recently purchased grape plants from Costco stores not to plant them and to contact the Agricultural Commissioner’s office for inspection guidance following the detection of an invasive agricultural pest on grape nursery stock.