Items Tagged with 'Mary Zischke'

Growers across California are struggling with infestations as pests thrive in a warming climate.

Two scourges that sometimes appear together but have not been definitively linked to each other continue to threaten lettuce: Pythium wilt and Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus. The state budget allocated $1 million in new research funding aimed at developing more strategies to effectively protect the major crop.

The Grower-Shipper Association has created a new task force to help support farmers as they battle Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus or INSV and Cassandra Pye has been asked to sit on the Public Policy Institute of California’s board of directors.