Lawmakers and experts call for funding boost after nursery-linked sharpshooter introductions
At a Senate Select Committee hearing at UC Davis, lawmakers and scientists urged more state funding, better nursery oversight and coordinated detection after investigators traced glassy‑winged sharpshooter life stages to untagged nursery shipments to retail stores across multiple counties.
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Chair opened a Senate Select Committee hearing at UC Davis to examine threats to California’s wine industry after recent nursery‑linked shipments. Lawmakers and panelists said the discovery of glassy‑winged sharpshooter (GWSS) life stages on retail plants underscores gaps in nursery inspection and rapid response.
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