Economic Analyses

 1.  Microeconomics of PD

• Examine and document the economic factors related to incidence of PD damage to vines, costs to control, and expected output (loss in production) to provide growers with information on maintaining or replacing vines.

2.   Macroeconomics of PD

• Examine and document long-range economic and other effects on the state, regions and counties from losing various segments of agriculture due to transmittal of X. fastidiosa strains to grapes and other crops by GWSS.