What is Pierce's Disease?

Pierce’s Disease is a bacterial infection, which is spread by bugs that feed on grapevines, particularly the "glassy winged sharpshooter." Grapevines that become infected with PD can quickly become sick and die.

Author Detail

  • Name:
    Luck, Robert
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Dec. 5, 2001 Spatial and temporal relations between glassy-winged sharpshooter survival and movement, xylem flux patterns and xylem chemistry in different host plants 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; Coviella, Carlos; Hoddle, Mark; Luck, Robert;
Dec. 5, 2001 Seasonal changes in the glassy-winged sharpshooters age, structure, abundance, host plant use and dispersal 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Workman, Juliana; Coviella, Carlos; Luck, Robert; Redak, Richard;
Dec. 15, 2002 Spatial and temporal relations between glassy-winged sharpshooter survival and movement, xylem flux patterns, and xylem chemistry in different host plants 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; Coviella, Carlos; Hoddle, Mark; Luck, Robert;
Dec. 15, 2002 Seasonal changes in the glassy-winged sharpshootersage structure, abundance, host plant use, and dispersal 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Garcia, Juliana; Coviella, Carlos; Luck, Robert; Redak, Richard;
Dec. 15, 2002 Genome-wide identification of rapidly evolving genes in xylella fastidiosa: key elements in the systematic identification of host strains, and in the search for plant-host pathogenicity candidate genes 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Nunney, Leonard; Luck, Robert;
Aug. 12, 2003 Glassy-winged sharpshooters population dynamics as a tool for eradicating glassy-winged sharpshooter populations 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Hoddle, Mark; Andersen, Peter; Luck, Robert; Coviella, Carlos;
Aug. 12, 2003 Biology and ecology of the glassy-winged sharpshooter in the san joaquin valley 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Shapland, Elaine; Hagler, James; Hashim, Jennifer; Purcell, Alexander; Luck, Robert; Ruiz, Tarcisio; Groves, Russell; Coviella, Carlos; Johnson, Marshall; Daane, Kent;
Aug. 12, 2003 Investigating the behavior and biology of exotic mymarid parasitoids released for glassy-winged sharpshooter control, and evaluating techniques for enhancement in the field 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Triapitsyn, Serguei; Luck, Robert; Hoddle, Mark;
Aug. 12, 2003 Evaluation of olfactory responses by gonatocerus ashmeadi, a parasitoid of glassy-winged sharpshooter egg masses on various host plants 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Morgan, David; Luck, Robert; Coviella, Carlos;
Aug. 12, 2003 Spatial and temporal relations between glassy-winged sharpshooter survival and movement, xylem flux patterns, and xylem chemistry in different host plants 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; Coviella, Carlos; Hoddle, Mark; Luck, Robert;
Aug. 12, 2003 Behavioral and physiological determinants of the geographical range of the glassy-winged sharpshooter 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Luck, Robert; Coviella, Carlos; Andersen, Peter; Mizell, Russell;
Aug. 12, 2003 Genome-wide identification of rapidly evolving genes in xylella fastidiosa: key elements in the systematic identification of host strains, and in the search for plant-host pathogenicity candidate genes 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Luck, Robert; Stouthamer, R; Nunney, Leonard;
Dec. 7, 2004 Biology and ecology of the glassy-winged sharpshooter in the san joaquin valley 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Yokota, Glenn; Shapland, Elaine; Son, Youngsoo; Hagler, James; Fournier, Valarie; Hashim, Jennifer; Purcell, Alexander; Luck, Robert; Groves, Russell; Johnson, Marshall; Daane, Kent;
Dec. 7, 2004 Realized lifetime parasitism and the influence of brochosomes on field parasitism rates of glassy-winged sharpshooter egg masses by gonatocerus ashmeadi 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Luck, Robert; Irvin, Nic; Hoddle, Mark;
Dec. 7, 2004 Multilocus sequence typing to identify reservoirs of xylella fastidiosa diversity in natural hosts in california 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Nunney, Leonard; Vickerman, Danel; Stouthamer, R; Cooksey, Donald; Luck, Robert;
Dec. 7, 2004 Glassy-winged sharpshooters population dynamics as a tool for eradicating glassy-winged sharpshooter populations 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Hoddle, Mark; Andersen, Peter; Mizell, Russell; Coviella, Carlos; Luck, Robert;
Dec. 7, 2004 Genome-wide identification of rapidly evolving genes in xylella fastidiosa: key elements in the systematic identification of host strains, and in the search for plant-host pathogenicity candidate genes 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Luck, Robert; Stouthamer, R; Nunney, Leonard;
Dec. 5, 2005 Dispersal and movement of the glassy-winged sharpshooter and associated natural enemies in a continuous, deficit-irrigated agricultural landscape 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Morgan, David; Kruegner, Rodrigo; Johnson, Marshall; Hagler, James; Luck, Robert; Groves, Russell;
Dec. 5, 2005 Realized lifetime parasitism of glassy-winged sharpshooter egg masses by gonatocerus ashmeadi 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Luck, Robert; Irvin, Nic; Hoddle, Mark;
Dec. 5, 2005 Glassy-winged sharpshooters (gwss) population dynamics as a means of gaining insight into the management of gwss populations 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Hoddle, Mark; Andersen, Peter; Mizell, Russell; Coviella, Carlos; Luck, Robert;
Dec. 5, 2005 Multi-locus sequence typing (mlst) to identify reservoirs of xylella fastidiosa diversity in natural hosts in california 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Nunney, Leonard; Vickerman, Danel; Luck, Robert; Stouthamer, R; Cooksey, Donald;
Dec. 5, 2005 A genome-wide approach to plant-host pathogenicity in xylella fastidiosa: multigenic methods for identifying strains, for studying the role of inter-strain recombination, and for identifying pathogenicity candidate genes 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Luck, Robert; Stouthamer, R; Nunney, Leonard;
Nov. 27, 2006 Dispersal and movement of the glassy-winged sharpshooter and associated natural enemies in a continuous, deficit-irrigated agricultural landscape 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Morgan, David; Morse, Joseph; Luck, Robert; Kruegner, Rodrigo; Stenger, Drake; Nadel, Hannah; Johnson, Marshall; Hagler, James; Groves, Russell;
Nov. 27, 2006 Realized lifetime parasitism of glassy-winged sharpshooter egg masses by gonatocerus ashmeadi 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Luck, Robert; Irvin, Nic; Hoddle, Mark;
Aug. 1, 2006 Feasibility of tracking within-field movements of homalodisca coagulata (hemiptera : cicadellidae) and estimating its densities using fluorescent dusts in mark-release-recapture experiments Journal of economic entomology Luck, Robert; Redak, Richard; Garcia, Juliana; Jeske, D.; Coviella, Carlos;
Oct. 1, 2005 Brochosome influence on parasitisation efficiency of homalodisca coagulata (say) (hemiptera : cicadellidae) egg masses by gonatocerus ashmeadi girault (hymenoptera : mymaridae) Ecological entomology Hoddle, Mark; Luck, Robert; Velema, H.; Hemerik, L.;
Aug. 1, 1999 Host influences on sex ratio, longevity, and egg load of two metaphycus species parasitic on soft scales: implications for insectary rearing Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Bernal, Julio; Morse, Joseph; Luck, Robert;
Oct. 1, 1999 Augmentative release trials with metaphycus spp. (hymenoptera : encyrtidae) against citricola scale (homoptera : coccidae) in californias san joaquin valley Journal of economic entomology Bernal, Julio; Morse, Joseph; Luck, Robert;
March 1, 2001 Seasonal and scale size relationships between citricola scale (homoptera : coccidae) and its parasitoid complex (hymenoptera : chalcidoidea) on san joaquin valley citrus Biological control Bernal, Julio; Morse, Joseph; Luck, Robert; Drury, M.;
Oct. 1, 2005 Brochosome influence on parasitisation efficiency of homalodisca coagulata (say) (hemiptera : cicadellidae) egg masses by gonatocerus ashmeadi girault (hymenoptera : mymaridae) Ecological entomology Hoddle, Mark; Luck, Robert; Velema, H.; Hemerik, L.;
Jan. 1, 2002 Seasonal differences in host-plant use by the glassy-winged sharpshooter Ecological society of america annual meeting abstracts Luck, Robert; Flores, Paul; Coviella, Carlos;
Jan. 1, 2001 Tracking glassy-winged sharpshooter field movements Ecological society of america annual meeting abstracts Luck, Robert; Workman, Juliana; Coviella, Carlos;
Oct. 16, 2003 Marking and tracking the glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca coagulata (say), in field studies Journal of insect science (tucson) Luck, Robert; Workman, Juliana; Coviella, Carlos;