news and research about Pierce's Disease

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.

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    III, Russell
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Dec. 5, 2001 Keys to management of glassy-winged sharpshooter: interactions between host plants, malnutrition and natural enemies 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; III, Russell;
Dec. 5, 2001 Host selection behavior and improved detection for glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca coagulata (say) 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; III, Russell;
Dec. 5, 2001 Search for and collect egg parasitoids of glassy-winged sharpshooter in southeastern usa and northeastern mexico 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Morgan, David; Jones, Walker; III, Russell; Cancino, Enrique; Myartseva, Svetlana; Berezovskiy, Vladimir; Simmons, Gregory; Brlansky, Ronald; Yanega, Douglas; Hoddle, Mark; Triapitsyn, Serguei;
Dec. 15, 2002 Host plant resistance to the glassy-winged sharpshooter in grapes 2002 pierce's disease research symposium III, Russell; Lu, Jiang;
Dec. 15, 2002 Exploration for facultative endosymbionts of sharpshooters 2002 pierce's disease research symposium III, Russell; Carlton, Chris; Purcell, Alexander;
Dec. 15, 2002 Mycopathogens and their exotoxins infecting glassy-winged sharpshooter: survey, evaluation, and storage 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; Triapitsyn, Serguei; Hung, Shi-Yih; Boucias, Drion; III, Russell;
Aug. 12, 2003 Mycopathogens and their exotoxins infecting the glassy-winged sharpshooter: survey, evaluation, and storage 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Boucias, Drion; III, Russell;
Dec. 7, 2004 Extensive sequence divergence in the its2 rdna fragment in a population of gonatocerus ashmeadi from florida: phylogenetic relationships of gonatocerus species 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Morgan, David; Jones, Walker; III, Russell; de Leon, Jesse;
Dec. 7, 2004 Genetic differentiation among geographic populations of gonatocerus ashmeadi, a primary egg parasitoid of the glassy-winged sharpshooter 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Morgan, David; Jones, Walker; III, Russell; de Leon, Jesse;
Dec. 7, 2004 Sequence divergence in two mitochondrial genes (coi and coii) and in the its2 rdna fragment in geographic populations of gonatocerus morrilli, a primary egg parasitiod of the glassy-winged sharpshooter 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Morgan, David; Jones, Walker; III, Russell; de Leon, Jesse;
Dec. 7, 2004 Population dynamics and interactions between the glassy-winged sharpshooter and its host plants in response to california phenology 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Johnson, Marshall; Daane, Kent; Oevering, Pascal; Brodbeck, Brent; Mauk, Peggy; Bender, Gary; Faber, Ben; Andersen, Peter; Phillip, Phil; III, Russell;
Dec. 7, 2004 Mycopathogens and their exotoxins infecting the glassy-winged sharpshooter: survey, evaluation, and storage 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Tipping, Christopher; Boucias, Drion; III, Russell;
Dec. 5, 2005 Effects of juvenile hormone analogs on survival and reproduction status of the glassy-winged sharpshooter 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Northfield, Tobin; Hunter, Wayne; Tipping, Christopher; Andersen, Peter; III, Russell;
Dec. 5, 2005 Mycopathogens and their exotoxins infecting the glassy-winged sharpshooter: survey, evaluation, and storage 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Tipping, Christopher; Boucias, Drion; III, Russell;
Jan. 1, 2006 First record of an egg parasitoid for the north american proconiine sharpshooter paraulacizes irrorata (hemiptera: cicadellidae), with notes on rearing techniques Florida entomologist III, Russell;