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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    Akey, David
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Dec. 5, 2001 Potential of conventional and biorational insecticides for glassy-winged sharpshooter control 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Wendel, Lloyd; Toscano, Nick; Civerolo, Ed; Blua, Matthew; Akey, David; Henneberry, Thomas;
Dec. 15, 2002 Control of immature and adult glassy-winged sharpshooters:evaluation of biorational and conventional insecticides 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Wendel, Lloyd; Toscano, Nick; Civerolo, Ed; Blua, Matthew; Akey, David; Henneberry, Thomas;
Dec. 15, 2002 Relationship between total population counts of glassy-winged sharpshooter and numbers obtained from various sampling methods 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Blua, Rick; Akey, David;
Aug. 12, 2003 Control of immature and adult glassy-winged sharpshooters: evaluation of biorational insecticides for organic use 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Toscano, Nick; Civerolo, Ed; Blua, Matthew; Akey, David; Henneberry, Thomas;
Aug. 12, 2003 Relationships between total population counts of glassy-winged sharpshooters and numbers obtained from various sampling methods 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Coviella, Carlos; Akey, David; Blua, Matthew; Redak, Richard;
Aug. 12, 2003 A monoclonal antibody specific to glassy-winged sharpshooter egg protein: a tool for predator gut analysis 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Blua, Matthew; Fournier, Valarie; de Leon, Jesse; Groves, Russell; Akey, David; Hagler, James; Daane, Kent; Costa, Heather;
Nov. 27, 2006 Identifying key predators of the glassy-winged sharpshooter in a citrus orchard 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Blua, Matthew; Costa, Heather; Akey, David; Hagler, James; Fournier, Valarie; de Leon, Jesse; Daane, Kent;
June 1, 2003 United states department of agriculture - agricultural research service research on natural products for pest management Pest management science Duke, S.; Baerson, S.; Dayan, F.; Rimando, A.; Scheffler, B.; Tellez, M.; Wedge, D.; Schrader, K.; Arthur, F.; Lucca, A.; Gibson, D.; Harrison, H.; Peterson, J.; Gealy, D.; Tworkoski, T.; Wilson, C.; Morris, J.; Akey, David;
Jan. 1, 2001 Insecticides sought to control adult glassy-winged sharpshooter. California agriculture Akey, David;