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.

Author Detail

  • Name:
    Backus, EA
Published Date Title Publication Author List
2008-12-01 Correlations of cibarial muscle activities of homalodisca spp. sharpshooters (hemiptera: cicadellidae) with epg ingestion waveform and excretion Journal of insect physiology Dugravot, S; Backus, EA; Reardon, BJ; Miller, TA;
2008-08-01 Quantitative comparison of stylet penetration behaviors of glassy-winged sharpshooter on selected hosts Journal of economic entomology Sandanayaka, WRM; Backus, EA;
2007-07-01 Competitive binding influences xylella fastidiosa vector load: confocal and sem images of gfp-expressing xf in glassy-winged sharpshooter foreguts Phytopathology Backus, EA;
2009-02-23 A new phytoreovirus infecting the glassy-winged sharpshooter (homalodisca vitripennis). Virology. Backus, EA; Krugner, R; Sisterson, MS; Stenger, DC; Hunter, WB;
2008-08-01 Quantitative comparison of stylet penetration behaviors of glassy-winged sharpshooter on selected hosts. J econ entomol Backus, EA; Sandanayaka, WRM;
2010-02-17 Spatial colonization of xylella fastidiosa in the foregut of glassy-winged sharpshooter supports two types of egestion in the inoculation mechanism Phytopathology Backus, EA;
2010-02-17 The ac-dc correlation monitor: new epg design with flexible input resistors to detect both r and emf components for any piercing-sucking hemipteran Journal of insect physiology Backus, EA; Bennett, WH;
2010-02-17 Sharpshooter x wave: correlation of an electrical penetration graph waveform with xylem penetration supports a hypothesized mechanism for xylella fastidiosa inoculation Annals of the entomological society of america Backus, EA; Holmes, WJ; Schreiber, F; Reardon, BJ; Walker, GP;
2010-02-17 The glassy-winged sharpshooter vector of xylella fastidiosa harbors a phytoreovirus Phytopathology Stenger, DC; Sisterson, MS; Krugner, R; Backus, EA; Hunter, WB;