Pierce's Disease
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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.

glassy-winged sharpshooter

Author Detail

  • Name:
    Hunter, WB
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
October 01, 2008 Behavioral Model for Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Optimization of Host Plant Utilization and Management Implications Environmental entomology Mizell, RF; Tipping, C; Andersen, PC; Brodbeck, BV; Hunter, WB; Northfield, T;
September 01, 2008 Expressed sequence tags from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta: Annotation and utilization for discovery of viruses Journal of invertebrate pathology Hunter, WB; Valles, SM; Strong, CA; Dang, PM; Pereira, RM; Oi, DH; Williams, DF;
September 01, 2008 Populations of sharpshooters in two citrus groves in east-central Florida as indicated by yellow sticky card traps Florida entomologist Hunter, WB; Hall, DG;
January 01, 2008 Prevalence and natural host range of Homalodisca coagulata virus-1 (HoCV-1) Archives of virology Hunter, WB; Hunnicutt, LE; Mozoruk, J; Crosslin, JM; Cave, RD; Powell, CA;
October 01, 2007 Molecular profiling of proteolytic and lectin transcripts in Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha : Cicadellidae) feeding on sunflower and cowpea Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology Hunter, WB; Coudron, TA; Brandt, SL;
March 01, 2007 Phytoreovirus-like sequences isolated from salivary glands of the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) Florida entomologist Hunter, WB; Katsar, CS; Sinisterra, XH;
February 01, 2009 Dispersal, Patch Leaving, and Distribution of Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Environmental entomology Andersen, PC; Brodbeck, BV; Hunter, WB; Northfield, T; Mizell, R; Riddle TC; Paini DR;
February 23, 2009 A new Phytoreovirus infecting the glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis). Virology. Backus, EA; Hunter, WB; Sisterson, MS; Krugner, R; Stenger, DC;
October 01, 2008 Behavioral model for Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): optimization of host plant utilization and management implications. environ entomol. Mizell, RF; Tipping, C; Andersen, PC; Brodbeck, BV; Hunter, WB; Northfield, T;
February 17, 2010 The glassy-winged sharpshooter vector of Xylella fastidiosa harbors a phytoreovirus Phytopathology Backus, EA; Hunter, WB; Sisterson, MS; Krugner, R; Stenger, DC;