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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    Johnson, MW
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Oct. 1, 2008 Olfactory responses of the egg parasitoid, gonatocerus ashmeadi girault (hymenoptera : mymaridae), to host plants infested by homalodisca vitripennis (germar) (hemiptera : cicadellidae) Biological control Krugner, R; Johnson, MW; Daane, KM; Morse, JG;
June 1, 2008 Effects of citrus and avocado irrigation and nitrogen-form soil amendment on host selection by adult homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera : cicadellidae) Environmental entomology Nadel, H; Seligmann, R; Johnson, MW; Hagler, JR; Stenger, DC; Groves, RL;
June 1, 2008 Host specificity of anagrus epos: a potential biological control agent of homalodisca vitripennis Biocontrol Krugner, R; Johnson, MW; Groves, RL; Morse, JG;
Aug. 1, 2007 Behavioral responses of homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera : auchenorrhyncha : cicadellidae) on four vitis genotypes Environmental entomology Fritschi, FB; Rosa, JCCL; Lin, H; Johnson, MW; Groves, RL;
Feb. 17, 2010 Seasonal population dynamics of homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera: cicadellidae) in sweet orange trees maintained under continuous deficit irrigation Journal of economic entomology Krugner, R; Groves, RL; Johnson, MW; Flores, AP; Hagler, JR; Morse, JG;
Feb. 17, 2010 Influences of temperature on homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera: cicadellidae) survival under various feeding conditions Environmental entomology Son, Y; Groves, RL; Daane, KM; Morgan, DJW; Johnson, MW;
Feb. 17, 2010 Production of anagrus epos girault (hymenoptera: mymaridae) on homalodisca vitripennis (germar) (hemiptera: cicadellidae) eggs Biological control Krugner, R; Johnson, MW; Morgan, DJW; Morse, JG;
Aug. 1, 2010 Estimation of feeding threshold for homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera: cicadellidae) and its application to prediction of overwintering mortality Environmental entomology Son, Y; Groves, RL; Daane, KM; Morgan, DJW; Krugner, R; Johnson, MW;
March 1, 2012 Estimation of developmental parameters for adult emergence of gonatocerus morgani, a novel egg parasitoid of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, and development of a degree-day model Biological control Son, Y; Nadel, H; Baek, S; Johnson, MW; Morgan, DJW;