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:
    Morse, JG
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 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 Toxicity of seven foliar insecticides to four insect parasitoids attacking citrus and cotton pests Journal of economic entomology Prabhaker, N; Morse, JG; Castle, SJ; Naranjo, SE; Henneberry, TJ; Toscano, NC;
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 Production of anagrus epos girault (hymenoptera: mymaridae) on homalodisca vitripennis (germar) (hemiptera: cicadellidae) eggs Biological control Krugner, R; Johnson, MW; Morgan, DJW; Morse, JG;
Feb. 17, 2010 Egg morphology and stages of embryonic development of the glassy-winged sharpshooter (hemiptera: cicadellidae) Annals of the entomological society of america Al-Wahaibi, AK; Morse, JG;
Feb. 17, 2010 Egg stage of homalodisca vitripennis and homalodisca liturata (hemiptera: cicadellidae): ovometrics, embryonic development, and nonparasitic mortality Annals of the entomological society of america Al-Wahaibi, AK; Morse, JG;
March 1, 2010 Differential expression of genes of xylella fastidiosa in xylem fluid of citrus and grapevine Fems microbiology letters Shi, XY; Bi, JL; Morse, JG; Toscano, NC; Cooksey, DA;
Feb. 1, 2010 Temporal patterns in homalodisca spp. (hemiptera: cicadellidae) oviposition on southern california citrus and jojoba Environmental entomology Al-Wahaibi, AK; Morse, JG;