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:
    Lauziere, I
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Aug. 1, 2008 Seasonal abundance and spatio-temporal distribution of dominant xylem fluid-feeding hemiptera in vineyards of central texas and surrounding habitats Environmental entomology Lauziere, I; Sheather, S; Mitchell, F;
Jan. 1, 2007 Effect of formulated insecticides on homalodisca vitripennis (germar) (hemiptera : cicadellidae) and its parasitoid gonatocerus ashmeadi girault (hymenoptera : mymaridae) Journal of entomological science Lauziere, I; Elzen, G;
Feb. 17, 2010 Life history studies of homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera: cicadellidae), a vector of pierce's disease of grapevine Annals of the entomological society of america Lauziere, I; Setamou, M;
Feb. 17, 2010 Suitability of different host plants for oviposition and development of homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera: cicadellidae) and its implication on mass rearing Annals of the entomological society of america Lauziere, I; Setamou, M;
Feb. 17, 2010 Seasonal increase of xylella fastidiosa in hemiptera collected from central texas vineyards Journal of economic entomology Mitchell, FL; Brady, J; Bextine, B; Lauziere, I;
Feb. 1, 2011 Culture independent survey of the microbiota of the glassy-winged sharpshooter (homalodisca vitripennis) using 454 pyrosequencing Environmental entomology Hail, D; Lauziere, I; Dowd, SE; Bextine, B;
Oct. 1, 2010 Detection and analysis of the bacterium, xylella fastidiosa, in glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca vitripennis, populations in texas Journal of insect science Hail, D; Mitchell, F; Lauziere, I; Marshall, P; Brady, J; Bextine, B;
Jan. 1, 2010 Life history studies of homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera: cicadellidae), a vector of pierce's disease of grapevine Annals of the entomological society of america Lauziere, I; Setamou, M;
July 1, 2011 Age determination of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca vitripennis, using wing pigmentation Journal of insect science Timmons, C; Hassell, A; Lauziere, I; Bextine, B;