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:
    Walker, MA
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Sept. 1, 2008 Fine-scale genetic mapping of two pierce's disease resistance loci and a major segregation distortion region on chromosome 14 of grape Theoretical and applied genetics Riaz, S; Tenscher, AC; Rubin, J; Graziani, R; Pao, SS; Walker, MA;
July 1, 2008 Use of ssr markers to assess identity, pedigree, and diversity of cultivated muscadine grapes Journal of the american society for horticultural science Riaz, S; Tenscher, AC; Smith, BP; Ng, DA; Walker, MA;
Feb. 1, 2008 Scanning electron microscopy reveals different response pattern of four vitis genotypes to xylella fastidiosa infection Plant disease Fritschi, FB; Lin, H; Walker, MA;
Feb. 17, 2010 Using marker-assisted selection to breed pierce's disease-resistant grapes American journal of enology and viticulture Riaz, S; Tenscher, AC; Graziani, R; Krivanek, AF; Ramming, DW; Walker, MA;
Feb. 17, 2010 Effects of grape xylem sap and cell wall constituents on in vitro growth, biofilm formation and cellular aggregation of xylella fastidiosa European journal of plant pathology Cheng, DW; Lin, H; Walker, MA; Stenger, DC; Civerolo, EL;
Feb. 17, 2010 Breeding winegrapes with resistance to pierce's disease American journal of enology and viticulture Riaz, S; Tenscher, AC; Graziani, R; Walker, MA;
Jan. 1, 2011 Proteomic analysis of grapevine stem in response to xylella fastidiosa inoculation Physiological and molecular plant pathology Yang, LT; Lin, H; Takahashi, Y; Chen, F; Walker, MA; Civerolo, EL;
July 1, 2010 Transcriptional regulation of the grape cytochrome p450 monooxygenase gene cyp736b expression in response to xylella fastidiosa infection Bmc plant biology Cheng, DW; Lin, H; Takahashi, Y; Walker, MA; Civerolo, EL; Stenger, DC;