Pierce's Disease
Research Updates

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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:
    Walker, MA
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
September 01, 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 01, 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; Walker, MA; Smith, BP; Ng, DA;
February 01, 2008 Scanning electron Microscopy reveals different response pattern of four Vitis genotypes to Xylella fastidiosa infection Plant disease Walker, MA; Lin, H; Fritschi, FB;
February 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; Walker, MA; Krivanek, AF; Ramming, DW;
February 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 Walker, MA; Civerolo, EL; Stenger, DC; Cheng, DW; Lin, H;
February 17, 2010 Breeding Winegrapes with Resistance to Pierce's Disease American journal of enology and viticulture Riaz, S; Tenscher, AC; Graziani, R; Walker, MA;
January 01, 2011 Proteomic analysis of grapevine stem in response to Xylella fastidiosa inoculation Physiological and molecular plant pathology Walker, MA; Civerolo, EL; Lin, H; Takahashi, Y; Yang, LT; Chen, F;
July 01, 2010 Transcriptional regulation of the grape cytochrome P450 monooxygenase gene CYP736B expression in response to Xylella fastidiosa infection Bmc plant biology Walker, MA; Civerolo, EL; Stenger, DC; Cheng, DW; Lin, H; Takahashi, Y;