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:
    Hoddle, MS
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Oct. 1, 2008 Invasion dynamics of the glassy-winged sharpshooter homalodisca vitripennis (germar) (hemiptera : cicadellidae) in french polynesia Biological invasions Petit, JN; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
June 1, 2008 Short-distance dispersal behavior and establishment of the parasitoid gonatocerus ashmeadi (hymenoptera : mymaridae) in tahiti: implications for its use as a biological control agent against homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera : cicadellidae) Biological control Petit, JN; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
Feb. 1, 2008 Engineering an invasion: classical biological control of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca vitripennis, by the egg parasitoid gonatocerus ashmeadi in tahiti and moorea, french polynesia Biological invasions Grandgirard, J; Hoddle, MS; Petit, JN; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
Jan. 1, 2008 Observations of acoustic signaling in three sharpshooters: homalodisca vitripennis, homalodisca liturata, and graphocephala atropunctata (hemiptera : cicadellidae) Annals of the entomological society of america Percy, DM; Boyd, EA; Hoddle, MS;
Oct. 1, 2007 Host specificity testing of gonatocerus spp. egg-parasitoids used in a classical biological control program against homalodisca vitripennis: a retrospective analysis for non-target impacts in southern california Biological control Boyd, EA; Hoddle, MS;
Sept. 1, 2007 First records of gonatocerus dolichocerus ashmead, palaeoneura sp., anagrus sp (hymenoptera : mymaridae), and centrodora sp (hymenoptera : aphelinidae) in french polynesia, with notes on egg parasitism of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca vitripennis (germar) (hemiptera : cicadellidae) Pan-pacific entomologist Grandgirard, J; Hoddle, MS; Triapitsyn, SV; Petiti, JN; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
July 1, 2007 Use of life tables to quantify reproductive and developmental biology of gonatocerus triguttatus (hymenoptera : mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera : cicadellidae) Biological control Pilkington, LJ; Hoddle, MS;
July 1, 2007 Predictions of invasion success of gonatocerus triguttatus (hymenoptera : mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera : cicadellidae), in california using life table statistics and degree-day values Biological control Pilkington, LJ; Hoddle, MS;
Jan. 1, 2007 The effect of resource provisioning and sugar composition of foods on longevity of three gonatocerus spp., egg parasitoids of homalodisca vitripennis Biological control Irvin, NA; Hoddle, MS; Castle, SJ;
Jan. 1, 2007 Evaluation of floral resources for enhancement of fitness of gonatocerus ashmeadi, an egg parasitoid of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca vitripennis Biological control Irvin, NA; Hoddle, MS;
Feb. 17, 2010 Successful spread of a biocontrol agent reveals a biosecurity failure: elucidating long distance invasion pathways for gonatocerus ashmeadi in french polynesia Biocontrol Petit, JN; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
Feb. 17, 2010 Egg maturation, oosorption, and wing wear in gonatocerus ashmeadi (hymenoptera: mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera: cicadellidae) Biological control Irvin, NA; Hoddle, MS;
Feb. 17, 2010 Classical biological control of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca vitripennis, by the egg parasitoid gonatocerus ashmeadi in the society, marquesas and austral archipelagos of french polynesia Biological control Grandgirard, J; Hoddle, MS; Petit, JN; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
Feb. 1, 2011 Genetic structure of graphocephala atropunctata (hemiptera: cicadellidae) populations across its natural range in california reveals isolation by distance Journal of economic entomology Ballman, ES; Rugman-Jones, PF; Stouthamer, R; Hoddle, MS;