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:
    Grandgirard, J
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;
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;
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 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;