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.

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    Civerolo, EL
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Aug. 1, 2008 Seasonal population dynamics of draeculacephala minerva (hemiptera : cicadellidae) and transmission of xylella fastidiosa Journal of economic entomology Cabrera-La Rosa, JC; Johnson, NW; Civerolo, EL; Chen, J; Groves, RL;
June 1, 2008 Morphological evidence for phages in xylella fastidiosa Virology journal Chen, JC; Civerolo, EL;
June 1, 2008 Characterization of growth and virulence-related genes expression of xylella fastidiosa affected by grape xylem sap and cell-wall constituents Phytopathology Cheng, DW; Lin, H; Walker, AM; Stenger, DC; Civerolo, EL;
June 1, 2008 Transcriptional regulation of grape cytochrome p450 gene expression in response to xylella fastidiosa Phytopathology Cheng, DW; Lin, H; Walker, AM; Stenger, DC; Civerolo, EL;
April 1, 2008 High throughput pcr detection of xylella fastidiosa directly from almond tissues Journal of microbiological methods Chen, J; Livingston, S; Groves, R; Civerolo, EL;
March 1, 2008 Effects of almond leaf scorch disease on almond yield: implications for management Plant disease Sisterson, MS; Chen, JC; Viveros, MA; Civerolo, EL; Ledbetter, C; Groves, RL;
July 1, 2007 Colony morphology of xylella fastidiosa almond leaf scorch strains Canadian journal of plant pathology-revue canadienne de phytopathologie Chen, JC; Groves, R; Zheng, YW; Civerolo, EL; Viveros, M; Freeman, M;
Jan. 1, 2008 Improved bioassay of xylella fastidiosa using nicotiana tabacum cultivar sr1 Plant disease Francis, M; Civerolo, EL; Bruening, G;
Jan. 1, 2007 Genome-wide analysis of xylella fastidiosa: implications for detection and strain relationships African journal of biotechnology Doddapaneni, H; Francis, M; Yao, J; Lin, H; Civerolo, EL;
July 1, 2007 Biological and biochemical effects of peptides selected for affinity to the xylella fastidiosa cell surface Phytopathology Bruening, PA; Bruening, G; Francis, M; Civerolo, EL;
July 1, 2007 Utilization of genomic variations among xylella fastidiosa strains for improved diagnostic design Phytopathology Lin, H; Doddapaneni, H; Yao, J; Civerolo, EL;
Feb. 1, 2007 The effects of kaolin, harpin, and imidacloprid on development of pierce's disease in grape Crop protection Tubajika, KM; Civerolo, EL; Puterka, GJ; Hashim, JM; Luvisi, DA;
Feb. 17, 2010 Seasonal behavior of xylella fastidiosa causing almond leafscorch disease under field conditions and improved detection of the bacteria by means of array-pcr Journal of phytopathology Livingston, S; Chen, JC; Civerolo, EL;
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;
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;
Sept. 1, 2010 Whole genome sequences of two xylella fastidiosa strains (m12 and m23) causing almond leaf scorch disease in california Journal of bacteriology Chen, J; Xie, G; Han, S; Chertkov, O; Sims, D; Civerolo, EL;
July 1, 2010 Extracellular genomic dna mediates enhancement of xylella fastidiosa biofilm formation in vitro Journal of plant pathology Cheng, DW; Lin, H; 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;
Jan. 1, 2010 Seasonal behavior of xylella fastidiosa causing almond leafscorch disease under field conditions and improved detection of the bacteria by means of array-pcr Journal of phytopathology Livingston, S; Chen, JC; Civerolo, EL;
Feb. 1, 2012 Genetic diversity of 'cadidatus liberibacter solanacearum' strains in the united states and mexico revealed by simple sequence repeat markers European journal of plant pathology Lin, H; Islam, MS; Bai, Y; Wen, A; Lan, SQ; Gudmestad, NC; Civerolo, EL;