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:
    Lopes, JRS
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Aug. 1, 2008 Transmission efficiency of xylella fastidiosa by sharpshooters (hemiptera : cicadellidae) in coffee and citrus Journal of economic entomology Marucci, RC; Lopes, JRS; Cavichioli, RR;
May 1, 2008 Host colonization differences between citrus and coffee isolates of xylella fastidiosa in reciprocal inoculation Scientia agricola Prado, SD; Lopes, JRS; Demetrio, CGB; Borgatto, AF; Almeida, RPP;
June 1, 2008 Genetic structure and biology of xylella fastidiosa strains causing disease in citrus and coffee in brazil Applied and environmental microbiology Almeida, RPP; Nascimento, FE; Chau, J; Prado, SS; Tsai, CW; Lopes, SA; Lopes, JRS;
May 1, 2008 Retention sites for xylella fastidiosa in four sharpshooter vectors (hemiptera : cicadellidae) analyzed by scanning electron microscopy Current microbiology Alves, E; Leite, B; Marucci, RC; Pascholati, SF; Lopes, JRS; Andersen, PC;
July 1, 2007 Evaluation of 'hamlin' sweet orange plus 'montenegrina' mandarin somatic hybrid for tolerance to xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri and xylella fastidiosa Scientia horticulturae Pavan, A; Calixto, MC; CArdoso, SC; Mendes, BMJ; Bergamin, A; Lopes, JRS; de Carvalho, CR; Mourao, FDA;
May 1, 2009 Context-dependent transmission of a generalist plant pathogen: host species and pathogen strain mediate insect vector competence Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Lopes, JRS; Almeida, RPP; Daugherty, Matthew;
Feb. 17, 2010 Characterization of electrical penetration graphs of the asian citrus psyllid, diaphorina citri, in sweet orange seedlings Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Bonani, JP; Fereres, A; Garzo, E; Miranda, MP; Appezzato-Da-Gloria, B; Lopes, JRS;
Feb. 17, 2010 Transmission of methylobacterium mesophilicum by bucephalogonia xanthophis for paratransgenic control strategy of citrus variegated chlorosis Journal of microbiology Gai, CS; Lacava, PT; Quecine, MC; Auriac, MC; Lopes, JRS; Araujo, WL; Miller, TA; Azevedo, JL;
Feb. 17, 2010 Context-dependent transmission of a generalist plant pathogen: host species and pathogen strain mediate insect vector competence Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Lopes, JRS; Daugherty, MP; Almeida, RPP;
Oct. 1, 2010 Strain origin drives virulence and persistence of xylella fastidiosa in alfalfa Plant pathology Lopes, JRS; Daugherty, MP; Almeida, RPP;
July 1, 2010 Strain-specific alfalfa water stress induced by xylella fastidiosa European journal of plant pathology Daugherty, MP; Lopes, JRS; Almeida, RPP;
March 1, 2010 Faunistic analysis of leafhopper (hemiptera: cicadellidae) species in vineyards of rio grande do sul state, brazil Neotropical entomology Ringenberg, R; Lopes, JRS; Botton, M; De Azevedo, WS; Cavichioli, RR;
Jan. 1, 2010 Characterization of electrical penetration graphs of the asian citrus psyllid, diaphorina citri, in sweet orange seedlings Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Bonani, JP; Fereres, A; Garzo, E; Miranda, MP; Appezzato-Da-Gloria, B; Lopes, JRS;