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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    Stenger, DC
Published Date Title Publication Author List
June 1, 2008 Effects of citrus and avocado irrigation and nitrogen-form soil amendment on host selection by adult homalodisca vitripennis (hemiptera : cicadellidae) Environmental entomology Nadel, H; Seligmann, R; Johnson, MW; Hagler, JR; Stenger, DC; Groves, RL;
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;
July 1, 2007 Two whole genome sequences of xylella fastidiosa almond leaf scorch strains Phytopathology Chen, J; Han, S; Civerolo, E; Stenger, DC; Van Sluys, M;
Feb. 23, 2009 A new phytoreovirus infecting the glassy-winged sharpshooter (homalodisca vitripennis). Virology. Backus, EA; Krugner, R; Sisterson, MS; Stenger, DC; Hunter, WB;
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;
Feb. 17, 2010 The glassy-winged sharpshooter vector of xylella fastidiosa harbors a phytoreovirus Phytopathology Stenger, DC; Sisterson, MS; Krugner, R; Backus, EA; Hunter, WB;
April 1, 2011 Phylogeny of replication initiator protein trfa reveals a highly divergent clade of incompatibility group p1 plasmids Applied and environmental microbiology Stenger, DC; Lee, MW;
Dec. 1, 2010 Functional characterization of replication and stability factors of an incompatibility group p-1 plasmid from xylella fastidiosa Applied and environmental microbiology Lee, MW; Rogers, EE; Stenger, DC;
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;
May 1, 2010 Plasmids of xylella fastidiosa mulberry-infecting strains share extensive sequence identity and gene complement with pveis01 from the earthworm symbiont verminephrobacter eiseniae Physiological and molecular plant pathology Stenger, DC; Lee, MW; Rogers, EE; Chen, JC;