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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    Almeida, RPP
Published Date Title Publication Author List
2008-05-01 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;
2008-06-01 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;
2009-05-01 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;
2010-02-17 Estimating xylella fastidiosa transmission parameters: decoupling sharpshooter number and feeding period Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Daugherty, MP; Almeida, RPP;
2010-02-17 Temperature mediates vector transmission efficiency: inoculum supply and plant infection dynamics Annals of applied biology Daugherty, MP; Bosco, D; Almeida, RPP;
2010-02-17 Host structural carbohydrate induces vector transmission of a bacterial plant pathogen Proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america Killiny, N; Almeida, RPP;
2010-02-17 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;