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:
    Hopkins, Don
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Dec. 7, 2004 Correlation between resistance to pierces disease and xylella strain virulence using partially purified culture filtrate 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Paraiso, Oulimathe; Sheikh, Mehboob; Yun, Haenkun; Hopkins, Don; Lu, Jiang; Bloem, Kenneth;
Dec. 5, 2005 Role of type i secretion in pierces disease 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Hopkins, Don; Reddy, Joseph; Gabriel, Dean;
Oct. 1, 2002 Xylella fastidiosa: cause of pierces disease of grapevine and other emergent diseases Plant disease Purcell, Alexander; Hopkins, Don;
April 1, 2002 Induction of systemic, broad spectrum disease resistance in grapevine by in vitro selection In vitro cellular and developmental biology animal Hopkins, Don; Jayasankar, S.; Li, Zhijian; Gray, D.;
June 1, 2000 Differentiation of pathotypes of xylella fastidiosa by sds-page of proteins Phytopathology Hopkins, Don; Wichman, R.;
June 1, 2002 Pathogenic and genetic relationships among strains of xylella fastidiosa isolated from various hosts Phytopathology Hopkins, Don; Wichman, R.; Thompson, C.;
Dec. 1, 2005 Biological control of pierces disease in the vineyard with strains of xylella fastidiosa benign to grapevine Plant disease Hopkins, Don;
Aug. 1, 2002 Differentiation of pathogenic groups of xylella fastidiosa strains with whole-cell protein profiles Plant disease Hopkins, Don; Wichman, R.;
Feb. 1, 2000 First report of oleander leaf scorch caused by xylella fastidiosa in florida Plant disease Hopkins, Don; Wichman, R.; Wichman, T.;
Oct. 1, 2000 16s rdna sequence analysis of xylella fastidiosa strains Systematic and applied microbiology Hopkins, Don; Hartung, J.; Jarret, R.; Qin, X.; Banks, D.; Chang, Chung-Jan; Chen, Jianchi;