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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    Hertweck, C
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May 1, 2011 Evolution of an endofungal lifestyle: deductions from the burkholderia rhizoxinica genome Bmc genomics Lackner, G; Moebius, N; Partida-Martinez, LP; Boland, S; Hertweck, C;