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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    Coviella, Carlos
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Dec. 5, 2001 Spatial and temporal relations between glassy-winged sharpshooter survival and movement, xylem flux patterns and xylem chemistry in different host plants 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; Coviella, Carlos; Hoddle, Mark; Luck, Robert;
Dec. 5, 2001 Seasonal changes in the glassy-winged sharpshooters age, structure, abundance, host plant use and dispersal 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Workman, Juliana; Coviella, Carlos; Luck, Robert; Redak, Richard;
Dec. 15, 2002 Spatial and temporal relations between glassy-winged sharpshooter survival and movement, xylem flux patterns, and xylem chemistry in different host plants 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; Coviella, Carlos; Hoddle, Mark; Luck, Robert;
Dec. 15, 2002 Seasonal changes in the glassy-winged sharpshootersage structure, abundance, host plant use, and dispersal 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Garcia, Juliana; Coviella, Carlos; Luck, Robert; Redak, Richard;
Aug. 12, 2003 Relationships between total population counts of glassy-winged sharpshooters and numbers obtained from various sampling methods 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Coviella, Carlos; Akey, David; Blua, Matthew; Redak, Richard;
Aug. 12, 2003 Glassy-winged sharpshooters population dynamics as a tool for eradicating glassy-winged sharpshooter populations 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Hoddle, Mark; Andersen, Peter; Luck, Robert; Coviella, Carlos;
Aug. 12, 2003 Biology and ecology of the glassy-winged sharpshooter in the san joaquin valley 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Shapland, Elaine; Hagler, James; Hashim, Jennifer; Purcell, Alexander; Luck, Robert; Ruiz, Tarcisio; Groves, Russell; Coviella, Carlos; Johnson, Marshall; Daane, Kent;
Aug. 12, 2003 Evaluation of olfactory responses by gonatocerus ashmeadi, a parasitoid of glassy-winged sharpshooter egg masses on various host plants 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Morgan, David; Luck, Robert; Coviella, Carlos;
Aug. 12, 2003 Spatial and temporal relations between glassy-winged sharpshooter survival and movement, xylem flux patterns, and xylem chemistry in different host plants 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Andersen, Peter; Coviella, Carlos; Hoddle, Mark; Luck, Robert;
Aug. 12, 2003 Behavioral and physiological determinants of the geographical range of the glassy-winged sharpshooter 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Luck, Robert; Coviella, Carlos; Andersen, Peter; Mizell, Russell;
Aug. 12, 2003 Population dynamics and interactions between the glassy-winged sharpshooter and its host plants in response to california phenology 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Triapitsyn, Serguei; Coviella, Carlos; Andersen, Peter; Phillip, Phil; Oevering, Pascal; Mizell, Russell;
Dec. 7, 2004 Glassy-winged sharpshooters population dynamics as a tool for eradicating glassy-winged sharpshooter populations 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Hoddle, Mark; Andersen, Peter; Mizell, Russell; Coviella, Carlos; Luck, Robert;
Dec. 5, 2005 Glassy-winged sharpshooters (gwss) population dynamics as a means of gaining insight into the management of gwss populations 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Hoddle, Mark; Andersen, Peter; Mizell, Russell; Coviella, Carlos; Luck, Robert;
Aug. 1, 2006 Feasibility of tracking within-field movements of homalodisca coagulata (hemiptera : cicadellidae) and estimating its densities using fluorescent dusts in mark-release-recapture experiments Journal of economic entomology Luck, Robert; Redak, Richard; Garcia, Juliana; Jeske, D.; Coviella, Carlos;
Jan. 1, 2002 Seasonal differences in host-plant use by the glassy-winged sharpshooter Ecological society of america annual meeting abstracts Luck, Robert; Flores, Paul; Coviella, Carlos;
Jan. 1, 2001 Tracking glassy-winged sharpshooter field movements Ecological society of america annual meeting abstracts Luck, Robert; Workman, Juliana; Coviella, Carlos;
Oct. 16, 2003 Marking and tracking the glassy-winged sharpshooter, homalodisca coagulata (say), in field studies Journal of insect science (tucson) Luck, Robert; Workman, Juliana; Coviella, Carlos;