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.

Author Detail

  • Name:
    Lopes, Joao
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Nov. 1, 2005 Vector transmission of xylella fastidiosa: applying fundamental knowledge to generate disease management strategies Annals of the entomological society of america Blua, Matthew; Purcell, Alexander; Almeida, Rodrigo; Lopes, Joao;
April 1, 2001 Multiplication and movement of a citrus strain of xylella fastidiosa within sweet orange Plant disease Purcell, Alexander; Almeida, Rodrigo; Pereira, E.; Lopes, Joao;
May 1, 2004 Leaf symptoms on plum, coffee and citrus and the relationship with the extent of xylem vessels colonized by xylella fastidiosa Journal of phytopathology Leite, Breno; Alves, E.; Marucci, C.; Lopes, Joao;
Jan. 1, 2004 The biology of xylem fluid-feeding insect vectors of xylella fastidiosa and their relation to disease epidemiology Annual review of entomology Blua, Matthew; Purcell, Alexander; Andersen, Peter; Mizell, Russell; Redak, Richard; Lopes, Joao;
April 1, 2006 In situ probing of xylella fastidiosa in honeydew of a xylem sap-feeding insect using 16s rrna-targeted fluorescent oligonucleotides Environmental microbiology Tsai, S.; Rodrigues, J.; Lopes, Joao; Souza, A.; Silva-Stenico, M.;
March 1, 1999 Development of immature stages of dilobopterus costalimai young, oncometopia facialis (signoret) and homalodisca ignorata melichar (hemiptera: cicadellidae) on citrus Anais da sociedade entomologica do brasil Almeida, Rodrigo; Lopes, Joao;
July 1, 2003 Detection and diversity assessment of xylella fastidiosa in field-collected plant and insect samples by using 16s rrna and gyrb sequences Applied and environmental microbiology Tsai, S.; Lopes, Joao; Rodrigues, Jorge; Silva-Stenico, M.; Gomes, J.;
Nov. 1, 2005 Influence of xylella fastidiosa infection of citrus on host selection by leafhopper vectors Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Lopes, Joao; Marucci, Rosangela; Vendramim, J.; Corrente, J.;
April 1, 2006 In situ probing of xylella fastidiosa in honeydew of a xylem sap-feeding insect using 16s rrna-targeted fluorescent oligonucleotides Environ microbiol Tsai, S.; Rodrigues, J.; Lopes, Joao; Souza, A.; Silva-Stenico, M.;
June 1, 2003 Feeding and survival of citrus sharpshooters (hemiptera: cicadellidae) on host plants Florida entomologist Lopes, Joao; Milanez, Jose; Parra, Jose; Custodio, Isabel; Magri, Denise; Cera, Christina;
Jan. 1, 2004 Geostatistical characterization of the spatial distribution of xylella fastidiosa sharpshooter vectors on citrus Neotropical entomology Lopes, Joao; Roberto, Sergio; Perecin, Dilermando; Faria, Paulo;
Nov. 15, 2004 Feeding site preference of dilobopterus costalimai young and oncometopia facialis (signoret) (hemiptera : cicadellidae) on citrus plants Neotropical entomology Lopes, Joao; Marucci, Rosangela; Vendramim, J.; Corrente, J.;
June 1, 2003 Relationship between leaf symptoms and the proportions of xylem-colonized vessels of plum, coffee and citrus colonized by xylella fastidiosa Phytopathology Leite, Breno; Alves, E.; Lopes, Joao; Marucci, Rosangela; Pascholati, S.;
May 1, 2003 Weeds as alternative hosts of the citrus, coffee, and plum strains of xylella fastidiosa in brazil Plant disease Lopes, Joao; Lopes, Silvio; Fernandes, N.; Marcussi, S.; Torres, S.; Souza, V.; Fagan, C.; Franca, S.;
May 1, 2002 Transmission of xylella fastidiosa by acrogonia virescens and homalodisca ignorata (hemiptera: cicadellidae) to citrus plants Summa phytopathologica Lopes, Joao; Yamamoto, Pedro; Roberto, Sergio; Pria, Wolney; Felippe, Marcos; Miranda, Vicente; Teixeira, Diva;