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.

Browse by year

2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010

Aug 2010 news archives

  • UC Riverside Faculty Member Joins Elite Group of Entomologists
    Media Newswire on August 3, 2010

    (press release) ... grapevines with resistance to Pierce's disease , biotechnology for control of desert locust, and regulatory control of insect transgenic technologies...

  • Entomological Society of America names 2010 Fellows - PhysOrg.com
    PhysOrg.com on August 2, 2010

    (press release) ... grapevines with resistance to Pierce's disease , biotechnology for control of desert locust, and regulatory control of insect transgenic technologies. ... and more...

  • Sharpshooters invade county
    Madera Tribune on August 6, 2010

    According to University of California Extension, Pierce's disease kills grapevines and there are no effective treatments for it. Three half-inch suspects...

  • Odd Couples: The Salamander and the Alga
    Berkeley Daily Planet on August 10, 2010

    It reminds me a bit of the sharpshooters—the group containing the vineyard-pest glassy-winged sharpshooter —and their symbiotic bacteria, which are housed in...

  • Business News: Week of August 9
    North Bay Business Journal on August 9, 2010

    ... at $0.75 per $1000 dollars crushed value for the 2010 winegrape harvest on the recommendation of the Pierce's Disease/ Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board...

  • Inside Australian Parliament
    Australian Geographic on August 11, 2010

    ... such as the USA and Simon was worried this would allow vine diseases such as Pierce's disease , which has ruined crops in California, to enter Australia...

  • The Ojai Vineyard Opens New Tasting Room in Downtown Ojai
    Enobytes on August 16, 2010

    (blog) All of this was against the backdrop of Ojai losing its vineyards to Pierce's disease , which decimated the crop. Tolmach didn't let it stop him. ... and more...

  • Genetically Modified World: Part III
    Santa Barbara Independent on August 21, 2010

    The bacteria (Xylella fastidiosa), carried in the guts of a leafhopper insect, is responsible for Pierce's disease in grapevines. Instead of attacking the...

  • Becker Vineyards Makes The Best Wine In Texas
    Forbes on August 25, 2010

    (blog) Hail, a late freeze, Pierce's disease , all plagued his grapes. Sufficient grape supplies were hard to come by so he bought from all over Texas. ... and more...