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.

Determining the role of bacterial leaf scorch, canker stain, and botryosphaeria canker in the dieback of plantation sycamores in the southeastern united states