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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.

glassy-winged sharpshooter

Author Detail

  • Name:
    Backus, Elaine
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
December 05, 2001 SHARPSHOOTER FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN RELATION TO TRANSMISSION OF PIERCE'S DISEASE BACTERIUM 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Purcell, Alexander; Walker, Andrew;
December 15, 2002 SHARPSHOOTER FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN RELATION TO TRANSMISSION OF PIERCES DISEASE BACTERIUM 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Blua, Matthew; Civerolo, Ed; Purcell, Alexander; Yan, Fengming; Habibi, Javad; Bennett, William;
December 15, 2002 IMPACT OF SUB-LETHAL DOSES OF NEONICOTINOIDS ON GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER FEEDING AND TRANSMISSION OF PIERCE'S DISEASE 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Walker, Andrew; Purcell, Keiko;
August 12, 2003 SHARPSHOOTER FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN RELATION TO TRANSMISSION OF THE PIERCES DISEASE BACTERIUM 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Blua, Matthew; Civerolo, Ed; Purcell, Alexander; Yan, Fengming; Habibi, Javad; Bennett, William;
August 12, 2003 UNDERSTANDING GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER FEEDING: GENE EXPRESSION IN GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER SALIVARY GLANDS AND MIDGUTS 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Hunter, Wayne; Morgan, David; Habibi, Javad; Dang, P.;
August 12, 2003 CHARACTERIZATION AND STUDIES ON THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA TRANSMISSION TO GRAPEVINES BY THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Almeida, Rodrigo; Backus, Elaine; Hashim, Jennifer; Hill, Barry; Purcell, Alexander;
December 07, 2004 SHARPSHOOTER FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN RELATION TO TRANSMISSION 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Civerolo, Ed; Groves, Russell; Morgan, David; Habibi, Javad; Bennett, William; Joost, P.; Shugart, Holly;
December 07, 2004 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL DIET FOR THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Coudron, Thomas; Hunter, Wayne; Jones, Walker; Goodman, Cynthia;
December 07, 2004 SPATIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND OVERWINTERING BIOLOGY OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER IN CALIFORNIAS SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Daane, Kent; Groves, Russell; Johnson, Marshall; Morgan, David; Son, Youngsoo; Larson, Andrew;
December 07, 2004 LINKING THE MODEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIERCES DISEASE IN GRAPEVINES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS OF GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA TO GRAPEVINES AND GRAPEVINE GENE EXPRESSION MARKERS OF PIERCES DISEASE 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Greve, Carl; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Morgan, David; Perez, Alonso; Roper, Caroline; Shackel, Ken;
December 07, 2004 THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PECTIN-DEGRADING ENZYME POLYGALACTURONASE (PG) IN TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA TO GRAPE AND USE OF PG-INHIBITOR PROTEINS FOR TRANSGENIC RESISTANCE TO PIERCES DISEASE 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Aguero, Cecilia; Backus, Elaine; Dandekar, Abhaya; Greve, Carl; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Morgan, David; Perez, Alonso; Roper, Caroline; Shackel, Ken;
December 05, 2005 WHERE, WHEN AND HOW DO INGESTION AND OTHER FEEDING BEHAVIORS OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER ALLOW INOCULATION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA? 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Chen, Jianchi; Miller, Thomas; Morgan, David; Bennett, William; Joost, P.; Shugart, Holly; Walker, Gregory;
December 05, 2005 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL DIET FOR THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Brandt, Sandra; Coudron, Thomas; Hunter, Wayne; Patt, Joseph; Wright, Maureen;
December 05, 2005 SPATIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND OVERWINTERING BIOLOGY OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER IN CALIFORNIAS SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Daane, Kent; Groves, Russell; Johnson, Marshall; Son, Youngsoo;
December 05, 2005 LINKING THE MODEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIERCES DISEASE IN GRAPEVINES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS OF GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA TO GRAPEVINES AND GRAPEVINE GENE EXPRESSION MARKERS OF PIERCES DISEASE 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Greve, Carl; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Morgan, David; Perez, Alonso; Roper, Caroline; Shackel, Ken;
November 27, 2006 WHERE, WHEN AND HOW DO INGESTION AND OTHER FEEDING BEHAVIORS OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER ALLOW INOCULATION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA? 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Chen, Jianchi; Miller, Thomas; Morgan, David; Shugart, Holly; Dugravot, Sebastien; Reardon, Brendon; Ruzin, Steven;
November 27, 2006 THE ROLE OF GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER SALIVARY ENZYMES IN INFECTION AND MOVEMENT OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Shugart, Holly;
November 27, 2006 SPATIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND OVERWINTERING BIOLOGY OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER IN CALIFORNIAS SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Daane, Kent; Groves, Russell; Johnson, Marshall; Morgan, David; Son, Youngsoo; Lynn-Patterson, Kris;
November 27, 2006 LINKING THE MODEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIERCES DISEASE IN GRAPEVINES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS OF GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA TO GRAPEVINES AND GRAPEVINE GENE EXPRESSION MARKERS OF PIERCES DISEASE 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Greve, Carl; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Morgan, David; Perez, Alonso; Shackel, Ken; Shugart, Holly; Cocroft, Rex;
November 27, 2006 THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PECTIN-DEGRADING ENZYME POLYGALACTURONASE (PG) IN TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA TO GRAPE AND THE USE OF PG-INHIBITING PROTEINS FOR TRANSGENIC RESISTANCE TO PIERCES DISEASE 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Backus, Elaine; Dandekar, Abhaya; Greve, Carl; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Morgan, David; Perez, Alonso; Roper, Caroline; Rost, Thomas; Shackel, Ken;
December 01, 2000 Comparison of AC electronic monitoring and field data for estimating tolerance to Empoasca kraemeri (Homoptera : Cicadellidae) in common bean genotypes Journal of economic entomology Backus, Elaine; Serrano, M.; Cardona, C.;
July 01, 2004 Stylet penetration behaviors of Graphocephala atropunctata (Signoret) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae): EPG waveform characterization and quantification Annals of the entomological society of america Almeida, Rodrigo; Backus, Elaine;
November 01, 2005 Stylet penetration by adult Homalodisca coagulata on grape: Electrical penetration graph waveform characterization, tissue correlation, and possible implications for transmission of Xylella fastidiosa Annals of the entomological society of america Backus, Elaine; Habibi, Javad; Yan, F.; Ellersieck, M.;
March 01, 2006 Correlation of stylet activities by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Say), with electrical penetration graph (EPG) waveforms Journal of insect physiology Backus, Elaine; Morgan, David; Joost, P.; Yan, F.;
July 01, 2006 Characterization of digestive proteolytic activity in Lygus hesperus Knight (Hemiptera : Miridae) Journal of insect physiology Backus, Elaine; Brandt, Sandra; Coudron, Thomas; Wright, Maureen; Habibi, Javad; Wagner, R.; Huesing, J.;
November 01, 2005 Stylet penetration by adult Homalodisca coagulata on grape: Electrical penetration graph waveform characterization, tissue correlation, and possible implications for transmission of Xylella fastidiosa Annals of the entomological society of america Backus, Elaine; Yan, Fengming; Habibi, Javad; Ellersieck, M.;
March 01, 2006 Correlation of stylet activities by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Say), with electrical penetration graph (EPG) waveforms J insect physiol Backus, Elaine; Morgan, David; Joost, P.; Yan, F.;
June 01, 2003 Sharpshooter feeding behavior in relation to inoculation of Pierces disease bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, in grape Phytopathology Backus, Elaine; Habibi, Javad; Yan, F.;
January 01, 2007 Correlations of cibarial and precibarial muscle activities with EPG waveforms and excretion in sharpshooter (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) vectors of Xylella fastidiosa Journal of insect physiology Backus, Elaine; Miller, Thomas; Dugravot, Sebastien; Reardon, Brendon;
January 01, 2006 Specific stylet activities by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Say), are correlated with AC EPG waveforms Journal of insect physiology Backus, Elaine; Morgan, David; Joost, P.; Yan, F.;

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