Pierce's Disease
Research Updates

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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:
    Walker, Robert
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
December 05, 2004 Evapotranspiration components from energy balance, sapflow and microlysimetry techniques for an irrigated vineyard in inland Australia Agricultural and forest meteorology Yunusa, I.; Lu, P.; Walker, Robert;
January 01, 1999 The use of immunohistochemistry to study amino acid metabolism in higher plants Amino acids (vienna) Chen, Z.; Walker, Robert; Tecsi, L.; Lea, P.; Leegood, R.;
January 01, 2002 Response of grapevines to irrigation-induced saline-sodic soil conditions Australian journal of experimental agriculture Walker, Robert; Stevens, R.;
January 01, 2002 Rootstock effects on salt tolerance of irrigated field-grown grapevines (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Sultana). 1. Yield and vigour inter-relationships Australian journal of grape and wine research Walker, Robert; Blackmore, D.; Clingeleffer, P.; Correll, R.;
January 01, 2002 Yield-salinity relationships of different grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) scion-rootstock combinations Australian journal of grape and wine research Walker, Robert; Stevens, R.; Zhang, X.; Prior, L.;
April 11, 2000 NEM tubulin inhibits microtubule minus end assembly by a reversible capping mechanism Biochemistry Walker, Robert; Phelps, K.;
January 01, 2003 Whole-plant transpiration efficiency of Sultana grapevine grown under saline conditions is increased through the use of a Cl--excluding rootstock Functional plant biology Walker, Robert; Gibberd, Mark; Condon, Anthony;
January 01, 2003 Regulation of canopy conductance and transpiration and their modelling in irrigated grapevines Functional plant biology Yunusa, I.; Lu, P.; Walker, Robert; Muller, W.;
December 01, 2000 Determination of transpiration in irrigated grapevines: Comparison of the heat-pulse technique with gravimetric and micrometeorological methods Irrigation science Loveys, B.; Yunusa, I.; Walker, Robert; Blackmore, D.;
April 01, 2000 An immunohistochemical study of the compartmentation of metabolism during the development of grape (Vitis vinifera L.) berries Journal of experimental botany Chen, Z.; Walker, Robert; Tecsi, L.; Leegood, R.; Proietti, P.; Famiani, Franco;
January 01, 2001 Influence of salinity on the assimilation to transpiration ratio of grafted and ungrafted grapevines Photosynthesis research Walker, Robert; Gibberd, Mark;
November 01, 1999 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase plays a role in interactions of carbon and nitrogen metabolism during grape seed development Planta (berlin) Walker, Robert; Tecsi, L.; Lea, P.; Leegood, R.; Famiani, Franco; Chen, Zhu-Hui;