Pierce's Disease
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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:
    Jayasankar, S.
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
July 01, 2003 Comparative anatomy and morphology of Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) somatic embryos from solid- and liquid-culture-derived proembryogenic masses American journal of botany Bondada, B.; Li, Z.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.;
January 01, 2003 Constitutive expression of Vitis vinifera thaumatin-like protein after in vitro selection and its role in anthracnose resistance Functional plant biology Li, Z.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.;
March 01, 1999 Developmental biology of grape somatic embryos In vitro cellular and developmental biology animal Li, Z.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.;
April 01, 2002 Induction of systemic, broad spectrum disease resistance in grapevine by in vitro selection In vitro cellular and developmental biology animal Hopkins, Don; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.; Li, Zhijian;
March 01, 1999 In vitro selection and molecular characterization of anthracnose resistance in grapevine In vitro cellular and developmental biology animal Li, Z.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.;
March 01, 2000 Characterization of differentially expressed extracellular proteins after in vitro selection for anthracnose resistance in grapevine In vitro cellular and developmental biology animal Li, Z.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.;
March 01, 2001 Expression of a GFP fusion marker under the control of three constitutive promoters and enhanced derivatives in transgenic grape In vitro cellular and developmental biology animal Li, Z.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.;
April 01, 2002 Use of marker genes to target disease resistance gene expression in grape In vitro cellular and developmental biology animal Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.; Li, Zhijian;
March 01, 1999 Characterization of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of grapevine (Vitis spp.) Using the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene In vitro cellular and developmental biology animal Li, Z.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.; Barnett, N.;
July 15, 2001 Direct seeding of grapevine somatic embryos and regeneration of plants In vitro cellular and developmental biology plant Aman, M.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.; Li, Zhijian;
March 01, 2002 A unique morphotype of grapevine somatic embryos exhibits accelerated germination and early plant development Plant cell reports Bondada, B.; Li, Z.; Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.;
April 01, 2001 Expression of a bifunctional green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion marker under the control of three constitutive promoters and enhanced derivatives in transgenic grape (Vitis vinifera) Plant science (shannon) Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.; Li, Zhijian;
July 01, 2000 In-vitro selection of Vitis vinifera Chardonnay with Elsinoe ampelina culture filtrate is accompanied by fungal resistance and enhanced secretion of chitinase Planta (berlin) Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.; Li, Zhijian;
April 01, 2004 Bi-directional duplex promoters with duplicated enhancers significantly increase transgene expression in grape and tobacco Transgenic research Gray, D.; Jayasankar, S.; Li, Zhijian;