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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:
    Labavitch, John
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
December 05, 2001 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIERCES DISEASE IN XYLEM: THE ROLES OF VESSEL CAVITATION, CELL WALL METABOLISM AND VESSEL OCCLUSION 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Greve, Carl; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Price, Neil; Rost, Thomas;
December 05, 2001 GENETIC TRANSFORMATION TO IMPROVE THE PIERCES DISEASE RESISTANCE OF EXISTING GRAPE VARIETIES 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Dandekar, Abhaya; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Meredith, C;
December 15, 2002 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIERCES DISEASE IN XYLEM: THE ROLES OF VESSEL CAVITATION, CELL WALL METABOLISM, AND VESSEL OCCLUSION 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark;
December 15, 2002 DIRECTING POTENTIAL ANTI-XYLELLA GENE PRODUCTS TO THE XYLEM OF TRANSGENIC GRAPEVINES 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Dandekar, Abhaya; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Meredith, C;
August 12, 2003 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIERCES DISEASE IN XYLEM: THE ROLES OF VESSEL CAVITATION, CELL WALL METABOLISM AND VESSEL OCCLUSION 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Perez, Alonso; Roper, Caroline; Rost, Thomas; Stevenson, Joshua; Lurie, Susan; Thorne, Eleanor;
August 12, 2003 DIRECTING POTENTIAL ANTI-XYLELLA GENE PRODUCTS TO THE XYLEM 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Dandekar, Abhaya; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Meredith, C;
August 12, 2003 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: A NON-DESTRUCTIVE APPROACH FOR DETECTION OF XYLEM BLOCKAGES IN X. FASTIDIOSA-INFECTED GRAPEVINES 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Perez, Alonso; Shackel, Ken; Walton, Jeffrey;
August 12, 2003 RAPID BIOLUMINESCENT MONITORING OF INFECTION BY THE PIERCES DISEASE AGENT 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Labavitch, John; Young, Glenn;
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 07, 2004 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: A NONDESTRUCTIVE APPROACH FOR DETECTION OF XYLEM BLOCKAGES IN XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA-INFECTED GRAPEVINES 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Perez, Alonso; Shackel, Ken; Walton, Jeffrey;
December 05, 2005 EVALUATION OF SIGNAL SEQUENCES FOR THE DELIVERY OF TRANSGENE PRODUCTS INTO THE XYLEM 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Aguero, Cecilia; Dandekar, Abhaya; Gilchrist, David; Labavitch, John; Guimar?es, Rejane;
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;
December 05, 2005 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: A NON-DESTRUCTIVE APPROACH FOR DETECTION OF XYLEM BLOCKAGES IN XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA INFECTED GRAPEVINES 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Perez, Alonso; Shackel, Ken; Walton, Jeffrey;
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 EVALUATION OF SIGNAL SEQUENCES FOR THE DELIVERY OF TRANSGENE PRODUCTS INTO THE XYLEM 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Aguero, Cecilia; Dandekar, Abhaya; Gilchrist, David; Labavitch, John; Ibanez, Ana;
November 27, 2006 THE PIT MEMBRANE BARRIER TO XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA MOVEMENT IN GRAPEVINES: BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Rost, Thomas; Sun, Qiang;
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;
November 27, 2006 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: A NON-DESTRUCTIVE APPROACH FOR DETECTION OF XYLEM BLOCKAGES IN XYLELLA.FASTIDIOSA-INFECTED GRAPEVINES 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Perez, Alonso; Shackel, Ken; Walton, Jeffrey;
January 01, 2005 Evaluation of tolerance to Pierce's disease and Botrytis in transgenic plants of Vitis vinifera L. expressing the pear PGIP gene Molecular plant pathology Aguero, Cecilia; Dandekar, Abhaya; Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Meredith, C; Uratsu, S.; Powell, A.;
January 01, 2004 Grapevine susceptibility to Pierce's disease II: Progression of anatomical symptoms American journal of enology and viticulture Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Rost, Thomas; Stevenson, Joshua;
January 01, 2006 Pierce's disease symptoms: Comparison with symptoms of water deficit and the impact of water deficits American journal of enology and viticulture Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Rost, Thomas; Stevenson, Joshua; Thorne, Eleanor;
April 01, 2006 The structure of xylem vessels in grapevine (vitaceae) and a possible passive mechanism for the systemic spread of bacterial disease American journal of botany Labavitch, John; Matthews, Mark; Rost, Thomas; Stevenson, Joshua; Young, Glenn; Thorne, Eleanor; Young, B.;
June 01, 2003 In vitro changes in the major structural components of wood cell walls during decay by Eutypa lata Phytopathology Greve, Carl; Labavitch, John; Gubler, W.; Rolshausen, P.;
June 01, 2002 Analysis of grapevine xylem sap for evidence of host cell wall degrading enzymes associated with colonization by Xylella fastidiosa Phytopathology Greve, Carl; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Roper, M.;
June 01, 2003 Biochemical evidence of bacterial exopolysaccharide production in grapevines infected with Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of Pierces disease Phytopathology Greve, Carl; Kirkpatrick, Bruce; Labavitch, John; Stevenson, Joshua; Roper, M.;
February 15, 2007 Xylella fastidosa infection and ethylene exposure result in xylem and water movement disruption in grapevine shoots Plant physiology Labavitch, John;
February 21, 2007 Xylella fastidiosa requires polygalacturonase for colonization and pahogenicity in Vitis vinifera grapevines Molecular plant-microbe interactions Labavitch, John;

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