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:
    Teixeira, D.
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
May 01, 2001 Stable transformation of the Xylella fastidiosa citrus variegated chlorosis strain with oriC plasmids Applied and environmental microbiology Bove, J.; Garnier, Monique; Monteiro, Patricia; Teixeira, D.; Palma, R.; Renaudin, J.;
April 01, 2000 Strains of Xylella fastidiosa rapidly distinguished by arbitrarily primed-PCR Current microbiology Hartung, J.; Costa, P.; Miranda, Vicente; Teixeira, D.; Franco, C.;
August 01, 1999 A triply cloned strain of Xylella fastidiosa multiplies and induces symptoms of citrus variegated chlorosis in sweet orange Current microbiology Bove, J.; Garnier, Monique; Li, W.; Miranda, Vicente; Teixeira, D.; Zreik, L.; Fernandes, N.; Ayres, Antonio;
December 01, 2004 A suitable Xylella fastidiosa CVC strain for post-genome studies Current microbiology Mariano, A.; Monteiro, Patricia; Santos, M.; Li, W.; Teixeira, D.; Rocha, S.;
August 01, 2004 DNA microarray-based genome comparison of a pathogenic and a nonpathogenic strain of Xylella fastidiosa delineates genes important for bacterial virulence Journal of bacteriology Silva, A.; Moreira, L.; Monteiro, Patricia; Teixeira, D.; Verjovski-Almeida, S.; Koide, T.; Gomes, Suely; Matsukuma, Adriana; Zaini, P.; Vencio, R.; Durham, A.; El-Dorry, H.;
June 01, 2000 Distribution of Xylella fastidiosa in citrus rootstocks and transmission of citrus variegated chlorosis between sweet orange plants through natural root grafts Plant disease Hartung, J.; Li, W.; Miranda, Vicente; Teixeira, D.; Ayres, Antonio; He, C.;
November 01, 2002 Citrus and coffee strains of Xylella fastidiosa induce Pierces disease in grapevine Plant disease Hartung, J.; Pereira, E.; Li, W.; Miranda, Vicente; Teixeira, D.; Ayres, Antonio; Pria, Wolney; Zhou, C.;
March 01, 2005 An experimental inoculation system to study citrus-Xylella fastidiosa interactions Plant disease Teixeira, D.; Fernandes, N.; Ayres, Antonio; Lopes, Silvio; Torres, S.; Barbosa, J.;