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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:
    Miller, Thomas
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
December 05, 2001 A SURVEY OF INSECT VECTORS OF PIERCES DISEASE (PD) AND PD-INFECTED PLANTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIOPHAGE THAT INFECT XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas;
December 05, 2001 INSECT-SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA INHIBITORY TO XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA IN SHARPSHOOTERS 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Peloquin, John;
December 15, 2002 INSECT-SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA INHIBITORY TO XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA IN SHARPSHOOTERS: PRESSURE BOMB EXTRACTION OF XYLEM FLUID TO IMPROVE BACTERIAL DETECTION OF XYLELLA IN PLANTS 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas;
December 15, 2002 PARATRANSGENESIS FOR CONTROL OF PIERCE'S DISEASE: MANIPULATION OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA FOR PARATRANSGENIC CONTROL OF PIERCE'S DISEASE 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas;
December 15, 2002 INSECT-SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA INHIBITORY TO XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA (PARATRANSGENESIS FOR CONTROL OF PIERCES DISEASE): IDENTIFICATION OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA CYCLED BY GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTERS TO HOST PLANTS 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas;
August 12, 2003 ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF A GENETICALLY MARKED ENDOPHYTE IN GRAPEVINES AND THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank;
August 12, 2003 PARATRANSGENESIS TO CONTROL PIERCE'S DISEASE: BIOLOGY OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA IN GRAPE PLANTS AND BIOASSAY OF REAGENTS TO DISRUPT PIERCES DISEASE 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank;
August 12, 2003 PRESSURE CHAMBER EXTRACTION OF XYLEM FLUID: IMPROVING BACTERIAL DETECTION IN PLANTS AFFECTED BY XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Miller, Thomas;
August 12, 2003 INSECT-SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA INHIBITORY TO XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA IN SHARPSHOOTERS: TOXIC PEPTIDES AGAINST XYLELLA 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas;
August 12, 2003 PARATRANSGENESIS TO CONTROL PIERCES DISEASE: ISOLATION AND ANALYSIS OF ANTI-XYLELLA SINGLE CHAIN ANTIBODIES 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank;
August 12, 2003 PARATRANSGENESIS TO CONTROL PIERCES DISEASE: THE SOCIAL LIFE OF ALCALIGENES XYLOSOXIDANS DENITRIFICANS 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank;
December 07, 2004 QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF THE TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA BY THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Blua, Matthew; Miller, Thomas;
December 07, 2004 ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF A GENETICALLY MARKED ENDOPHYTE IN GRAPEVINES 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Lampe, David; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank; Hayward, C.;
December 07, 2004 PARATRANSGENESIS TO CONTROL PIERCE'S DISEASE: BIOLOGY OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA IN GRAPE PLANTS AND BIOASSAY OF REAGENTS TO DISRUPT PIERCES DISEASE 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank;
December 07, 2004 PARATRANSGENESIS TO CONTROL PIERCES DISEASE: TOXIC PEPTIDES AGAINST XYLELLA 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Kuzina, Ludmila;
December 07, 2004 SYMBIOTIC CONTROL OF PIERCES DISEASE: CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSGENIC STRAINS OF ALCALIGENES XYLOSOXIDANS DENITRIFICANS EXPRESSING SURFACE ANTI-XYLELLA FACTORS AS MICROBIAL PESTICIDES FOR PIERCES DISEASE CONTROL 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Lindow, Steven; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank;
December 07, 2004 SYMBIOTIC CONTROL OF PIERCES DISEASE: THE BIOLOGY OF THE SHARPSHOOTER SYMBIONT, ALCALIGENES XYLOSOXIDANS SUBSP. DENITRIFICANS 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Lindow, Steven; Miller, Thomas; Telukuntla, Lavanya; Ambannavar, Ranjana;
December 05, 2005 SYMBIOTIC CONTROL OF PIERCES DISEASE: TESTING REAGENTS AGAINST XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank; Arora, Arinder; Yolo, Timothy;
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 QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF THE TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA BY THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Blua, Matthew; Miller, Thomas;
December 05, 2005 SIDEROPHORE PRODUCTION OF ALCALIGENES XYLOSOXIDANS DENITRIFICANS AND POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGAINST XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank; Chareonkajonchai, Surachet; Lacava, Paulo;
December 05, 2005 INTERACTION BETWEEN XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA AND CURTOBACTERIUM FLACCUMFACIENS, AN ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIUM 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Hartung, J.; Miller, Thomas; Lacava, Paulo; Azevedo, Jo?o; Li, Wen; Araujo, Welington;
December 05, 2005 SOLUBLE FORMS OF AN ANTI-XYLELLA ANTIBODY AND STRAINS OF ALCALIGENES XYLOSOXIDANS DENITRIFICANS CAPABLE OF SECRETING THEM 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank; Rose, Bob;
December 05, 2005 ECOLOGICAL AND GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCALIGENES XYLOSOXIDANS DENITRIFICANS 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Ambannavar, Ranjana; Telunktula, Lavanya;
December 05, 2005 ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF A GENETICALLY MARKED ENDOPHYTE IN GRAPEVINES 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Richards, Frank; Rose, Bob;
December 05, 2005 GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ALCALIGENES XYLOSOXIDANS SUBSP. DENITRIFICANS (AXD HC01) AND FOUR RELATED STRAINS 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Parker, Jennifer;
December 05, 2005 FATE OF A GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIUM IN THE FOREGUT OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Perring, Thomas; Ramirez, Jose;
December 05, 2005 FATE OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA IN THE FOREGUT OF GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTERS FED ON TWO HOST PLANTS 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Perring, Thomas; Ramirez, Jose;
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 ANALYSIS OF THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY INHABITING GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER FOREGUT BY CULTURE-DEPENDENT TECHNIQUES AND DGGE 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Miller, Thomas; Lacava, Paulo; Azevedo, Jo?o; Araujo, Welington; Parker, Jennifer; Ramirez, Jose; Dini-Andreote, Francisco;
November 27, 2006 USE OF THE E. COLI a-HEMOLYSIN SECRETION SYSTEM IN BACTERIA DESIGNED FOR SYMBIOTIC CONTROL OF PIERCES DISEASE IN GRAPEVINES AND SHARPSHOOTERS 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas;
November 27, 2006 REGULATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Miller, Thomas;
November 27, 2006 GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ALCALIGENES XYLOSOXIDANS SUBSP. DENITRIFICANS (AXD HC01) AND FOUR RELATED STRAINS 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Parker, Jennifer;
June 01, 2005 A SYBR green-based real-time polymerase chain reaction protocol and novel DNA extraction technique to detect Xylella fastidiosa in Homalodisca coagulata Journal of economic entomology Bextine, Blake; Blua, Matthew; Miller, Thomas; Harshman, D.;
January 01, 2005 Establishment of a genetically marked insect-derived symbiont in multiple host plants Current microbiology Bextine, Blake; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Jackson, Brian;
May 01, 2004 Delivery of a genetically marked Alcaligenes sp to the glassy-winged sharpshooter for use in a paratransgenic control strategy Current microbiology Bextine, Blake; Lampe, David; Lauzon, Carol; Miller, Thomas; Potter, S.;
February 01, 2005 Laboratory-based monitoring of an insect-transmitted plant pathogen system Biotechniques Bextine, Blake; Miller, Thomas;
June 01, 2004 Evaluation of methods for extracting Xylella fastidiosa DNA from the glassy-winged sharpshooter Journal of economic entomology Bextine, Blake; Blua, Matthew; Miller, Thomas; Shaikh, H.; Tuan, S.;
January 01, 2004 Impact of pymetrozine on glassy-winged sharpshooter feeding behavior and rate of Xylella fastidiosa transmission Journal of insect science Bextine, Blake; Johnson, Marshall; Miller, Thomas; Harshman, D.;
November 01, 2005 Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) feeding posture Annals of the entomological society of america Bextine, Blake; Miller, Thomas; Jackson, Brian; Harshman, D.;
September 01, 2004 Novel methods of monitoring the feeding behavior of Homalodisca coagulata (Say) (Hemiptera; Cicadellidae) Annals of the entomological society of america Bextine, Blake; Miller, Thomas; Dolezal, P.; Dolezalova, R.;
May 01, 2006 In vitro activities of antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides against the plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa Letters in applied microbiology Cooksey, Donald; Miller, Thomas; Kuzina, Ludmila;
June 01, 2004 Comparison of whole-tissue and xylem fluid collection techniques to detect Xylella fastidiosa in grapevine and oleander Plant disease Bextine, Blake; Miller, Thomas;
January 01, 2004 Rachel Carson and the adaptation of biotechnology to crop protection American entomologist Miller, Thomas;
June 01, 2003 Improved detection of Xylella fastidiosa in asymptomatic grapevine using xylem fluid collection technique Phytopathology Bextine, Blake; Miller, Thomas;
June 01, 2003 Uncinula necator retains high resistance levels to triadimefon in a survey of California populations despite product absence for fourteen years Phytopathology Miller, Thomas; Gubler, W.;
November 01, 2004 Sensitivity of california isolates of Uncinula necator to trifloxystrobin and spiroxamine, and update on triadimefon sensitivity Plant disease Miller, Thomas; Gubler, W.;
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;

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