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:
    Bernal, Julio
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
August 01, 1999 Host influences on sex ratio, longevity, and egg load of two Metaphycus species parasitic on soft scales: implications for insectary rearing Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Bernal, Julio; Luck, Robert; Morse, Joseph;
October 01, 1999 Augmentative release trials with Metaphycus spp. (Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae) against citricola scale (Homoptera : Coccidae) in Californias San Joaquin Valley Journal of economic entomology Bernal, Julio; Luck, Robert; Morse, Joseph;
August 01, 2001 Family planning in a stemborer parasitoid: sex ratio, brood size and size-fitness relationships in Parallorhogas pyralophagus (Hymenoptera : Braconidae), and implications for biological control Bulletin of entomological research Bernal, Julio; Gillogly, P.; Griset, J.;
January 01, 2001 Overwintering potential in California of two Russian wheat aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera : Aphelinidae et Aphidiidae) imported from Central Asia Pan-pacific entomologist Bernal, Julio; David-DiMarino, E.; Gonzalez, Daniel;
March 01, 2001 Seasonal and scale size relationships between citricola scale (Homoptera : Coccidae) and its parasitoid complex (Hymenoptera : Chalcidoidea) on San Joaquin Valley citrus Biological control Bernal, Julio; Luck, Robert; Morse, Joseph; Drury, M.;
January 01, 2002 Effects of snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin) expressed in transgenic sugarcane on fitness of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera : Braconidae), a parasitoid of the nontarget pest Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera : Crambidae) Annals of the entomological society of america Bernal, Julio; S?tamou, Mamoudou; Legaspi, J.; Mirkov, T.;
December 01, 2002 Parasitism and location of sugarcane borer (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae) by Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) on transgenic and conventional sugarcane Environmental entomology Bernal, Julio; S?tamou, Mamoudou; Legaspi, J.; Mirkov, T.;
April 01, 2002 Evaluation of lectin-expressing transgenic sugarcane against stalkborers (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae): Effects on life history parameters Journal of economic entomology Bernal, Julio; S?tamou, Mamoudou; Legaspi, J.; Mirkov, T.; Legaspi, B.;
June 01, 2003 Effects of GNA transgenic sugarcane on life history parameters of Parallorhogas pyralophagus (Marsh) (Hymenoptera : Braconidae), a parasitoid of Mexican rice borer Journal of economic entomology Bernal, Julio; Tomov, B.;
June 01, 2005 Leptodictya tabida (Hemiptera : Tingidae): A potential threat to sugarcane production in Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Journal of economic entomology Bernal, Julio; Jones, Walker; S?tamou, Mamoudou; Showler, A.; Reagan, T.;