Pierce's Disease
Research Updates

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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:
    Burr, Thomas
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
August 12, 2003 UNDERSTANDING XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA COLONIZATION AND COMMUNICATION IN XYLEM LUMINA 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Turner, James; Meng, Yizhi;
December 05, 2005 EVALUATING THE ROLES OF PILI IN TWITCHING AND LONG DISTANCE MOVEMENT OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA IN GRAPE XYLEM AND IN THE COLONIZATION 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Lindow, Steven; Purcell, Alexander; Meng, Yizhi;
December 05, 2005 TWITCHING MOTILITY AMONG VARIOUS WILD-TYPE ISOLATES AND PILUS-DEFECTIVE MUTANTS OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Galvani, C.; Li, Y.; De La Fuente, Leonardo; Hao, G.;
December 05, 2005 GENES REQUIRED FOR TYPE IV PILI FORMATION AND TWITCHING MOTILITY IN XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Meng, Yizhi; Galvani, C.; Li, Y.; Hao, G.;
December 05, 2005 EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL MILIEU ON ATTACHMENT, AGGREGATION, BIOFILM FORMATION, AND VECTOR TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Lindow, Steven; Purcell, Alexander; Curley, Clytia;
November 27, 2006 BIOLOGY OF THE XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA-VECTOR INTERFACE 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Almeida, Rodrigo; Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Lindow, Steven;
November 27, 2006 THE ROLES THAT DIFFERENT PILI CLASSES IN XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA PLAY IN COLONIZATION OF GRAPEVINES AND PIERCES DISEASE PATHOGENESIS 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Cursino, Luciana;
November 27, 2006 EVALUATING THE ROLES OF PILI IN TWITCHING AND LONG DISTANCE MOVEMENT OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA IN GRAPE XYLEM AND IN THE COLONIZATION OF SHARPSHOOTER FOREGUT 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Almeida, Rodrigo; Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Lindow, Steven; Purcell, Alexander; De La Fuente, Leonardo;
November 27, 2006 EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL MILIEU ON ATTACHMENT, AGGREGATION, BIOFILM FORMATION, AND VECTOR TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Lindow, Steven; Purcell, Alexander; Curley, Clytia;
June 01, 2005 Aggressiveness of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines isolates to soybean and hypersensitivity responses by other plants Plant pathology Burr, Thomas; Kaewnum, S.; Prathuangwong, S.;
August 01, 2005 Upstream migration of Xylella fastidiosa via pilus-driven twitching motility Journal of bacteriology Burr, Thomas; Hoch, Harvey; Turner, James; Meng, Yizhi; Galvani, C.; Li, Y.; Hao, G.;
May 15, 1999 Transformation of five grape rootstocks with plant virus genes and a virE2 gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens In vitro cellular and developmental biology plant Burr, Thomas; Momol, E.; Reid, C.; Gonsalves, Dennis; Xue, B.; Ling, K.; Krastanova, S.; Sekiya, M.; Sule, S.; Mozsar, J.;
January 01, 2005 luxR Homolog avhR in Agrobactetium vitis affects the development of a grape-specific necrosis and a tobacco hypersensitive response Journal of bacteriology Burr, Thomas; Hao, G.; Zhang, Hongsheng; Zheng, Desen;
December 01, 1999 Agrobacterium vitis strain F2/5 contains tartrate and octopine utilization plasmids which do not encode functions for tumour inhibition on grapevine Journal of phytopathology (berlin) Burr, Thomas; Sule, S.; Szegedi, E.;
July 01, 2003 A LuxR homolog, aviR, in Agrobacterium vitis is associated with induction of necrosis on grape and a hypersensitive response on tobacco Molecular plant-microbe interactions Burr, Thomas; Hao, G.; Zhang, Hongsheng; Zheng, Desen; Carle, S.; Holden, Michele;
June 01, 2000 Characterization of an A. vitis induced HR-like response in tobacco Phytopathology Burr, Thomas; Reid, C.; Zhang, Hongsheng; Carle, S.; Basaran, P.; Albani, J.; Herlache, T.;
June 01, 2003 Quorum-sensing regulation of a hypersensitive response induced by Agrobactrium vitis Phytopathology Burr, Thomas; Hao, G.; Zhang, Hongsheng;
June 01, 1999 Agrobacterium vitis elicits a hypersensitive response on tobacco Phytopathology Burr, Thomas; Herlache, T.; Ried, C.;
October 01, 2001 Mutations that affect Agrobacterium vitis-induced grape necrosis also alter its ability to cause a hypersensitive response on tobacco Phytopathology Burr, Thomas; Zhang, Hongsheng; Zheng, Desen; Carle, S.; Basaran, P.; Herlache, T.; Ried, C.; Thaker, M.; Burr, A.;
February 01, 1999 Characterization of Agrobacterium vitis strain isolated from feral Vitis riparia Plant disease Burr, Thomas; Momol, E.; Reid, C.; Adams, C.;