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:
    Hoddle, MS
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
October 01, 2008 Invasion dynamics of the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) in French Polynesia Biological invasions Petit, JN; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
June 01, 2008 Short-distance dispersal behavior and establishment of the parasitoid Gonatocerus ashmeadi (Hymenoptera : Mymaridae) in Tahiti: Implications for its use as a biological control agent against Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) Biological control Petit, JN; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
February 01, 2008 Engineering an invasion: classical biological control of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, by the egg parasitoid Gonatocerus ashmeadi in Tahiti and Moorea, French Polynesia Biological invasions Petit, JN; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
January 01, 2008 Observations of acoustic signaling in three sharpshooters: Homalodisca vitripennis, Homalodisca liturata, and Graphocephala atropunctata (Hemiptera : cicadellidae) Annals of the entomological society of america Hoddle, MS; Percy, DM; Boyd, EA;
October 01, 2007 Host specificity testing of Gonatocerus spp. egg-parasitoids used in a classical biological control program against Homalodisca vitripennis: A retrospective analysis for non-target impacts in southern California Biological control Hoddle, MS; Boyd, EA;
September 01, 2007 First records of Gonatocerus dolichocerus Ashmead, Palaeoneura sp., Anagrus sp (Hymenoptera : Mymaridae), and Centrodora sp (Hymenoptera : Aphelinidae) in French Polynesia, with notes on egg parasitism of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) Pan-pacific entomologist Triapitsyn, SV; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N; Petiti, JN;
July 01, 2007 Use of life tables to quantify reproductive and developmental biology of Gonatocerus triguttatus (Hymenoptera : Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) Biological control Hoddle, MS; Pilkington, LJ;
July 01, 2007 Predictions of invasion success of Gonatocerus triguttatus (Hymenoptera : Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae), in California using life table statistics and degree-day values Biological control Hoddle, MS; Pilkington, LJ;
January 01, 2007 The effect of resource provisioning and sugar composition of foods on longevity of three Gonatocerus spp., egg parasitoids of Homalodisca vitripennis Biological control Hoddle, MS; Castle, SJ; Irvin, NA;
January 01, 2007 Evaluation of floral resources for enhancement of fitness of Gonatocerus ashmeadi, an egg parasitoid of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis Biological control Hoddle, MS; Irvin, NA;
February 17, 2010 Successful spread of a biocontrol agent reveals a biosecurity failure: elucidating long distance invasion pathways for Gonatocerus ashmeadi in French Polynesia Biocontrol Petit, JN; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
February 17, 2010 Egg maturation, oosorption, and wing wear in Gonatocerus ashmeadi (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Biological control Hoddle, MS; Irvin, NA;
February 17, 2010 Classical biological control of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, by the egg parasitoid Gonatocerus ashmeadi in the Society, Marquesas and Austral archipelagos of French Polynesia Biological control Petit, JN; Hoddle, MS; Grandgirard, J; Roderick, GK; Davies, N;
February 01, 2011 Genetic Structure of Graphocephala atropunctata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Populations Across Its Natural Range in California Reveals Isolation by Distance Journal of economic entomology Stouthamer, R; Hoddle, MS; Ballman, ES; Rugman-Jones, PF;