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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

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    Davies, N
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;
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;
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 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;

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