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:
    Bextine, B
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
August 01, 2008 Impact of duration versus frequency of probing by Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) on inoculation of Xylella fastidiosa Journal of economic entomology Jackson, BC; Blua, MJ; Bextine, B;
November 01, 2007 Xylella fastidiosa genotype differentiation by SYBR (R) Green-based QRT-PCR Fems microbiology letters Bextine, B; Child, B;
October 01, 2008 Impact of duration versus frequency of probing by Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) on inoculation of Xylella fastidiosa. j econ entomol Jackson, BC; Blua, MJ; Bextine, B;
February 17, 2010 Seasonal Increase of Xylella fastidiosa in Hemiptera Collected From Central Texas Vineyards Journal of economic entomology Lauziere, I; Bextine, B; Mitchell, FL; Brady, J;
February 17, 2010 Phylogenetic Analysis of Heat Shock Proteins in Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis Southwestern entomologist Bextine, B; Schreiber, H; Hail, D; Hunter, W;
February 01, 2011 Culture Independent Survey of the Microbiota of the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) Using 454 Pyrosequencing Environmental entomology Lauziere, I; Bextine, B; Hail, D; Dowd, SE;
October 01, 2010 Detection and analysis of the bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, in glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, populations in Texas Journal of insect science Lauziere, I; Mitchell, F; Bextine, B; Brady, J; Hail, D; Marshall, P;
September 01, 2010 IMPACTS OF AN ORANGE OIL SOLVENT AND STICKEM (R) ON THE DETECTION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA DNA IN GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTERS, HOMALODISCA VITRIPENNIS (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) Florida entomologist Mitchell, F; Bextine, B; Hail, D; Marshall, P;
September 01, 2010 Unraveling the First Xylella fastidiosa subsp fastidiosa Genome from Texas Southwestern entomologist Bextine, B; Morano, L; Dowd, SE; Schreiber, HL; Koirala, M; Lara, A; Ojeda, M;
December 01, 2009 Phylogenetic Analysis of Heat Shock Proteins in Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis Southwestern entomologist Bextine, B; Schreiber, H; Hail, D; Hunter, W;
July 01, 2011 Age determination of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, using wing pigmentation Journal of insect science Lauziere, I; Bextine, B; Timmons, C; Hassell, A;