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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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    Costa, Heather
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
December 05, 2001 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PIERCES DISEASE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: IDENTIFYING INOCULUM SOURCES AND TRANSMISSION PATHWAYS 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather;
December 05, 2001 IMPACT OF MULTIPLE-STRAIN INFECTIONS OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA ON ACQUISITION AND TRANSMISSION BY THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Gispert, Carmen;
December 05, 2001 A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER EGG PROTEIN: A TOOL FOR PREDATOR GUT ANALYSIS AND EARLY DETECTION OF PEST INFESTATION 2001 pierce's disease research symposium Costa, Heather; Daane, Kent; Hagler, James;
December 15, 2002 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PIERCES DISEASE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: IDENTIFYING INOCULUM SOURCES AND TRANSMISSION PATHWAYS 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather;
December 15, 2002 PROGRESS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER EGG PROTEIN: A TOOL FOR PREDATOR GUT ANALYSIS AND EARLY DETECTION OF PEST INFESTATION 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Costa, Heather; Daane, Kent; Hagler, James;
December 15, 2002 ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE BACTERIOME-ASSOCIATED ENDOSYMBIONTS OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER, HOMALODISCA COAGULATA (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) 2002 pierce's disease research symposium Costa, Heather; Rosell, Rosemarie;
August 12, 2003 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PIERCES DISEASE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: IDENTIFYING INOCULUM SOURCES AND TRANSMISSION PATHWAYS 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather;
August 12, 2003 EFFECTS OF FEEDING SUBSTRATE ON RETENTION AND TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS BY THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather;
August 12, 2003 IMPACT OF MULTIPLE-STRAIN INFECTIONS OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA ON ACQUISITION AND TRANSMISSION BY THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Gispert, Carmen;
August 12, 2003 A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER EGG PROTEIN: A TOOL FOR PREDATOR GUT ANALYSIS 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Akey, David; Blua, Matthew; Costa, Heather; Daane, Kent; Fournier, Valarie; Groves, Russell; Hagler, James; de Le?n, Jesse;
August 12, 2003 DOCUMENTATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS IN LANDSCAPE HOSTS 2003 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Downer, James; Henry, Mike; Kabashima, John; Karlik, John; LeStrange, Michelle; Shaw, David; Wong, Frank;
December 07, 2004 EFFECTS OF FEEDING SUBSTRATE ON RETENTION AND TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS BY THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Bextine, Blake; Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather;
December 07, 2004 IDENTIFYING KEY PREDATORS OF THE VARIOUS GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER LIFESTAGES 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Costa, Heather; Daane, Kent; Fournier, Valarie; Groves, Russell; Hagler, James; Prabhaker, Nilima; de Le?n, Jesse;
December 07, 2004 DOCUMENTATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS IN LANDSCAPE HOSTS 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Downer, James; Henry, Mike; Kabashima, John; Karlik, John; LeStrange, Michelle; Shaw, David; Wong, Frank;
December 05, 2005 IDENTIFYING KEY PREDATORS OF THE VARIOUS GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER LIFESTAGES 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Costa, Heather; Daane, Kent; Fournier, Valarie; Hagler, James; Prabhaker, Nilima; de Le?n, Jesse;
December 05, 2005 EFFECTS OF FEEDING SUBSTRATE ON RETENTION AND TRANSMISSION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS BY THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Perring, Thomas;
December 05, 2005 DOCUMENTATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS IN LANDSCAPE HOSTS 2005 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Wong, Frank;
November 27, 2006 IDENTIFYING KEY PREDATORS OF THE GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER IN A CITRUS ORCHARD 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Akey, David; Blua, Matthew; Costa, Heather; Daane, Kent; Fournier, Valarie; Hagler, James; de Le?n, Jesse;
November 27, 2006 DOCUMENTATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAINS IN LANDSCAPE HOSTS 2006 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Hernandez, Rufina; Wong, Frank;
December 01, 2001 Seasonal flight activity of two Homalodisca species (Homoptera : Cicadellidae) that spread Xylella fastidiosa in southern California Journal of economic entomology Blua, Matthew; Costa, Heather; Morgan, David; Redak, Richard;
December 01, 2000 Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to oleander by the glassywinged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata Hortscience Blua, Matthew; Costa, Heather; Redak, Richard; Bethke, James;
August 01, 2006 Detection and differentiation of Xylella fastidiosa strains acquired and retained by glassy-winged sharpshooters (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) using a mixture of strain-specific primer sets Journal of economic entomology Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Gispert, Carmen; Hernandez, Rufina; Guzman, A.;
November 01, 2004 Plant hosts of Xylella fastidiosa in and near southern California vineyards Plant disease Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Gispert, Carmen; Hernandez, Rufina; Raetz, E.; Pinckard, T.; Dumenyo, C.;
April 01, 2006 Development and application of a glassy-winged and smoke-tree sharpshooter egg-specific predator gut content ELISA Biological control Costa, Heather; Daane, Kent; Fournier, Valarie; Groves, Russell; Henneberry, Thomas; Hagler, Jacquelyn; de Le?n, Jesse;
November 01, 2006 Differentiation of strains of Xylella fastidiosa infecting grape, almonds, and oleander using a multiprimer PCR assay Plant disease Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Hernandez, Rufina; Dumenyo, C.;
September 01, 2006 Discovery and characterization of Xylella fastidiosa strains in southern California causing mulberry leaf scorch Plant disease Cooksey, Donald; Costa, Heather; Hernandez, Rufina; Wong, Frank; Pinckard, T.;
January 01, 2003 Directed sprays and liquid baits to manage ants in vineyards and citrus groves Journal of agricultural and urban entomology Costa, Heather; Gispert, Carmen; Phillip, Phil; Gonzalez, Daniel; Klotz, John; Rust, M.; Kido, Horacio; Greenberg, Les; Reierson, Donald;
December 07, 2004 A NOVEL IMMUNOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR QUANTIFYING PREDATION RATES ON GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Costa, Heather; Daane, Kent; Fournier, Valarie; Groves, Russell; Hagler, James; Henneberry, Thomas; Hoddle, Mark; Lincoln, James; Prabhaker, Nilima;

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