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:
    Hernandez, Rufina
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
December 07, 2004 DNA MICROARRAY AND MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY VIRULENCE GENES IN XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 2004 pierce's disease research symposium Cooksey, Donald; Dumenyo, Korsi; Hernandez, Rufina;
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;
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.;
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 Site-directed mutagenesis of specific genes in a Pierces disease strain of Xylella fastidiosa Abstracts of the general meeting of the american society for microbiology Cooksey, Donald; Hernandez, Rufina; Dumenyo, C.; Azad, H.;
June 01, 2002 Gene expression profile of pathogenicity factors in Xylella fastidiosa Phytopathology Cooksey, Donald; Hernandez, Rufina; Dumenyo, C.;