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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.

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SEQUENCE OF THE GENOME OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA CAUSING PIERCES DISEASE IN CALIFORNIA

  • Author(s): Civerolo, Ed; Fapesp, Onsa; Kitajima, Joao; Oliveira, Mariana; Setubal, Jo?o; Sluys, Marie-Anne;
  • Abstract: Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) causes economically important diseases of agronomic, horticultural and landscape plants (Freitag 1951; Hopkins 1989; Purcell and Hopkins 1996). In addition to a wide diversity of Xf -host plant relationships, diseases such as Pierces disease (PD) of grapevines and citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) exhibit distinct symptoms and have different geographical distributions. In the previous reporting period, essentially the complete genomic sequence of an Xf strain associated with Pierces disease in California was determined to help elucidate the molecular basis of Xf pathogenicity. Here we report the comparative analyses of the complete genome sequences and annotations of Xf-PD and Xf-CVC to provide further insight into Xf-plant host interactions and the relationships among Xf strains.
  • Publication Date: Dec 2002
  • Journal: 2002 Pierce's Disease Research Symposium

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