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

A genome-wide approach to plant-host pathogenicity in Xylella fastidiosa: Multigenic methods for identifying strains, for studying the role of inter-strain recombination, and for identifying pathogenicity candidate genes.

PIs: R Stouthamer; Leonard Nunney

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Funding Sources:

  • Funded by: UC - PD Fund
  • Budget: $56,000
  • Start date: January 01, 2005
  • Stop date: January 01, 2006
  • Status: APPROVED