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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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Final report: Breeding Pierce's disease resistant winegrapes.
Authors: Andrew Walker, Alan Tenscher
Submitted: July 31, 2015
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Interim progress report: RNA-interference and control of the glassy-winged sharpshooter and other leafhopper vectors of Xylella fastidiosa.
Authors: Bryce Falk, Mysore Sudarshanna, Michael Parrella
Interim progress report: Expanding the range of grape rootstock and scion genotypes that can be genetically modified for use in research and product development.
Authors: David Tricoli
Submitted: July 30, 2015
Interim progress report: Selective disruption of glassy-winged sharpshooter maturation and reproduction by RNA interference.
Authors: Shizuo Kamita
Final report: Building a next generation chimeric antimicrobial protein to provide rootstock-mediated resistance to Pierce's disease in grapevines.
Authors: Abhaya Dandekar
Submitted: July 27, 2015
Interim progress report: Evaluation of natural products isolated from grapevine fungal endophytes for control of Pierce's disease.
Authors: Philippe Rolshausen
Submitted: July 23, 2015
Interim progress report: Continuation of the field evaluation of new strategies for the management of Pierce's disease of grapevine.
Interim progress report: HNE-CecB and PGIP transgenic grapevine field trial.
Interim progress report: Field evaluations of grafted grape lines expressing polygalacturonase inhibiting proteins.
Authors: Ann Powell
Submitted: July 22, 2015
Final report: Identification of a new virulence factor required for Pierce's disease and its utility in development of biological control
Authors: Thomas Burr
Submitted: July 20, 2015
Interim progress report: Continued field evaluation of diffusible signal factor producing grape for control of Pierce's disease.
Authors: Steven Lindow
Submitted: July 16, 2015