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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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Interim progress report: Biology and spread of grapevine red blotch associated virus.
Authors: Marc Fuchs
Submitted: July 31, 2016
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Interim progress report: Field testing transgenic grapevine rootstocks expressing chimeric antimicrobial protein (CAP) and polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP).
Authors: Abhaya Dandekar
Interim progress report: Management of the federal permit for field testing transgenic grapevine rootstocks in California.
Interim progress report: Searching for potential vectors of grapevine red blotch associated virus.
Authors: Kent Daane
Submitted: July 30, 2016
Final report: Defining the role of secreted virulence proteins LesA and PrtA in the pathobiology of Xylella and in the development of Pierce's disease.
Submitted: July 29, 2016
Interim progress report: Molecular breeding support for the development of Pierce's disease resistant winegrapes (14-0137).
Authors: Andrew Walker
Interim progress report: Breeding Pierce's disease resistant winegrapes.
Authors: Andrew Walker, Alan Tenscher
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 28, 2016
Interim progress report: Assessing Pierce's disease spread in grape lines with novel defensive traits.
Authors: Rodrigo Almeida
Interim progress report: Exploiting a chitinase to suppress Xylella fastidiosa colonization of plants and insects.
Final report: RNA-interference and control of the glassy-winged sharpshooter and other leafhopper vectors of Xylella fastidiosa.
Authors: Bryce Falk, Mysore Sudarshanna, Michael Parrella
Submitted: July 27, 2016
Final report: Field evaluation of grape plants expressing P14 and UT456 transgenic DNA sequences for protection against Pierce's disease.
Authors: David Gilchrist
Submitted: July 26, 2016
Interim progress report: Genome editing of TAS4, MIR828, and targets MYBA6/A7: A critical test of Xylella fastidiosa infection and spreading mechanisms in Pierce's disease.
Authors: Christopher Rock
Interim progress report: Evaluation of commercial ant baits as a component of an integrated pest management program for vine mealybug.
Authors: Monica Cooper
Interim progress report: Management of insecticide resistance in glassy-winged sharpshooter populations using toxicological, biochemical, and genomic tools.
Authors: Richard Redak
Submitted: July 21, 2016