The blue-green sharpshooter (BGSS), Graphocephala atropunctata (Signoret), is an efficient vector of Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al, the causal bacterium of Pierce's disease of grapevine. In experi...

Harvested fruit clusters from grapevines with Pierce's disease (PD) did not serve as sources from which an efficient insect vector (the blue-green sharpshooter, Graphocephala atropunctata) acquired...

Xylella fastidiosa, a xylem-limited bacterium that causes Pierce's disease of grapevine and other plant diseases, has numerous symptomless hosts. The multiplication and spread of X. fastidiosa with...

Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis was conducted with 14 primers to 17 strains of Xylella fastidiosa, There was a high degree of similarity among the seven Pierce's disease (PD) strains (S...