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Pierce's Disease Research Symposium Proceedings Pierce’s Disease Program Symposium Proceedings Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium December 15 – 18, 2002 Coronado Island Marriott Resort -- slightly revised -- California Department of Food & Agriculture Proceedings of the Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium -- slightly revised -- December 15-18, 2002 Coronado Island Marriott Resort San Diego, California Organized by: California Department of Food and Agriculture Proceedings Compiled by: M. Athar Tariq, Stacie Oswalt, Peggy Blincoe, and Tom Esser Cover Design: Peggy Blincoe Printing: Digital Logistix Sacramento, CA To order additional copies of this publication, contact: California Department of Food and Agriculture Pierce’s Disease Program 2014 Capitol Avenue, Suite 109 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 322-2804 Fax: (916) 322-3924 http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/pdcp E-mail: [email protected] The following agencies and organizations provided funding for the research activities reported in these Proceedings: American Vineyard Foundation California Citrus Nursery Advisory Board California Citrus Research Board California Competitive Grant Program for Research in Viticulture and Enology California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) - includes funds from Assembly Bill 1232 CDFA – Pierce’s Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board California Desert Grape Administrative Committee California Raisin Marketing Board California Table Grape Commission City of Temecula Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq) – [National Council of Scientific and Technological Development] Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) – [The State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation] County of Riverside National Science Foundation University of California (UC) UC Academic Senate UC Pierce’s Disease Grant Program United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) USDA - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Viticulture Consortium Note 1: The progress reports in this publication have not been subject to independent scientific review. The California Department of Food and Agriculture makes no warranty, expressed or implied, and assumes no legal liability for the information in this publication. The publication of the Proceedings by CDFA does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement of products mentioned. Note 2: This edition of the Proceedings has been revised to increase formatting uniformity, correct punctuation and spelling errors, and provide more accurate information on the funding agencies for each project. It includes a revised version of the report entitled “Biological Control of Homalodisca coagulata” by W. Jones (page 88). TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letter from Secretary William (Bill) J. Lyons, Jr................................................................................................vii Breeding Cultivars of Grape Resistant to Pierce’s Disease Virulence Analysis of the Pierce’s Disease Agent Xylella fastidiosa George Bruening ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Functional Genomics of the Grape-Xylella Interaction: Towards the Identification of Host Resistance Determinants Douglas Cook, Francisco Goes-da-Silva, and Hyunju Lim......................................................................................................... 5 The Genetics of Resistance to Pierce’s Disease Andrew Walker............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 An Expanded Genetic Map of Vitis rupestrisx Muscadinia rotundifolia for Fine Scale Mapping and Characterization of Pierce’s Disease Resistance Andrew Walker and Summaira Riaz ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Application of Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation Strategies for a Rapid High Throughput Screen for Genetic Resistance to Pierce’s Disease in Grape that Maintains Clonal Integrity of the Recipient Host David Gilchrist .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Biological Control of Pierce’s Disease Characterization of Fimbriae Production and Attachment of FimA- and FimF- Mutants of Xylella fastidiosa in vitro Steven Lindow........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 The Xylella fastidiosa Cell Surface Michele Igo................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Understanding Xylella fastidiosa Colonization and Communication in Xylem Lumina Harvey Hoch and Thomas Burr................................................................................................................................................. 18 Management of Pierce’s Disease of Grape by Interfering with Cell-Cell Communication in Xylella fastidiosa Steven Lindow........................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Biological Control of Pierce’s Disease with Non-Pathogenic Strains of Xylella fastidiosa Donald Cooksey ........................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Control of Pierce’s Disease Through Degradation of Xanthan Gum Donald Cooksey ........................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Paratransgenesis for Control of Pierce’s Disease: Manipulation of Endophytic Bacteria for Paratransgenic Control of Pierce’s Disease David Lampe and Thomas Miller.............................................................................................................................................. 27 Insect-Symbiotic Bacteria Inhibitory to Xylella fastidiosa in Sharpshooters: Pressure Bomb Extraction of Xylem Fluid to Improve Bacterial Detection of Xylella in Plants Blake Bextine and Thomas Miller............................................................................................................................................. 29 Insect-Symbiotic Bacteria Inhibitory to Xylella fastidiosa (Paratransgenesis for Control of Pierce’s Disease): Identification of Endophytic Bacteria Cycled by Glassy-winged Sharpshooters to Host Plants Carol Lauzon and Thomas Miller.............................................................................................................................................. 31 -i- Genetics of Xylella fastidiosa / Miscellaneous Surrogate Genetics for Xylella fastidiosa Valley Stewart............................................................................................................................................................................35 Directing Potential Anti-Xylella Gene Products to the Xylem of Transgenic Grapevines Carole Meredith and Abhaya Dandekar.....................................................................................................................................37 Biological, Cultural, Genetic, and Chemical Control of Pierce’s Disease: Production and Screening of Xylella fastidiosa Transposon Pathogenicity and Attachment Mutants Bruce Kirkpatrick and Magalie Guilhabert................................................................................................................................39 Sequence of the Genome of Xylella fastidiosa Causing Pierce’s Disease of California Edwin Civerolo..........................................................................................................................................................................41 Biological, Cultural, Genetic, and Chemical Control of Pierce’s Disease: Xylem Fluid Chemistry Mediation of Resistance to Pierce’s Disease Peter Andersen...........................................................................................................................................................................43 Genome-Wide Identification of Rapidly Evolving Genes in Xylella fastidiosa: Key Elements in the Systematic Identification of Host Strains, and in the Search for Plant-Host Pathogenicity Candidate Genes Leonard Nunney, Richard Stouthamer, and Robert Luck..........................................................................................................45 Fate of Xylella fastidiosa in Alternate Hosts Alexander Purcell ......................................................................................................................................................................47 Trap Crops for Reducing Spread of Pierce’s Disease Ed Weber ...................................................................................................................................................................................49 Biological, Cultural, Genetic, and Chemical Control of Pierce’s Disease: Significance of Riparian Plants in the Epidemiology of Pierce’s Disease Kendra Baumgartner..................................................................................................................................................................51
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