Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is caused by a complex of vector-borne virus species in
the family Closteroviridae. GLD is present in all grape-growing regions of the world, primarily …

Grapevine leafroll disease is caused by grapevine leafroll-associated viruses (GLRaVs).
Within this virus complex, GLRaV-3 is the predominant species in the world. Several …

An efficient procedure for the extraction of high-quality RNA from woody plants without the
use of phenol, organic solvents, or alcohol precipitation is described. The method employs …

Grapevine (Vitis spp.) is one of the most widely grown fruit crops in the world. It is a
deciduous woody perennial vine for which the cultivation of domesticated species began …

Economic losses resulting from vineyard mealybug infestations have increased dramatically
during the past decade. In response, there has been a cosmopolitan effort to improve control …

To understand ecological factors mediating the spread of insect-borne plant pathogens,
vector species for these pathogens need to be identified. Grapevine leafroll disease is …

UC Davis's Foundation Plant Materials Service (FPMS) maintains the disease-tested,
professionally identified collection of grape scion and rootstock varieties, which is the core of …

Shiraz disease (SD) is an economically important virus-associated disease that can
significantly reduce yield in sensitive grapevine varieties and has so far only been reported …

The spatial distributions of grape plants with symptoms of grapevine leafroll in nine
vineyards in the Galician wine-growing region Rías Baixas (northwestern Spain) were …

The transmission of two closteroviruses associated with grapevine leafroll, GLRaV‐1 and
GLRaV‐3, from grapevine to grapevine by the mealybugs, Pseudococcus longispinus and …