l974. Purcell, A. H. Spatial patterns of Pierce’s disease in the Napa Valley. Amer. J. Enol. Vitic.  25:162-167.

1975. Purcell, A. H. Role of the blue-green sharpshooter, Hordnia circellata in the epidemiology of Pierce’s disease of grapevines. Environ. Entomol. 4:745-752.

1975. Purcell, A. H. and Loher, W. Acoustical and mating behavior of two taxa in the Macrosteles fascifrons species complex. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 69:513-518.

1976. Purcell, A. H. Seasonal changes in host plant preference of the blue-green sharpshooter Hordnia circellata (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pan-Pac. Entomo. l. 52:33-37.

1977. Davis, M. J., Purcell, A. H., and Thomson, S. V. Pierce’s disease: consistent isolation of a bacterium from diseased grapevines. Proc. Amer. Phytopathol. Soc. 4:204.

Proc. Amer. Phytopathol. Soc. 4:138.

1977. Purcell, A. H., Latorre-Guzman, B. A., Kado, C. I., Goheen, A. C., and Shalla, T. A. Reinvestigation of the role of a Lactobacillus associated with leafhopper vectors of Pierce’s disease of grapevines. Phytopathology. 67:293-301.

1977. Purcell, A. H. Cold therapy of Pierce’s disease of grapevines. Plant Dis. Reptr. 61:514-518.

1978. Davis, M. J., Thomson, S. V., and Purcell, A. H. Pathological and serological relationships of the bacterium causing Pierce’s disease of grapevines and almond leaf scorch disease. Abstracts of papers, 3rd Intl. Cong. Plant Pathol. Munich, p. 65.

1978. Davis, M. J., Purcell, A. H., and Thomson, S. V. Pierce’s disease of grapevines: isolation of the causal bacterium. Science. 199:75-77.

1978. Purcell, A. H. Lack of transtadial passage by Pierce’s disease vector. Phytopathol. News. 12:217-218.

1978. Thomson, S. V., Davis, M. J., Kloepper. J. W., and Purcell, A. H. Alfalfa dwarf: relationship to the bacterium causing Pierce’s disease of grapevines and almond leaf scorch disease. Abstracts of papers, 3rd Intl. Cong. Plant Pathol.Munich, p. 64.

1979. Purcell, A. H. and Finlay, A. H. Acquisition and transmission of bacteria through artificial membranes by leafhopper vectors of Pierce’s disease. Ent. Exp. & Appl.25:188-195.

1979. Purcell, A. H. and Finlay, A. Evidence for noncirculative transmission of Pierce’s disease bacterium by sharpshooter leafhoppers. Phytopathology69:393-395.

1979. Purcell, A. H. Transmission of the X-disease agent by the leafhoppers Scaphytopius nitridus and Acinopterus angulatus. Plant Dis. Reptr. 63:549-552.

1979. Purcell, A. H., Finlay, A. H., and McClean, D. L. Pierce’s disease bacterium: Mechanism of transmission by leafhopper vectors. Science. 206:839-841.

l979. Purcell, A. H. Control of the blue-green sharpshooter Graphocephala atropunctata. and effects on the spread of Pierce’s disease of grapevines. J. Econ. Entomol.72:887-892.

l979. Purcell, A. H. Leafhopper vectors of xylem-borne plant pathogens. In: Leafhopper Vectors and Plant Disease Agents (K. Maramorosch and K. F. Harris, eds.), Academic Press, New York. pp. 603-625.

1979. Raju, B. C., Purcell, A. H., Nyland, G., Lowe, S., Thomson, S. V., Garrott, D. G., and Davis, M. J. Isolation and culture of a spiroplasma from different plant species infected with aster yellows. Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Angers, France.

1979. Thomson, S. V., Garrott, D. G., Raju, B. C., Davis, M. J., Purcell, A. H., and Nyland, G. A spiroplasma consistently isolated from western X-infected plants. Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Angers, France.

1979. Thomson, S. V. and Purcell, A. H. Survival and transmission of Erwinia amylovora by the leafhopper Graphocephala atropunctata. Phytopathology69:921.

1979. Purcell, A. H. Role of weed management in Pierce’s disease and almond leaf scorch disease. Phytopathology 69:1043.

1980. Purcell, A. H. Insect vectors of prokaryotic plant pathogens. Proc. 4th Intl. Council on Lethal Yellowing. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, p. 7.

1980. Purcell, A. H., Richardson, J. and Finlay, A. The leafhopper Macrosteles fascifrons as a host but non-vector of the X-disease agent. Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. on Lethal Yellowing. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

1980. Purcell, A. H. Environmental therapy for Pierce’s disease of grapevines. Plant Dis. 64:388-390.

1980. Raju, B. C., Purcell, A. H., and Nyland, G. Isolation of a spiroplasma from Macrosteles fascifrons exposed to aster yellows and Colladonus montanus exposed to X-disease. Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. on Lethal Yellowing. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, p. 12. (abstract).

1980. Davis, M. J., Purcell, A. H., and Thomson, S. V. Isolation media for Pierce’s disease bacterium. Phytopathology 70:425-429.

1980. Davis, M. J., Thomson, S. V., and Purcell, A. H. Etiological role of a xylem-limited bacterium causing Pierce’s disease in almond leaf scorch. Phytopathology 70:472-475.

1980. Purcell, A. H. Almond leaf scorch: leafhopper and spittlebug vectors. J. Econ. Entomology 73(6):834-838.

1980. Purcell, A. H. and Elkinton, J. E. A comparison of sampling methods for leafhopper vectors of X-disease in California cherry orchards. J. Econ. Entomol 73(6):854-860.

1981. Purcell, A. H. Pierce’s disease bacterium: Progress and prognosis. Devel. Indus. Microbiol 23:99-105.

1981. Purcell, A. H. Pierce’s disease. In: Grape Pest Management, Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Publication No. 4102, pp. 62-69.

1981. Raju, B. C., Nyland, G., Meikle, T., and Purcell, A. H. Helical, motile mycoplasmas associated with flowers and honey bees in California. Can. J. Microbiol.. 27:249-253.

1981. Purcell, A. H. Vector preference and inoculation efficiency as components of varietal resistance to Pierce’s disease in European grapes. Phytopathology 71:429-435.

1981. Purcell, A. H., Nyland, G., Raju, B. C., and Heringer, M. R. Peach yellow leaf roll epidemic in northern California: Effects of peach cultivar, tree age, and proximity to pear orchards. Plant Disease 65:365-368.

1981. Purcell, A. H., Richardson, J., and Finlay, A. Multiplication of the agent of X-disease in a non-vector leafhopper Macrosteles fascifrons. Ann. Appl. Biol. 99:283-289.

1981. Gonot, K. and Purcell, A. H. Seasonal acquisition of X-disease agent (Cherry Buckskin) from cherry by the leafhopper vector, Colladonus montanus. Phytopathology 71:105. (abstract).

1981. Nyland, G., Raju, B. C., and Purcell, A. H. An epidemic of peach yellow leaf roll (X-disease) in northern California: association with pear orchards. Phytopathology 71:107.

1981. Purcell, A. H., Raju, B. C., and Nyland, G. Transmission by injected leafhoppers of spiroplasma isolated from plants affected by aster yellows. Phytopathology 71:107. (abstract).

1981. Purcell, A. H., Raju, B. C., and Nyland, G. Transmission by injected leafhoppers of spiroplasmas isolated from plants with X-disease. Phytopathology 71:108.

1981. Gonot, K. and Purcell, A. H. Effect of plant age on weed host susceptibility to X-disease. Phytopathology 71:876.

1981. Purcell, A. H. and Gonot, K. Transmission of X-disease agent by injected beet leafhoppers. Phytopathology 71:900.

1981. Purcell, A. H. A report to the government of the Philippines on research into the epidemiology of cadang-cadang disease of coconuts and the search for its vector. 23 pp.

1982. Suslow, K. G. and Purcell, A. H. Seasonal transmission of the X-disease agent from cherry by the leafhopper vector Colladonus montanus. Plant Dis. 66:28-31.

1982. Purcell, A. H. 1982. Advances in the understanding of Pierce’s disease and its insect vectors. In: Grape and Wine Centennial Symposium Proceedings, Univ. Calif., Davis, June 1980. pp. 46-50.

1982. Purcell, A. H. Insect vector relationships with procaryotic plant pathogens. In: Annual Review Phytopathology (R. G. Grogan, G. A. Zentmeyer and E. B. Cowling, eds.), Annual Reviews Inc., California. pp. 397-417.

1982. Purcell, A. H. Evolution of the Insect Vector Relationship. In: Phytopathogenic Prokaryotes (M. S. Mount and G. H. Lacy, eds.), Academic Press, NY. pp. 121-156.

1982. Purcell, A. H. and Gonot Suslow, K. Dispersal behavior of Colladonus montanus in cherry orchards. Environ. Entomol. 11(6):1178-1182.

1982. Purcell, A. H. Patterns and processes of plant diseases and insect vectors. Agriculture and Forestry Bulletin of the University of Alberta 5(3):19-22.

1983. Raju, B. C., Nyland, G., and Purcell, A. H. Current status of the etiology of pear decline. Phytopathology 73:350-353.

1984. Raju, B. C., Purcell, A. H., and Nyland, G. Spiroplasmas from plants with aster yellows and X-disease: Isolation and transmission by leafhoppers. Phytopathology 74:925-931.

1984. Purcell, A. H. and Suslow, K. S. Corn leafhopper transmission of corn stunt spiroplasma from California. Phytopathology 74(9):1140.

1984. Purcell, A. H. and Suslow, K. S. Surveys of leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) and pear psylla (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in pear and peach orchards relative to the spread of peach yellow leaf roll disease. J. Econ. Entomol. 77:1489-1494.

1985. Purcell, A. H. The ecology of bacterial and mycoplasma plant diseases spread by leafhoppers and planthoppers. In: The Leafhoppers, L. R. Nault and J. G. Rodriguez, eds. J. Wiley & Sons, Publishers. pp. 35l-380.

1985. Purcell, A. H. and Frazier, N. W. Habitats and dispersal of the leafhopper vectors of Pierce’s disease in the San Joaquin Valley. Hilgardia 53(4):32 pp.

1985. Purcell, A. H. and Suslow, K. G. California strains of aster yellows disease enhance survival of corn leafhopper on aster. Phytopathology 75:l35l.

1985. Kirkpatrick, B. C., Stenger, D. C., Morris, T. J., and Purcell, A. H. Detection of X-disease mycoplasma-like organisms in plant and insect hosts using cloned, disease specific DNA. Phytopathology 75:135l.

1986. Purcell, A. H., Steiner, T., Megraud, F., and Bov*, J. In vitro isolation of a transovarially transmitted bacterium from the leafhopper Euscelidius variegatus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). J. Invert. Pathol. 48:66-73.

1986. Purcell, A. H. Epidemiologies of X-diseases in California. Acta Hortic. 193:351-355

1987. Purcell, A. H. The ecology of plant disease. [Book review of “Plant Virus Epidemics” by G. D. McLean, R. G. Garrett, and W. G. Ruesink, Eds., Academic Press, 1986.]. Science 236:240-241.

1987. Purcell, A. H., Uyemoto, J. K., Van Steenwyk, R. A., Schraeder, W. R., Suslow, K. G., and Kirkpatrick, B. Buckskin disease of cherry. California Agriculture 41(3 & 4):26-27.

1987. Purcell, A. H. Comparative epidemiology of X-disease in North America. In: “Proc. 2nd Intl. Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Importance.” Provo, Utah. Eds. M. R. Wilson and L. R. Nault, Comm. Inst. Entomol., London. pp. 175-185.

1987. Klein, M. and Purcell, A. H. Response of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) to Spiroplasma citri inoculation. J. Invert. Pathol. 50:9-15.

1987. Kirkpatrick, B. C., Stenger, D. C., Morris, T. J., and Purcell, A. H. Cloning and detection of DNA from a nonculturable, plant-pathogenic mycoplasma-like organism. Science 238:197-200.

1987. Purcell, A. H. and Lindow, S. Pathogens and Populations. [Book review of Diseases and Plant Populations by J. J. Burdon, Cambridge University Press, 1987.]. Science 238:221.

1987. Purcell, A. H. and Suslow, K. G. Pathogenicity and effects on transmission of a mycoplasmalike organism of a transovarially infective bacterium on the leafhopper Euscelidius variegatus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) J. Invert. Pathol. 50:285-290.

1987. Purcell, A. H. and Kirkpatrick, B. C. Pathogen identity and vector transmission of prokaryotes. In: Fastidious Plant Prokaryotes: Cultivation, Detection, and Associated Economic Problems, R. A. Cappellini and J. M. Wells, eds. Rutgers, State U. of New Jersey and USDA, Agric. Res. Service. pp. 151-159.

1988. Purcell, A. H. Increased survival of Dalbulus maidis Delong & Wolcott, a specialist on maize, on nonhost plants infected with mollicute plant pathogens. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 46:187-196.

1988. Kirkpatrick, B. C. and Purcell, A. H. Identifying the plant hosts and insect vectors of peach yellow leaf roll and X-disease. Cling Peach Rev. 23 (2):14-17.

1988. Purcell, A. H., Suslow, K. G., and Kirkpatrick, B. C. Vector transmission of X-disease mycoplasma-like organisms from California. Proc. 4th Stonefruit Decline Workshop, Sept. 25-28, 1988, Parlier, Calif. pp. 21-25.

1988. Purcell, A. H. Feeding Transmission of a bacterial pathogen of the leafhopper Euscelidius variegatus (Kirshbaum). Proc. 17th Intl. Cong. Entomol., July 3-9, 1988, Vancouver, B C., Canada, pp. 352

1988. Purcell, A. H. Book review of “Current Topics in Vector Research, Vols. 3 & 4” edited by K. F. Harris. Qtly. Rev. Biol. 63:255.

1988. Purcell, A. H. and Suslow, K. G. Occurrence of Clavibacter xyli ssp. cynodontis in California and recovery from xylem-feeding leafhoppers. Phytopathology 78:1541.

1989. Purcell, A. H. Homopteran transmission of xylem-inhabiting bacteria. Pages 243-266, In: Advances in Disease Vector Research, Vol. 6, K. F Harris (editor). Springer-Verlaug, New York.

1990. Kirkpatrick, B. C., Fisher, G. A., Fraser, J. D., and Purcell, A. H. Epidemiological and phylogenetic studies on western X-disease mycoplasma-like organism. In: Recent Advances in Mycoplasmology. G. Stanek, G. H. Cassell, J. T. Tully and R. F. Whitcomb, eds. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. (Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie) Supplement 20 39:288-297.

1990. Purcell, A. H. Role of weeds in insect-transmitted diseases of trees and vines. In: Proc. Calif. Weed Conf., Fremont, CA., pp. 196-201.

1991. Purcell, A. H. ‘Vectorless’ pathogens with undiscovered vectors. Pages 139-164 In: Plant Diseases of Viral, Viroid, Mycoplasma and Uncertain Etiology, K. Maramorosch (editor) Vedam Press, New Delhi.

1991. Purcell, A. H. and Nault, L. R. Interactions among plant pathogenic prokaryotes, plants and insect vectors. Pages 383-405. In Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions, P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik and C. Jones, (editors). J. Wiley and Sons, New York.

1992. Goodwin, P. and Purcell, A. H. Pierce’s disease. In: Grape Pest Management, Second Edition. Flaherty, Christensen, Lanini, Marois, Phillips and Wilson, eds. UC DANR, pp. 76-84.

1993. Van Steenwyk, R. A., Fouche, C. F., Grant, J. A., and Purcell, A. H. Control of mountain leafhopper on cherry, 1992. Insecticide and Acaricide Tests 18:65.

1993. Purcell, A. Part I. History and Current Status: Pierce’s disease. Practical Winery and Vineyard 8:13-16.

1993. Purcell, A. Part II. Epidemiology and control: Pierce’s disease. Practical Winery and Vineyard (9):50-51 & 73-76.

1993. Cheung, W. W.-K. and Purcell, A. H. Ultrastructure of the digestive system of the leafhopper Euscelidius variegatus Kirshbaum (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), with and without congenital bacterial infections. Int. J. Insect Morphol. & Embryol. 22(1):49-61.

1993. Campbell, B. C. and Purcell, A. H. Phylogenetic affiliation of BEV, a bacterial parasite of the leafhopper Euscelidius variegatus, on the basis of 16S rDNA sequences. Curr. Microbiol. 26:37-41.

1993. Vega, F. F., Davis, R. E., Barbosa, P., Dally, E. L., Purcell, A. H., and Lee, I.-M. . Detection of a plant pathogen in a nonvector insect species by the polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 83(6):621-624.

1993. Barbehenn, R. V. and Purcell, A. H. Factors limiting the transmission of a xylem-inhabiting bacterium Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis to grasses by insects. Phytopathology 83(8):859-863.

1993. Wilson, S. W., Smith, J. L., and Purcell, A. H. 1993. An inexpensive vacuum collector for insect sampling. Ent. News 104(4):203-208.

1993. Kirkpatrick, B. C., Purcell, A. H., Gao, J. L., Fisher, G. F., and Uyemoto, J. K. At least three genetically distinct MLOs cause pear decline and peach yellow leafroll diseases in California. Phytopathology 83(12):1341.

1993. Smart, C. D., Purcell, A. H., Saunders, S. R., and Kirkpatrick, B. C. Heat elimination of plasmids from western aster yellows MLO. Phytopathology 83(12):1341.

1994. Purcell, A. H., Suslow, K. G., and Klein, M. Transmission via plants of an insect pathogenic bacterium that does not multiply or move in plants. Microbial Ecology 27:19-26.

1994. Purcell, A. H. Part III. Pierce’s disease. Practical Winery and Vineyard 14(6):14-16.

1994. Vega, F. E., Davis, R. E., Dally, E. L., Barbosa, P., Purcell, A. H., and Lee, I.-M. Use of a biotinylated DNA probe for detection of the aster yellows mycoplasmalike organism in Dalbulus maidis and Macrosteles fascifrons (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Florida Entomologist 77(3):330-334.

1994. Hill, B. L. and Purcell, A. H. Acquisition and retention of Xylella fastidiosa by an efficient vector, Graphocephala atropunctata. Phytopathology 85(2):209-212.

1995. Purcell, A. H. and Saunders, S. Harvested grape clusters as inoculum for Pierce’s disease. Plant Disease 79(2):190-192.

1995. Purcell, A. H. Sharpshooters in citrus crops. In: Citrus, Integrated Management of Insect and Mite Pests. Santin Gravena and Luis Carlos Donadio, eds., pp. 213-229. Proc. of the Third International Citrus Seminar, Dec. 3-8, 1994, Estac?o Experimental de Citricultura de Bebedouro, Sao Paulo, Brasil.

1995. Kirkpatrick, B. C., Uyemoto, J. K., and Purcell, A. H. Diseases caused by mycoplasmalike organisms—X-Disease. In: Compendium of Stone Fruit Diseases. J. M. Ogawa, E. I. Zehr, G. W. Bird, D. F. Ritchie, K. Uriu, and J. K. Uyemoto, eds., pp. 57-59. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

1995. Purcell, A. H. Experimental phytoplasma infections in plants and insects. In: Molecular and Diagnostic Procedures in Mycoplasmology, Vol. 2, S. Razin and J. G. Tully, eds., pp. 391-397. Academic Press, N. Y.

1995. Van Steenwyk, R. A., Kirkpatrick, B. C., Purcell, A. H., Fouche, C. F., Grant, J. A., and Uyemoto, J. K. Evaluation of an abatement program for Western X-Disease in sweet cherry.  Plant Disease: 79(10):1025-1028.

1995. Hill, B. L. and Purcell, A. H. Multiplication and spread of Xylella fastidiosa in grape and four other plants. Phytopathology 85:1368-1372.

1995. Purcell, A. H. Transmission and epidemiology. Plant Diagnostics Quarterly 16(3):110-114.

1996. Purcell, A. H. and D. L. Hopkins. Fastidious xylem-limited bacterial plant pathogens. Annual Review of Phytopathology 34:131-151.

1996. Chen, D. and Purcell, A. H. A new rickettsia from an herbivorous insect, the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris). Current Microbiology 33:123-128.

1996. Purcell, A. H. Vector transmission and epidemiology of indigenous and exotic prokaryotic pathogens of plants. Atti Convegno Annuale Società Italiana di Patologia Vegetale, Udine, Italy, September 26-27, 1996.

1996. Purcell, A. H. Local and global epidemiology: interactions of vectors, plants and climate with the pathogen Xylella fastidiosa. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, Italy, August 25-31, 1996.

1996. Cheung, W. W. K. and A. H. Purcell. Ultrastructure of BEV bacteria and infective bacterioids of the leafhopper Euscelidius variegatus and transmission to host’s oocytes, Frontiers in Molecular Biology and Cellular Biology 1:18.

1997. Chen, D. and Purcell, A. H. Occurrence and transmission of facultative symbiosis in aphids. Current Microbiology 34:220-225.

1997. Purcell, A. H. A Xylella nos EUA. Revista do Fundecitrus 80:12. (in Portuguese)

1997. Hill, B. L. and A. H. Purcell. Populations of Xylella fastidiosa in plants required for transmission by an efficient vector. Phytopathology 87:1197-1201.

1997. Purcell, A. H. Xylella fastidiosa, a regional problem or global threat? Journal of Plant Pathology 79:99-105.

1998. Daly, H. V., J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell. Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity, Second Edition. Oxford University Press, New York, 680 pp. [chapters 8 (population biology), 13 (insects and microbes), and 14 (pest management)]

1998. Purcell, A. H., Saunders, S. R. Fate of a Pierce’s disease strain of Xylella fastidiosa in riparian woodland plants in northern California. Proceedings of 7th Intl. Cong. of Plant Pathol., Edinburgh, U. K., August 9-16, 1998, p. 2.3.1.

1998. Smart, C. D., Hendson, M., Guilhabert, M. R., Saunders, S., Friebertshauser, G., Purcell, A. H., Kirkpatrick, B C. Seasonal detection of Xylella fastidiosa in grapevines with culture, ELISA and PCR. Phytopathology 88 Suppl.: S83.

1998. Purcell, A. H. Almond leaf scorch epidemiology. Proc. 26th Annual Almond Industry Conference, Modesto, California, Dec. 2-3, 1998.

1999. Purcell A. H., S. R. Saunders, M. Hendson, M. Grebus, and M. Henry. Causal role of Xylella fastidiosa in oleander leaf scorch disease. Phytopathology 89:53-58.

1999. Stark, D. M., N. J. Mills, and A. H. Purcell. Interactions between the parasitoid Ametadoria misella (Diptera: Tachinidae) and the granulosis virus of Harissina brillians (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). Biological Control 14:146-0151.

1999. Purcell, A. H. and Saunders, S. R. Glassy-winged sharpshooters expected to increase plant disease. California Agriculture 53 (2) 26-27.

1999. Cheung, W. W. K. and Purcell, A. H. Invasion of bacteroids and BEV bacterium into oocytes of the leafhopper Euscelidius variegatus Kirshbaum (Homoptera: Cicadellidae): an electron microscopic study. Zoological Studies 38:69-75.

1999. Stark, D. M., Purcell, A. H., Mills, N. J. Natural occurrence of Ametadoria misella (Diptera:Tachinidae) and Harrisina brillians granulosis virus on the western grapeleaf skeletonizer (Lepidoptera:Zygaenidae) in California. Environmental Entomology 28:868-875.

1999. Purcell, A. H., Saunders, S. R., Norberg, E. and McBride, J. R. Reductions of Pierce’s disease vector activity by management of riparian woodlands. Phytopathology 89:S62.

1999. Purcell, A. H. and Saunders, S. R. Fate of Pierce’s disease strains of Xylella fastidiosa in common riparian plants in California. Plant Disease 83:825-830.

2000. Feil, H., Feil, W. S., Purcell, A. H. Effects of temperature on monitoring the flight activity of the blue-green sharpshooter, Graphocephala atropunctata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 93:88-92.

2000. Chen, D., Montllor, C. and Purcell, A. H. Fitness effects of two facultative endosymbiotic bacteria on the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, and the blue alfalfa aphid, A. kondoi. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 95:315-323.

2000. Weber, E., Purcell, A. H., Norberg, E. Severe pruning for management of Pierce’s disease. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 51:293.

2000. Purcell, A. H. Almond leaf scorch. Compendium of Almond Diseases. American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn. accepted 1998.

2000. Purcell, A. H. Integrated methods for control of Pierce’s disease: Insecticides to vegetation management. Proceedings of the Twenty-first International Congress of Entomology, Brazil, August 20-26, 2000, Vol. II: 652.

2000. Purcell, A. H. Mechanisms of insect vector transmission of Xylella fastidiosa and implications for control. Proceedings of the Twenty-first International Congress of Entomology, Brazil, August 20-26, 2000, Vol. II: 809.

2000. Wilen, C., Hartin, J., Henry, M., Costa, H., Blua, M. and Purcell A. Oleander leaf scorch. Pest Notes Publication 7480, 3 pp., Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California.

2000. Purcell, A. H. Action in California against Pierce’s disease. Australian Vinegrower. 5(2):81-85.

2000. Purcell, A. H. UC IPM Guidelines: Grape, Pierce’s disease. http://www.ucipm.ucdavis.edu/

2001. Hendson, M, Purcell, A. H., Chen, D., Smart, C., Guilhabert, M., and Kirkpatrick, B. Genetic Diversity of Pierce’s Disease Strains and Other Pathotypes of Xylella fastidiosa. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:895-903.

            2001. Almeida, R. P. P., Pereira, E. F., Purcell, A. H. and L:opes, J. R. S. Multiplication and    movement of a citrus strain of Xylella                                                  fastidiosa within sweet orange. Plant Disease 85:382-386. 

2001. Feil, H. and Purcell, A. H. Temperature-dependent growth and survival of Xylella fastidiosa in vitro and in potted grapevines. Plant Disease 85:1230-1234.

2001. Purcell, A. H. and Feil, H. Glassy-winged sharpshooter. Pesticide Outlook 11:199-203.

2001. Purcell, A. H. Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to almonds by the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Proc. 29th Annual Almond Industry Conference, Modesto, California, Dec. 5-6, 2001, pp. 15-16.

2001. Purcell, A. H. Pruning for control of Pierce’s disease. Pages 100-101 in Proceedings of Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, Coronado, CA, Dec. 5-6, 2001.

2001. Purcell, A. H. Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to almonds by the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Pages 102-103 in Proceedings of Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, Coronado, CA, Dec. 5-6, 2001.

2001. Purcell, A. H. Characterization and studies on the fundamental mechanism of Xylella fastidiosa transmission to grapevines by the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Pages 104-105 in Proceedings of Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, Coronado, CA, Dec. 5-6, 2001.

2002. Purcell, A. H. Almond leaf scorch. Compendium of Almond Diseases. B. L. Teviotdale, T. J. Michailides, and J. W. Pscheidt, Eds., American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn., p. 31.

2002. Montllor, C. B., Maxmen, A. and Purcell, A. H. Facultative bacterial endosymbionts benefit pea aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum under heat stress. Ecological Entomology 27:189-195.

2002. Sforza, R. and Purcell, A. H. La maladie de Pierce: quelle menace pour la vigne en Europe? Phytoma 550: 12-116.

2002. Bhattacharyya, A., Stilwagen, S., Ivanova, N., D’Souza, M., Bernal, A., Lykidis, A., Kapatral, V., Anderson, I., Larsen, N., Los, T., Reznik, G., Selkov, E. Jr., Walunas, T.    L., Feil, H., Feil, W. S., Purcell, A., Lassez, J.-L., Hawkins, T. L., Haselkorn, R., Overbeek, R., Predki, P. F. and Kyrpides, N. C. Whole-genome comparative analysis of three phytopathogenic Xylella fastidiosa strains. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 99(19): 12403-12408.

2002. Bhattacharyya, A., Stilwagen, S., Reznik, G., Feil, H., Feil, W. S., Anderson, I., Bernal, A., D’Souza, M., Ivanova, N., Kapatral, V., Larsen, N., Los, T., Lykidis, A., Selkov Jr., E., Walunas, T. L., Purcell, A., Edwards, R. A., Hawkins, T., Haselkorn, R., Overbeek, R., Kyrpides, N. C. and Predki. P. Draft Sequencing and Comparative Genomics of Xylella fastidiosa Strains Reveal Novel Biological Insights. Genome Research (in press; published online on Sept. 13, 2002 at www.genome.org)

2002. Almeida, R. P. P. and Purcell, A. H. Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to almonds. Phytopathology 92:S3 (abstract).

2002. Hopkins, D. L. and Purcell, A. H. Xylella fastidiosa: Cause of Pierce’s disease of grapevine and other emergent diseases. Plant Disease 86:1056-1066.

2002. Yamamoto, P. T., Roberto, S. R., Dalla Pria, W. Jr., Felippe, M. R., Caetano, A. C., Miranda, V. S., Teixera, D. C., Sanches, A. L., Costa, M. G., Lopes, J. R. S., Purcell, A. H. Tempo necessário para inoculação de Xylella fastidiosa por cigarrinhas em plantas cítricas. Fitopatologia 37:18 (abstract).

2003. Purcell, A. H. Phytotoxemia, Pages 905-907 in Encyclopedia of Insects, V. Resh and R. T. CardeCardé, Eds., Academic Press, San Diego.

2002. Purcell, A. H. Biological control of western grapeleaf skeletonizer (Harrisina brillians) in California vineyards. Proc. of the XXV National Biological Control Congress, Hermosillo, Mexico, Nov. 14-15, 2002

2003. Feil, H., Feil, W. S. and Purcell, A. H. Effects of date of inoculation on the within-plant movement of Xylella fastidiosa and persistence of Pierce’s disease within field grapevines. Phytopathology 93:244-251.

2002. Purcell, A. H. and Almeida, R. P. P. Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to almonds by the glassy-winged sharpshooter. pp. 8-11 in Proc. 30th Annual Almond Industry Conference. Modesto, Calif. Dec. 4-5, 2002.

2002. Purcell, A. H. Fate of Xylella fastidiosa in alternative hosts. Pages 47-48 in Proceedings of Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, Coronado, CA, Dec. 15-18, 2002.

2002. Purcell, A. H. Characterization and studies on the fundamental mechanisms of Xylella fastidiosa transmission to grapevines by the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Pages 57-58 in Proceedings of Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, Coronado, CA, Dec. 15-18, 2002.

2002. Purcell, A. H. Exploration for facultative Endosymbionts of sharpshooters. Pages 163-164 in Proceedings of Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium, Coronado, CA, Dec. 15-18, 2002.

2003. Purcell, A. H. Plant Diseases and Insects, Pages 907-910 in Encyclopedia of Insects, V. Resh and R. T. Cardé, Eds., Academic Press, San Diego.

2003. Almeida, R. P. P. and Purcell, A. H. Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to grapevines by Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) J. Econ. Entomol. 96:265-271.

2003. Feil, H., Feil, W. S., Detter, J. C., Purcell, A. H. and Lindow, S. E. Site-directed disruption of the fimA and fimF fimbrial genes of Xylella fastidiosa. Phytopathology 93:675-682.

2003. Almeida, R. P. P. and Purcell, A. H. Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to almond. Plant Disease 87:1255-1259.


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