Dying on the Vine: How Phylloxera Transformed Wine (Anglais) | George D. Gale
JOHN WILEY
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- Scabies
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- English 🇬🇧
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Dying on the Vine chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevines worst enemy: phylloxera. In a book that is highly relevant for the wine industry today, George Gale describes the biological and economic disaster that unfolded when a tiny, root-sucking insect invaded the south of France in the 1860s, spread throughout Europe, and journeyed across oceans to Africa, South America, Australia, and Californialaying waste to vineyards wherever it landed. He tells how scientists, viticulturalists, researchers, and others came together to save the worlds vineyards and, with years of observation and research, developed a strategy of resistance. Among other topics, the book discusses phylloxera as an important case study of how one invasive species can colonize new habitats and examines Californias past and present problems with it.
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9780520265486
Data sheet
- Author
- Scabies
- Language
- English 🇬🇧
- Publisher
- John Wiley
- Number of pages
- 336
- Date of publication
- 13/07/2012