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Dying on the vine : how phylloxera transformed wine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gale, George, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Grapes > Diseases and pests > History > 19th century.
Grapes > Diseases and pests > History > 20th century.
Phylloxera.
Vitis > microbiology.
Plant Diseases > history.
Table of Contents:
  • All your vines are fatally condemned to disappear, monsieur
  • La defense: sand, submersion, and sulfiding
  • La reconstitution
  • The underground battle: grafting on American rootstock
  • Phylloxera makes the European grand tour
  • The bug goes south: new venues, same story
  • The old Americans, or how the fox conquered Europe
  • Phylloxera breaks out (twice) in California.