Dying on the Vine How Phylloxera Transformed Wine |
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Author:
| Gale, George D. |
ISBN: | 978-0-520-26548-6 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2011 |
Publisher: | University of California Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $140.95 |
Book Description:
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Dying on the Vine chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine_s 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 California_laying waste to vineyards wherever it landed. He...
More Description Dying on the Vine chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine_s 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 California_laying waste to vineyards wherever it landed. He tells how scientists, viticulturalists, researchers, and others came together to save the world_s 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 California_s past and present problems with it.