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Dying on the Vine

How Phylloxera Transformed Wine

Dying on the Vine( )
Author: Gale, George D.
ISBN:978-0-520-26548-6
Publication Date:Jul 2011
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $140.95
Book 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...
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Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 2.794 cm
Book Weight:0.591 Kilograms



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