The Phylloxera

Author : George D. Gale
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520948853

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Dying on the Vine by George D. Gale Pdf

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.

Author : Christopher Campbell
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Cooking
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118011316

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Phylloxera by Christopher Campbell Pdf

A historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of, first, France and then Europe in the 1860s -- and how one young botanist, who had served an apprenticeship at Kew Gardens, eventually 'saved wine for the world'. Bordeaux, inexplicably began to wither and die. Panic seized France, and Jules-Emile Planchon, a botanist from Montpellier, was sent to investigate. Magnifying glass in hand, he discovered the roots of a dying vine covered in microscopic yellow insects. The tiny aphid would be named Phylloxera vastatrix -- 'the dry leaf devastator'. Where it had come from was utterly mysterious, but it advanced with the speed of an invading army. As the noblest vineyards of France came under biological siege, the world's greatest wine industry tottered on the brink of ruin. The grand owners fought the aphid with expensive insecticide, while peasant vignerons simply abandoned their ruined plots in despair. Within a few years the plague had spread across Europe, from Portugal to the Crimea. the parasite had accidentally been imported from America. He believed that only the introduction of American vines, which appeared to have developed a resistance to the aphid, could save France's vineyards. His opponents maintained that this would merely assist the spread of the disease. Meanwhile, encouraged by the French government's offer of a prize of 300,000 gold francs for a remedy, increasingly bizarre suggestions flooded in, and many wine-growing regions came close to revolution as whole local economies were obliterated. Eventually Planchon and his supporters won the day, and phylloxera-resistant American vines were grafted onto European root-stock. Despite some setbacks -- the first fruits of transplanted American vines were universally pronounced undrinkable -- by 1914 all vines cultivated in France were hybrid Americans. of one of the earliest and most successful applications of science to an ecological disaster.

Author : Antoine Fortuné Marion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Grapes
ISBN : UCD:31175035219917

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The Phylloxera by Antoine Fortuné Marion Pdf

Author : William Mark Davidson,Raymond Louis Nougaret
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112019246088

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The Grape Phylloxera in California by William Mark Davidson,Raymond Louis Nougaret Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Bills, Legislative
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106503568

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Parliamentary Papers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Science
ISBN : OSU:32435022760318

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Scientific American by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Consular reports
ISBN : UOM:39015077080128

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Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c. of Their Consular Districts by Great Britain. Foreign Office Pdf

Author : New South Wales. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1114 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924082617071

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The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales by New South Wales. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1050 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PSU:000057694337

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Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales by Anonim Pdf

Author : California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Viticulture
ISBN : HARVARD:HXHR9J

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Annual Report of the Chief Executive Officer of the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners for the Year ... by California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Viticulture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011864209

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Annual Report of the Chief Executive Viticultural Officer to the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, for the Year ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065364972

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Reports of the Chief Viticultural Officer by California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners Pdf

Author : Encyclopaedias
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V001477836

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The Popular Encyclopedia; Or, "Conversations Lexicon;" Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, Biography, and History. With ... Illustrations by Encyclopaedias Pdf

Author : New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : New South Wales
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119246952

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Votes & Proceedings by New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council Pdf

Author : New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : SRLF:D0002715183

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Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly by New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly Pdf