Phylloxera

Phylloxera, it turns out, led to such a collapse in the worldwide wine business that it opened the door to greater governmental control and intervention as people sought to limit fraud, graft, corruption, and lost income.

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Phylloxera devastated the grape stock by the early 20th century, but today the Piedirosso grape which is named for the striking red stems that connect each grape to the cluster and some say look like the feet of doves is making something of a comeback.

Archive 2008-03-01 2008

And in the 19th century the native white Semidano grape proved resistant to the ravages of Phylloxera.

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The first international treaty dealing with trade and the environment was the Phylloxera agreement of 1878, which restricted trade in grapevines to prevent the spread of pests that damage vineyards.

Trade and the environment 2008

Phylloxera, it turns out, led to such a collapse in the worldwide wine business that it opened the door to greater governmental control and intervention as people sought to limit fraud, graft, corruption, and lost income.

Wine Book Club #5: Wine Politics 2008

And in the 19th century the native white Semidano grape proved resistant to the ravages of Phylloxera.

Sun, Sea, and Wine: Sardinia 2008

San Jose scale, Phylloxera, and other similar phenomena.

Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann

Another fungus, the so-called "green muscardine" (_Isaria destructor_), has been found so deadly to insects that Prof. Metschnikoff, who is experimenting upon it, hopes to extirpate the _Phylloxera_, the Colorado beetle, etc., by its agency.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various

_Phylloxera_, a few visitations of yellow fever, the _Blatta gigantea_, and, climate allowing, may perhaps throw in the Colorado beetle as a make-weight.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various

The three great American parasites of our native grapes are the black rot, the downy mildew and the Phylloxera, an insect pest, and they caused a great amount of study and work and investigation and great expense when they were introduced into France and South Germany and

Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913