Dying on the vine
Subtitle: how phylloxera transformed wine
By: George Gale
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780520265486
Subjects: Phylloxera; Diseases and pests; Grapes; History
Other titles: How phylloxera transformed wine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Disaster strikes: all your vines are fatally condemned to disappear, monsieur; title: La defense: sand, submersion, and sulfiding; title: La reconstitution; title: The underground battle: grafting on American rootstock; title: Phylloxera makes the European grand tour; title: The bug goes south: new venues, same story; title: The old Americans, or how the fox conquered Europe; title: Phylloxera breaks out (twice) in California.