The botanist and the vintner
Subtitle: how wine was saved for the world
By: Christy Campbell
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781565124608
Subjects: Weinbau; Reblaus; Viticulture; Grapes; History; Diseases and pests
Work titles: Phylloxera
Description: Describes how French botanist Jules-Émile Planchon, aided by American entomologist Charles Valentine Riley, came up with a solution to a devastating plague of aphids that nearly destroyed the French wine industry.
Notes: Originally published: Phylloxera. London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-306) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1; title: Denial -- 1 -- Part 2; title: Anger -- 81 -- Part 3; title: Acceptance-- 181.