Phylloxera - Wikipedia The insect is commonly just called phylloxera ( f ɪ ˈ l ɒ k s ə r ə ; from Ancient Greek: φύλλον, leaf, and ξηρός, dry) These almost microscopic, pale yellow sap-sucking insects, related to aphids, feed on the roots and leaves of grapevines (depending on the phylloxera genetic strain)
What is Grape Phylloxera | Wine Folly Phylloxera is a microscopic louse or aphid, that lives on and eats roots of grapes It can infest a vineyard from the soles of vineyard worker’s boots or naturally spreading from vineyard-to-vineyard by proximity
Phylloxera: A Grape Pest - SDSU Extension Some grape growers may notice that some of their shoots have bumpy growths on the bottom of new leaves These bumps are galls caused by the grape phylloxera, an aphid-like insect
What Is Phylloxera and How Did It Change Wine Forever? - SOMM TV Phylloxera, or grape phylloxera, is a devastating vineyard disease caused by the tiny insect Daktulosphaira vitifoliae These minuscule yet menacing agents of destruction are aphids and belong to the family Phylloxeridae
What Is Phylloxera And Why Is It Important? - terravenos. com Phylloxera is an aphid-like insect (a louse) that feeds on grapevine roots, killing the grapevine The insect traveled from Eastern North America to Europe, devastating vineyards in the late 1800s
Phylloxera In Napa Valley: Then and Now | Wine Enthusiast This parasitic insect, phylloxera, had a monumental effect on the U S wine industry In the latter half of the 20 th century, it infiltrated Napa’s vineyards and changed how viticulturists in America’s most prominent wine region approach agriculture
The Complete Guide to Phylloxera - Wine-Searcher Phylloxera is famous as the pest that destroyed vast areas of European vineyard in the 19th Century, almost wiping out some of the world's greatest wine regions As we reported earlier this month, it has now reared its head in the Washington subregion of Walla Walla; but what exactly is phylloxera?
Phylloxera and its impact - Wine Spirit Education Trust This blight was caused by the Phylloxera insect, and it led to devastation across the majority of European vineyards in the mid-nineteenth century So, what is this pest? What enabled its spread, and what was the extent of its damage?
Phylloxera | WSU Viticulture and Enology | Washington State University Phylloxera is a small aphid-like insect that feeds on grape roots It has been detected in limited instances Washington vineyards since 1910, primarily in juice grapes (hybrids with Vitis labrusca and Vitis vinifera ancestry)