An invasive vine mealybug was found in Southern Oregon in 2021 and since then, vineyards have been fighting to eradicate the insect. The pest can cause significant damage to Oregon’s grape vines, ...

MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon’s wine industry is fighting to eradicate a potentially harmful insect that was recently discovered in a handful of Rogue Valley vineyards. The invasive insect, known as vine ...

Grapevine leafroll disease is a serious threat to vineyards around the world, including in Mesa County, and the Colorado State University Extension has recently started to research where it is in the ...

Want a suitable replacement for pesticides? Apparently, dogs just might be it. Dr. Stephanie Bolton, a sustainable winegrowing director for the Lodi Winegrape Commission, wanted to find eco-friendly ...

Vine mealybugs are found in vineyards throughout Napa County, except for two areas: Pope Valley and Chiles Valley. They were first dicovered in Napa Valley vineyards in September 2002. Vine mealybugs ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Removing not only a diseased grapevine but the two vines on either side of it can reduce the incidence of leafroll disease, a long-standing bane of vineyards around the world, Cornell ...

There are many factors that go into a bottle of wine that often are taken for granted. For instance, when a cork is popped, how much thought is devoted to the winegrowers? Without them, there wouldn’t ...

If you’ve ever seen a small, strange white bug on your houseplants, you may have encountered a mealybug. These odd creatures feed on plants and cover themselves in a wax coating, making it hard to get ...

STOCKTON — Professor Gerhard Pietersen traveled from Stellenbosch, South Africa, to share some important findings with wine grape growers in California. A tiny, wingless insect, the mealybug has been ...