The botanist and the vintner: how wine was saved for the world

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.

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Main Author: Campbell, Christy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2005
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published: Phylloxera. London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2004.
Physical Description:xxi, 320 p. ill.
ISBN:156512460X
9781565124608

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