Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colorado's $3.9 billion wine industry is threatened by a tiny aphid. Courtesy of Charlotte Oliver Grape phylloxera, or ...

Grape phylloxera, an invasive sap-sucking insect pest, continues to threaten global viticulture by compromising vine health and productivity. Contemporary research has focused on both managing the ...

Further detections in regions that were historically unaffected have shown that phylloxera remains a genuine existential risk to the global wine industry. In 2019, the pest was identified in ...

This piece is part of a series of essays on alcohol history. You can read more here. More than any time before in the history of our nation, Americans love wine. It’s not a subject I tend to write ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charlotte Oliver, Colorado State University (THE CONVERSATION) Grape phylloxera, or ...

Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating effects. In Colorado, where wine is an estimated US$3.9 billion dollar industry, ...