https://cnas.ucr.edu/ en https://cnas.ucr.edu/media/2020/07/30/phylloxera-breakthrough-brings-hope-vineyards <span>Phylloxera breakthrough brings hope to Vineyards</span> <span><span>ilseu</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-07-30T10:12:07-07:00" title="Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 10:12">Thu, 07/30/2020 - 10:12</time> </span> <a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/in-the-media">More CNAS in the Media</a> Staff | Wine Searcher <time datetime="2020-07-30T12:00:00Z">July 30, 2020</time> <p>WINE-SEARCHER - An end might be in sight to the long-running war between vineyard owners and their greatest enemy – phylloxera.</p> <p>The genome of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wine-searcher.com/technical-wine-terms-o-p.lml#phylloxera">phylloxera</a>, an insect that caused plagues that devastated European vines in the 19th Century and has remained a potent threat ever since has been mapped by an international team involving researchers Miquel Barberà and David Martínez, from the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), center of the University of Valencia. The study was published in the journal BMC Biology.</p> <p>The work opens the way for changing how viticulturists combat the pest and it could eventually lead to resistant rootstocks, eliminating the need for costly grafting.</p> <p>"Growers currently have to graft roots to make their plants viable," <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/pauln" target="_blank"><strong>Paul Nabity</strong></a>, an assistant professor of plant-insect ecology at UC Riverside, told the Growing Produce website. "A lot of money and effort could be saved with pest-resistant rootstocks."</p> <p><a aria-label="Read the Article" class="btn-ucr" href="https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2020/07/phylloxera-breakthrough-brings-hope-to-vineyards" target="_blank" title="Read the Article">read the article</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="tags-title">Tags</div> <div class="tags-list"> <div><a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/tags/department-botany-plant-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Botany &amp; Plant Sciences</a></div> <div><a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/tags/paul-nabity" hreflang="en">Paul Nabity</a></div> </div> <div class="sharing-title">Share This</div><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://cnas.ucr.edu/media/2020/07/30/phylloxera-breakthrough-brings-hope-vineyards" data-a2a-title="Phylloxera breakthrough brings hope to Vineyards"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_x"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_plus"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" aria-label="more options to share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fcnas.ucr.edu%2Fmedia%2F2020%2F07%2F30%2Fphylloxera-breakthrough-brings-hope-vineyards&amp;title=Phylloxera%20breakthrough%20brings%20hope%20to%20Vineyards"></a></span><script> (function () { const customClassName = 'show-for-sr'; const targetContainer = document.querySelector('.a2a_kit.addtoany_list'); if (!targetContainer) return; const addClassToLabels = () => { const labels = targetContainer.querySelectorAll('.a2a_label'); if (labels.length > 0) { labels.forEach(label => { if (!label.classList.contains(customClassName)) { label.classList.add(customClassName); } }); console.log('Successfully applied show-for-sr class to AddToAny labels.'); return true; } return false; }; const observerConfig = { childList: true, subtree: true }; const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList, observer) => { if (addClassToLabels()) { observer.disconnect(); } }); if (!addClassToLabels()) { observer.observe(targetContainer, observerConfig); } })(); </script> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:12:07 +0000 ilseu 2006 at https://cnas.ucr.edu