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Entomopathogenic fungi mortality on grapevine mealybug
Global demand for environmentally friendly grapevine cultivation and pest control has necessitated an improved understanding of naturally occurring antagonists
By Kwaku Achiano · 4 min read
Leafroll control strategy - an integrated approach
What causes leafroll virus? [Fact sheet 1.1]* • Leafroll virus is caused by leafroll associated virus -3 (GLRaV-3). Other types of leafroll associated viruses e
By Lucinda Heyns & Gerhard Pietersen · 4 min read
Monitoring vine mealybug and its parasitoids
The aim of this study was to establish whether the yellow delta trap used for monitoring male mealybug numbers can also effectively be used to monitor mealybug
By Doronae · 2 min read
Integrated pest management of mealybug: Natural and cost-effective farming
In agriculture we have come to view chemical control as the standard procedure for dealing with crop pests. It started as far back as 2500BC when the Sumerians
By Brahm Jonker · 10 min read
Optimisation of grapevine leafroll detection by sentinel canes
In this project we evaluated the use of a bud of a red cultivar, grafted on individual white cultivar vine stems to serve as visual indicators of leafroll infection in the white cultivar.
By Gerhard Pietersen · 10 min read
Impact of grapevine leafroll disease on grape and wine composition
Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is the most common grapevine disease, which is present in grape-growing regions globally.
By Erna Blancquaert & Wessel du Toit · 8 min read
Transmission dynamics of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) variants
The transmission from source plants infected was studied to understand biological differences between GLRaV-3 leafroll variants.
By Elize Jooste & Kerstin Krüger · 7 min read
