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pests

Let the sexual confusion begin!

29/03/2014 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Little brown pouches are appearing on vineyards in Switzerland at the moment, a reminder of the ongoing greening of the wine grape business. Switzerland remains a world leader in the use of pheromones instead of insecticides, an ecological solution to pests in vineyards. The system is based on large-scale diffusion in vineyards […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Agroscope, pests, pheromones, sexual confusion, Switzerland, vineyards, world leader

Spring cleaning in vineyards: growers go after tiny mites

25/03/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mites are back, thanks to global warming, and that’s not good news for winelovers. Cheer on those growers out among the vines in coming weeks, as they go after the cheeky little pests who party in hordes and destroy young growth on vines. The problem is that mites love dry, hot summers, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: ACW, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil, global warming, grapevines, insecticides, pesticides, pests, predators, Swiss federal agricultural research station, Switzerland, Valais

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