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  • October 2012 Issue
  • Story by Melissa Hansen
  • Clean vines keep viruses out

    A lot goes into making sure growers have access to clean planting material.

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Washington State’s grape industry teamed up with researchers and regulatory officials last summer to educate growers and ­vintners about the importance of clean plants and about the process of certifying plant materials. Grapevine leafroll disease and other viruses have become a serious problem in Washington vineyards in recent years for several reasons: shortage of certified plant material during grape planting booms, spread of disease into clean vineyards from vectors like grape mealybug, improved technology that detects […]

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