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Vine Germplasm: Rootstocks

GIANFRANCO TEMPESTA

MONICA FIORILO

 

 

A new chapter in the history of viticulture opened when phylloxera arrived in the Old World; this native insect to North America revolutionised cultivation methods, strongly influenced viticulture, opened a debate that still hasn’t concluded (see the section dedicated to “Change in the nursery industry”) and favoured the creation of a new profession: the vine nurseryman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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