An invasive vine mealybug was found in Southern Oregon in 2021 and since then, vineyards have been fighting to eradicate the insect. The pest can cause significant damage to Oregon’s grape vines, ...

California's latest vineyard pest, the vine mealybug, continues to spread around the state at a prolific clip, prompting grapegrowers and agriculture officials to fight back. While not fatal to ...

Vine mealybugs are a microscopic pest that lives under the bark of a vine, reproduces rapidly and its excrement, honeydew, covers a vine and grapes. Once the honeydew is on the grapes, a grower is ...

Joy, a bouncy golden retriever with a nose for bad bugs, may be the wine industry's newest weapon in the costly battle against a nasty vineyard pest. Joy and four littermates are being trained as ...

MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon’s wine industry is fighting to eradicate a potentially harmful insect that was recently discovered in a handful of Rogue Valley vineyards. The invasive insect, known as vine ...

A litter of week-old golden retrievers look more like big hamsters than canines. But these nine tiny balls of fur are a big source of hope for Napa Valley growers whose vineyards are blighted by ...

Have you ever encountered a white cottony mass on a garden plant and wondered what it is and what to do about it? Chances are the culprit is the mealybug. While more than 170 species of mealybugs ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Removing not only a diseased grapevine but the two vines on either side of it can reduce the incidence of leafroll disease, a long-standing bane of vineyards around the world, Cornell ...