Technology Reduces Reliance On Fungicides For Grape Growers
... over grape surfaces,it sinks its "teeth" into the succulent plant tissues providing itself with foodto grow and reproduce," says Douglas Gubler, plant pathologist at the Universityof California and a member of the American Phytopathological Society (APS). "Theresult is reduced plant growth, and poor quality f...International trade imperils U.S. plants, animals and crops
...nts she has studied are ice plant, a South African succulent that invades dune and shrub communities in coastal areas; French broom, an abundant invasive shrub along the Pacific coast; African pasture grasses that have invaded Hawaiian dry forests and caused their almost complete demise; and grasses introduced......t in southern Africa boasts the richest variety of succulent plants on Earth, as well as high reptile and invertebrate diversity. Stretching across southwestern South Africa into southern Namibia, the Succulent Karoo is the only desert on Earth recognized as a biodiversity hotspot--one of 25 highly threatened ...