05. Pierce's disease of grapes

5. Wine no more - Pierce's disease of grapes

If you love a glass of wine, you won't love this disease. It is a deadly disease of grape vines. Help keep NZ's award winning wines on the map - it's a $1.5 billion export industry (2017).

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Grape vines die when they are infected by a bacterium that is spread by plant hopper insects. This disease is not yet in NZ and we hope it never arrives.

  • <p>Grape vines die when they are infected by a bacterium that is spread by plant hopper insects. This disease is not yet in NZ and we hope it never arrives.</p>
  • <p>Grape vines die when they are infected by a bacterium that is spread by plant hopper insects. This disease is not yet in NZ and we hope it never arrives.</p>