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Around The Vineyard

Pest & Disease Control:

Industry Specialists Help Vineyards Protect

Their Most Valuable Commodities

By: Cheryl Gray
I friends were afraid of lions and tigers and vineyard development, farming and viticulture ser-
n “The Wizard Of Oz,” Dorothy and her
vices along with grape sales and marketing. AVM
bears. For vineyards, danger lurks behind
mealybug and nematodes and fungi. Oh my. underscores what it describes as a successful track
record of developing more than 2,000 acres of
Insect pests and diseases can wreak havoc on vine- vineyards as proof that its pest and disease control
yards, often causing irreparable and costly damage, methods are all built on best practices.
destroying fruit, vines, even trunks – down to the
root. That is why experts in managing these risk Madeleine Rowan-Davis is Senior Viticulturist
factors brandish prevention as their weapon of for AVM. With degrees from the University of
choice. California at Davis and Mount Holyoke College, she
Atlas Vineyard Management is a certified Pest Control Advisor with a Qualified
Applicator’s License, both through the state of
One such company is Atlas Vineyard Management, California. As a former researcher at UC Davis,
a Napa Valley, California, company founded in Rowan-Davis’ education and experience focus on
2006. Its vineyard clients stretch from California to sustainable farming. She pointed to one of the
Oregon to Washington state. The company offers most dangerous insect pests to vineyards.

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