TY - JOUR T1 - Leafroll (Red-Leaf or Rougeau) and Its Effects on Vine Growth, Fruit Quality, and Yields JF - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO - Am J Enol Vitic. SP - 173 LP - 181 DO - 10.5344/ajev.1959.10.4.173 VL - 10 IS - 4 AU - A. C. Goheen AU - James A. Cook Y1 - 1959/01/01 UR - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/10/4/173.abstract N2 - Transmission experiments indicate that the disorder known as red leaf in California and variously as rougeau, flavescence, or brunissure in France is probably grape leafroll.Leafroll causes affected vines to develop more slowly than healthy vines. It causes fruit sugar at harvest to be generally lower than that from healthy vines. This difference is not apparent in early summer. In unirrigated vineyards yields are about one third of those of healthy vines. Wood production is also reduced, and fruit clusters are fewer and smaller. ER -