TY - JOUR T1 - Mealybugs and Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Virus 3 in Vineyards of Mendoza, Argentina JF - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO - Am J Enol Vitic. SP - 283 LP - 285 DO - 10.5344/ajev.2004.55.3.283 VL - 55 IS - 3 AU - Carlos Manuel de Borbón AU - Olga Gracia AU - Gonzalo Sebastián Gómez Talquenca Y1 - 2004/01/01 UR - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/55/3/283.abstract N2 - Possible vectors of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 in Mendoza, Argentina, were evaluated. Mealybugs were not detected in the mid-south province, whereas some farms were infested in the north. The sole species present was Planococcus ficus Signoret. The increase of virus-infected plants in four experimental parcels and the transmission of a domestic isolate of GLRaV-3 by P. ficus strongly suggest the natural spread of the disease.Acknowledgment: The authors are grateful to Dr. M.C. Granara de Willink for her valuable advice. This study received the financial support of Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología (SECYT), Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, through project PID98-012 (Argentine). ER -