PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - de Borbón, Carlos Manuel
AU  - Gracia, Olga
AU  - Talquenca, Gonzalo Sebastián Gómez
TI  - Mealybugs and Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Virus 3 in Vineyards of Mendoza, Argentina
DP  - 2004 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 283--285
VI  - 55
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/55/3/283.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/55/3/283.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.2004 Jan 01; 55
AB  - 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).