Phylloxera

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A root-feeding insect that devastated European vineyards in the late 1800s.

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Dactylosphaera vitifoliae, native to North America, was accidentally introduced to Europe around 1860. It feeds on vine roots, causing death within 3-5 years. The crisis destroyed 70% of European vineyards and fundamentally changed viticulture. The solution — grafting vinifera onto resistant American rootstock — remains standard practice. The phylloxera crisis is wine history's defining catastrophe.

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