phylloxera in a sentence

Examples

1. Meanwhile, a new phylloxera epidemic had begun to destroy California's vineyards.
2. Only the discovery of phylloxera-resistant rootstocks enabled the wine business to survive.
3. Phylloxera attacks vine roots and kills the plant.
4. Bergman said he recently sold a 15-acre, phylloxera-riddled parcel.
5. Phylloxera probably first came to France around midcentury.
6. Yet the story of phylloxera is not over.
7. Most were abandoned after a phylloxera blight ravaged them in the late 19th century.
8. But what of the post-phylloxera wines?
9. 1876 : The phylloxera virus destroys more than half of France's vineyards.
10. He was thwarted by untimely freezes and phylloxera, the root-eating louse.