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Grapevine

Vitis vinifera

Photo by arlanda
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Field Notes

Description:

Leaf of a grapevine covert with copper sulphate.
Copper sulphate is used as a fungicide to control mildew.
The grape variety is mencia, very common in the north-west of Spain.

Habitat:

The picture was take in Ribeira Sacra, on the banks of Miño River

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Comments (9)
arlanda
Just added to Biodiversidad en España/Spain mission
Hans.New
i see, nevertheless a good series. Thanks forvbackground. I live in a wine region, too (especially red wine) and have never seen that in austria. (i think, it´s not that wet here)
arlanda
exactly! Galicia, in the nothwest corner of spain is very wet and it is a difficult place for wine, specially for red wine, with a lot of problems with fungal diseases like mildew. Two years ago was very bad for wine, very wet, and the vineyard owners spread huge amounts of copper sulphate so the leaves look very bluish.
Hans.New
So it´s not typical for the species, but only by human use of fungizide?
arlanda
Yes HansNew, the mixing of blue and green colours looks very strange. The blue color is copper sulphate, which is used as a fungicide to control mildew.
Hans.New
the blue spots are really strange, looks great
arlanda
Added to Rio Miño mission
arlanda
Added to The Color Blue mission

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
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PublishedJune 28, 2011

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