An invasive vine mealybug was found in Southern Oregon in 2021 and since then, vineyards have been fighting to eradicate the insect. The pest can cause significant damage to Oregon’s grape vines, ...

MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon’s wine industry is fighting to eradicate a potentially harmful insect that was recently discovered in a handful of Rogue Valley vineyards. The invasive insect, known as vine ...

Joy, a bouncy golden retriever with a nose for bad bugs, may be the wine industry's newest weapon in the costly battle against a nasty vineyard pest. Joy and four littermates are being trained as ...

For nearly the past year, Ron Rosenbrand, his Spring Mountain Vineyard crew and UC Berkeley researchers have released nearly a million bugs in an effort to control the vine mealybug that had infested ...

Have you ever encountered a white cottony mass on a garden plant and wondered what it is and what to do about it? Chances are the culprit is the mealybug. While more than 170 species of mealybugs ...