Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Dogs may help hound out vine pest in bark-to-bark effort

Rutherford, CA - "California vintners are going to the dogs in their fight against a new pest menacing state vineyards by training golden retrievers to sniff out the grape bane.
The dog squad, still in the pilot stages, is one of a number of strategies being considered to stop the vine mealybug, a little insect with the potential to stir up big trouble in wine country..."
Source: MercuryNews.com, 2/22/2006