Bernadette Dubos' passion for vines goes back

to her roots in the Corrèze region of France

where her forefathers were vintners in Allassac, one

of the most celebrated wines from this ancient vine

growing region. After a scientific degree she joined

INRA, the national plant research institue, and

became a specialist in withering diseases of the vine

and Botrytis bunch rot.

Expert with the Office Interprofessionnel des

Vins, president of various national and international

organisations, she spends her time visiting foreign

vineyards the world over to deepen her under-standing

and to anticipate the problems she might

be faced with. Each encounter is an occasion to

share her passion, whether it be with the students

at her laboratory, owners of wine-producing properties,

wine journalists or other actors in the viniviticultural

field.

Parasitic Fungal Diseases in the Vine was written in

this spirit. For the first time, this book is a summary

of the main parasitic fungal diseases affecting the

vine. It is very understandable. Everything is clearly

explained: how to recognise the symptoms and there-fore

the disease, what damage it might do, the causal

organism, the disease cycle, how to associate active

substances and a control strategy.

Complete and accessible, this book will enable all

vintners to easily understand how to protect their

vineyards and yet maintain an ecological balance.

Students doing a two-year technical course, students

of oenology or following a university degree in vine

biology will soon become familiar with parasitic

fungi.