Vine and plant protection products

Viticulture consumes significant amounts of pesticides with suspected impacts on the health of growers and the environment (accidental poisoning, increased risk of certain cancers, deletion of spermatogenesis etc).  An unresolved problem is posed by copper, used as a pesticide since the ancient form of Bordeaux mixture in particular because it has a very important toxic action on algae (mildew) and mosses.

It is a non -biodegradable, it accumulates in the soil of vineyards or downstream, where it already reaches local concentrations sufficient to kill sheep grazing in these areas.  In France alone, there are about one million hectares of vineyards that are old and so full of copper in a few years or decades the threshold toxic to mammals may be achieved by IFEN6.

Pesticides associated with certain practices have contributed to erosion and decreased soil quality soil (loss of humus).  A list of plant protection products authorized in France to fight against pests of the vineyard has been established.

Taking into account the factors of temperature and humidity, one can limit the number and especially the quantity of treatment products against diseases, parasites and competitors of the vine.  Organic farming, which develops an alternative to synthetic pesticides, has not solved the problem of the impact of repeated use of copper treatments.
Other species of plants called “vineyard”
Other Vitaceae
Also called “vineyard” of other plants of the family Vitaceae:
vines virgin real, belonging to the genus Parthenocissus
virgin vines relatives belonging to the genera Ampelocissus, Ampelopsis, Cissus, very close to the previous and the genus Vitis
Etymologically, these names are derived from the Greek “ampelos”

Other families

Other plants, which vaguely resemble the vine through the port, the shape of leaves or fruit, are also in the name of French wine. So then: white grape, the bryony, Bryonia dioica Jacq, Cucurbitaceae vine of Judea, bittersweet, Solanum dulcamara L., Solanaceae North vines, hops, Humulus lupulus L. Cannabaceae vine black, chipmunks, Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin, Dioscoreaceae vine-white or false vine, clematis, Clematis L. vitalba Ranunculaceae vine of Mount Ida, blueberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea L., Ericaceae.