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What is the term for a total collapse in a vineyard, where diseased vines stop growing and eventually productivity comes to a complete halt?
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Correct answer is: Apoplexy
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Apoplexy
Term (Greek apoplex = stroke, med. stroke) for sudden events with loss of consciousness or partial paralysis. In viticulture, it is also used to describe the poor condition of a vineyard with the complete death of vines. The diseased vines gradually stop growing, the necrotised leaves turn yellow and wither, and productivity comes to a partial and then complete standstill. Apoplexy is sometimes also referred to as an acute form of the wood disease Esca.
Strictly speaking, however, this condition is not a specific disease, but the final symptom or extreme effect of various vine diseases. The causes are, for example,...
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