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The Impact of the European Grapevine Moth on Grape Production: Implications for Eradication Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2021

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Wendy Umberger Open the ORCID record for Wendy Umberger [Opens in a new window]  and
Alejandro Gennari
German Puga
Affiliation:
The Centre for Global Food and Resources, University of Adelaide, 10 Pulteney St, AdelaideSA5000, Australia; e-mail: german.puga@adelaide.edu.au.
Wendy Umberger
Affiliation:
The Centre for Global Food and Resources, University of Adelaide, 10 Pulteney St, AdelaideSA5000, Australia; e-mail: wendy.umberger@adelaide.edu.au.
Alejandro Gennari
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Policy and Rural Administration, National University of Cuyo, 500 Almirante Brown, Mendoza5505, Argentina; e-mail: agennari@fca.uncu.edu.ar.
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Abstract

The European grapevine moth is one of the most pertinent viticulture pests. In recent years, the moth extended to New World countries, some of which started eradication programs. We used a dataset for Mendoza and a county-fixed effects regression model to estimate the impact of the moth on grape production across the province's counties. Our results suggest that the moth led to a decrease of up to 8% of Mendoza's grape production; however, this may have been worse without strong eradication efforts. We conclude that moth eradication programs may be economically justified in Argentina, and perhaps in other countries. (JEL Classifications: Q10, Q18, C23)

Keywords

LepidopteraLobesia botranapest managementviticultureweather
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Journal of Wine Economics , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , November 2020 , pp. 394 - 402
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Copyright © American Association of Wine Economists, 2020

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Footnotes

The authors thank the editor, Professor Karl Storchmann, and the anonymous referees for the helpful comments and suggestions. The authors also thank Emeritus Professor Kym Anderson, Associate Professor Firmin Doko Tchatoka, and Dr. Di Zeng for helpful advice on an earlier draft of this article.

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