A Guide to Grapevine Abnormalities in South Africa - P.G. GOUSSARD

Rodents (mice) damage.

PHOTO 381. A typical example of above-ground bark and phloem being stripped/eaten by mice – to such an extent that large sections of the cambium are exposed (even up to or just below the graft union).

PHOTO 382. The inability of phloem to bridge large sections occurs as a result of the above-ground incidence of rodent-associated ring-barking wounds.

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