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From the garden
CUISINE & CULTURE
The August 14 column in these pages was devoted to spider mites, the damage they cause, and how to manage the mites. The focus of today’s is another mite, the microscopic eriophyid mite that transmits a virus specific to roses.
The eriophyid (ear-ee-OH-phid) mite transmits the rose rosette virus (RRV), the virus that is responsible for the devastating rose rosette disease (RRD)…