The Pezinok District Office, Land and Forestry Department declares quarantine in the scope - Infested zone in the entire village of Modra. and the Buffer zone including all municipalities of the Pezinok district.

Operators of organic agricultural production in accordance with par. 3 Art. 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 may only use products and substances permitted in organic agricultural production (hereinafter „EPV“).

On September 5, 2025, the plant protection department of ÚKSÚP sent an email to the e-mail addresses of winegrowers regarding the spread of Golden Yellowing of the Vines.

The Central Agricultural Control and Testing Institute in Bratislava, Department of Plant Protection informs about grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma.

Peronospore, powdery mildew or botrytis accompany us for decades – they are diseases that the vinedresser counts on, has resources against and knows that he always had to fight. But golden yellowing of the vine (Flavescence dorée) it's a different league. It's not just another disease, it is quarantine pest, which can eliminate entire wine-growing areas.

A wasteland is not just an overgrown piece of land, it is not just a neglected vineyard that someone left to their fate – is a wasteland a wound in the land, which grows larger every year, eating away at what the generations before us have built with patience, work and determination.

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) belongs to the protected birds of our nature. In the natural environment, – eats insects and plays an important ecological role.

The vineyards around Modra and the Small Carpathians do not experience easy times. In addition to climate change, vine diseases or high cultivation costs, winemakers face an enemy every day, against whom the fight is almost hopeless.

Vines are a plant that brings joy, beauty and value. But at the same time, she is extremely vulnerable. A few rainy days, neglect or an unfavorable neighbor are enough, and diseases can spread faster than the winemaker can notice the first symptoms.

Not everything that is green is also a friend of vineyards. In addition to hermits and neglected areas, we have another dangerous opponent in the country – invasive plants. They are species that do not belong to our nature, they were brought here from other continents, but they began to spread here without control. And it is in the vineyards that they can do great damage.

Central Agricultural Control and Testing Institute in Bratislava, Plant Protection Department it informs about the first occurrence of golden yellowing of the vine (Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma).