He was among the first to notice that the American grapes, Vitis labrusca were resistant to grape Phylloxera.
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He convinced the United States Congress to establish the United States Entomological Commission, which included a Grasshopper Commission, to which Riley was appointed chairman.
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The son of a Church of England minister, Charles Valentine Riley was born on 19 September 1843 in London’s Chelsea district.
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