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World's chocolate supply threatened by devastating virus (phys.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (5 children)

TL;DR: They have a solution to the problem. A mix of vaccinating some of the trees(Because vaccines reduce yield) and spacing the trees apart.(So the bugs don't spread)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Wonder why the vaccine reduces yield.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Only a guess, but maybe the stress of the introduced vaccine causes the plant to spend it's resources on an immune response?

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