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

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[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

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)

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Wonder why the vaccine reduces yield.

[-] terabytes@lemm.ee 1 points 5 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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