HLVd

By Lucía Tedesco via El Planteo A purple cannabis strain was able to resist a widespread plant disease called hop-latent viroid (HLVd). The variety in question, Jamaican Lion, proved resistant to the viroids, turning purple in the process. A team of scientists from the company Medicinal...

A hop-latent viroid (HLVd), an infectious pathogen, is devastating cannabis farms in California by infiltrating plants and ruining entire crops just before they’re ready for harvest. By causing a 30% reduction in plant weight, HLVd destroys THC production, clearly a devastating...