Currently, hop latent viroid (HpLVd) poses a significant threat to cannabis and hop growers internationally. It is commonly referred to as the "dudding disease" since it results in dud or poorly ...

Hop latent viroid (HLVd) infection lowers the commercial value of cannabis by reducing flower harvest weight, THC concentration, and terpene production. Unlike other microbial contaminants including ...

A viroid that several scientists call "the biggest concern for cannabis and hop growers worldwide," is in Michigan. Called hop latent viroid (HLVd), the viroid, a tiny infectious particle smaller than ...

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 ...

Cannabis growers are scrambling to ward off a highly infectious crop disease that's spreading from coast to coast. The threat puts pressure on businesses to think of safety before the bottom line.

Purple City Labs, a plant molecular biology company developing germplasm and technologies for the management of breeding programs and nurseries, is rolling out a reverse transcription- loop mediated ...

New research study is the first to determine Hop Latent Viroid variability throughout cannabis plants The study strongly suggest that HLVd tests done without including root tissue have a high chance ...

While humans battle COVID, cannabis plants face an equally devastating threat: Hop latent viroid (HLVd), a viroid that occurs worldwide in hops, but in recent years jumped to cannabis, destroying THC ...

FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, UNITED STATES, October 24, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- TUMI Genomics, a leading biotech provider of pathogen prevention intelligence and ...