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Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago

World's chocolate supply threatened by devastating virus

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World's chocolate supply threatened by devastating virus

phys.org

Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago
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A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds from which chocolate is made, jeopardizing the global supply of the world's most popular treat.
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  • fsxylo@sh.itjust.works
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    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
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      Wonder why the vaccine reduces yield.

      • FlaminGoku@reddthat.com
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        Because it makes the chocolate autistic.

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          Lol that’s funny, but actually probably has to do with redirecting nutrients/resources away from producing fruit

      • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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        5G, man.

      • terabytes@lemm.ee
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        Only a guess, but maybe the stress of the introduced vaccine causes the plant to spend it’s resources on an immune response?

  • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    No more chocolate!? Well, with how everything’s going, that might as well fucking happen…

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