A University of B.C. Okanagan research team is warning of a 91裸聊视频榥ightmare ooze91裸聊视频� that is killing cannabis plants this 4/20.
Doctoral student Chris Dumigan says his team has identified and analyzed the potentially deadly fungus threatening the cannabis industry - Berkeleyomyces rouxiae, more commonly known as black root rot.
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91裸聊视频淭hey had to wipe out a crop because it was killing all the plants, but they also had to shut down a wing of their facility and throw out a whole bunch of equipment. All the filters would form this thick, black sludge. Delaney still has nightmares about this thing because of how much stress it caused him.91裸聊视频�
Dumigan was challenged to reproduce the fungus for a lab study and used an alternative growing media of carrot agar allowing for researching treatments.
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Dumigan was able to identify several species of bacteria that inhabit roots and secrete compounds that kill certain fungi.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e found several of them that kill this fungus, but none of this is published. It91裸聊视频檚 only a potential biocontrol, but they could be registered in Canada because it91裸聊视频檚 a certified organic option, not a conventional fungicide.91裸聊视频�
The genome has been released for other researchers to study. Dumigan is also working on a sequence-based diagnostic test to help other producers avoid similar issues.
The research can be read .
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