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   Ahop-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 financial loss for growers. First identified in   
   2019, it has since infected around 90% of California's cannabis crops,   
   posing a global threat to the entire industry.   
      
   To combat the spread of HLVd, a Bay Area startup Purple City Labs, reports   
   SFGATE, has developed an on-site test that claims to deliver results   
   within hours. The test is thought to surpass current methods that involve   
   sending samples to labs and then waiting days or weeks. By swiftly   
   identifying infected plants, this testing approach could help slow the   
   pathogen's spread, says Luke Horst, director of business development for   
   Purple City Genetics.   
      
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   “We didn’t just identify a great test that is accurate, but it’s [also]   
   easy to use and it doesn’t require a high level of expertise,” said Horst.   
   “You can take microbiology to the public and put it in their hands. … It’s   
   important for people to have this type of testing.”  Delayed Symptoms   
   Affect 'Mother Plant, Pathogen Silently Spreads   
      
   HLVd has been silently spreading on cannabis farms for over a decade,   
   wrote SFGATE, initially perplexing growers who couldn't figure out why   
   their harvests were declining.   
      
   The viroid's late-acting symptoms, known as "dudding," distort the plants   
   and significantly reduce THC production. This is particularly problematic   
   for modern cannabis farming practices, where hundreds of new plants are   
   propagated from a single, artificially prevented flowering "mother" plant.   
   The delayed symptoms allow infected mother plants to silently spread the   
   pathogen for months without ever showing signs of the disease. Hence, a   
   faster onsite test for the plants.   
      
   “By the time you get the results back, you may have cut that plant and   
   sold it to your customers. So there is a real need for a high throughput   
   onsite diagnostic test for hop-latent viroid,” said Ali Bektas, CEO of   
   Purple City Labs and a lead author in the 2019 HLVd identification papers.   
      
   Leveraging his Ph.D. in microbial ecology, Bektas developed a LAMP test   
   for HLVd. LAMP is a molecular test that uses real-time loop-mediated   
   amplification (LAMP) technology to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the   
   virus that causes COVID-19, so Bektas thought it could also work on this   
   new viral threat to cannabis. And it does, with results in just a few   
   hours.   
      
   Purple City Labs is now selling the technology globally at $10 per test.   
   Bektas recently demonstrated the product in Spain, where HLVd was detected   
   in the first test conducted.   
      
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