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by fuzzfactor 66 days ago
Looks like premature collapse of a monoculture due to excess stress, much of it a result of human effort.
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I don't think monoculture is relevant for once; the bacteria affects all citrus trees: oranges, limes, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, etc.
Yeah, not just one or two susceptible varieties.

But when you have nothing but the perfect host for the infection, in incredibly massive proportions as far as the eye can see, a little bacteria goes a long way.

Which can be even worse :(

But those are all the same plant - hybridized Citrus.
Are you saying it looks like a "monoculture" to you too?

Maybe there's not really accurate terminology for this.

Either way we do have to allow more often for the occasional passerby who is fully convinced that adding all that tonnage of glyphosate for so many recent years was a supernatural event, and not the result of any human initiative :\

On top of all that natural disaster, it wouldn't take as much of a straw to break the camel's back. Or the other way around; on top of all the industrial excess, the same natural disaster can have a more devastating effect.

Or maybe it's not thought to be premature at all, but long overdue.

If somebody was thinking that though, you figure they would leave a comment to that effect.

It's not monoculture, it's Florida's climate being the perfect environment for the psyllid that causes the disease. California's drier, less humid climate has been more resilient to the bug.