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11/2/2019

A Word On Hop Viruses

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Carnation Latent Virus (Carlavirus CLV)David Gent, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Carnation Latent Virus (Carlavirus CLV)
New hopyards should carefully select the source of their initial planting stock.

​Why?


Disease causing pathogens naturally accumulate in plants and the maximum crop yield potential falls as time passes over a period years. Many people rationalize this as the plants are “getting old”. Virus and viroids accumulation is an important consideration in long-lived crops like hops. The normal productive years of a commercial hopyard variety that starts with few or no viruses present is about 10 to 12 years before they are typically replaced with new fresh plants. Initial planting stock that is obtained from old hopyards as rhizomes often contain high levels of viruses/viroids. The USDA is aware of this and has a congressional mandate to provide clean seed and planting stock for all commercially important crops. Hops are included in this list and reputable professional propagators source and use this clean nuclear mother stock whenever possible from the USDA source.
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Great Lakes Hops (GLH) actively searches for, obtains, maintains, and propagates the cleanest nuclear mother stock available (emphasis on AVAILABLE) to us in our specialized MDOA licensed nursery facility. Most of our nuclear mother stock is sourced directly from the USDA National Clean Plant Program / Facility located in the western USA. This is the only current recognized source of hop propagation stock that has been treated and tested for virus removal and is certified With a VF number at the time of its release.  We do not propagate or sell hops or rhizomes as a sideline or as non-inspected planting stock.  All of our hop transplants are grown specifically for new hop acreage.

However, that being said - read carefully and understand the following.


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