I don't see anything silly about it. The same company that helped to spread it is now charging to help eradicate what they spread. They profited from selling infected clones and now they're profiting from treating the same strains that they spread around.
As far as them writing the white paper, yes they wrote a paper but they don't have any actual white paper. If they do then please provide a link to that white paper as nobody has been able to provide one to date.
Also HPLVD was identified prior to their identification so they are not the entity that discovered it.
As for folks being decimated by it then the best solution is to switch genetics. There are growers that have clean plants so there is no need to obtain genetics from outfits that are known to have spread it in the first place as it's not 100% that their treatment actually completely eradicates it and it can apparently resurface.
As for the difference between a small tent grow like I have or a $2 million operation I see no relevance. My tent grow is more important to me than some commercial operation. You take a risk with any agricultural crop. They chose to farm a crop. Crop failures happen all across the agricultural industry. That's just a risk you take. And a reason many of us have no interest in commercial growing. I have no more concern for a large commercial operation than I do with some grower just growing a few plants for their personal consumption. Neither of which have no effect on me.
The solution is simple. Start with new genetics that are not affected and avoid outfits that have been spreading it and move on.
One of the reason people like myself mainly grow for preservation purposes is because we understand that saving landrace genetics and some of the classic strains is more important for the long term preservation of the plant than chasing some latest "Strain". Any plant that undergoes the extensive inbreeding that cannabis has in the last couple of decades is going to be more prone to succumbing to various diseases.
If HPLVD is as bad a threat as you and others are making it out to be it's a man made threat.
First, I want to make sure that I'm clear by stating that I'm not a DHN fan boy. Have I used their diagnostic services? Sure. Did I see there clones all over the SF Bay for years? Sure. Did they help populate hplvd? It appears that way but they were also one of the only major nurseries bere for a long time. The truth is that a lot of nurseries probably pass it around. You make it sound like "It's all DHN's fault" and that really is subjective. If we all die in a nuclear holocaust its not the fault of a single scientist. I still agree that it's ironic they are doing TC to help remediate a problem they participated in, but there are tons of us doing this work now. If it's a trust thing then just walk away from them or don't click their ads.
I also don't recall stating that hplvd was discovered by DHN. I think they published a layman's summary of findings in what they call a white paper but yes, it reads more like an ad for TC services. Before we knew what holvd was we used to call moms "dudded" or "tired" and often ditched perfectly good genetics because we thought they were not repairable.
The fact is that people that share clones can and do spread it. In fact, because of its latent tendencies, most people will spread it because a far majority of people are sloppy propagators, period. Same pair of scissors, going from mom to mom to mom, all clones in the same aerocloner, etc. Bad news.
Your suggested solution of switching genetics due to infection is pretty absurd. Win grape farmers don't ditch prized clones because it gets a virus. They excise meristems and eliminate it. Advanced botany. A mountain that has grown the same cultivars for decades should just burn it all down because someone brought a viroid in? That like saying kill Uncle Bill because he has AIDS and we can just go get a new uncle. No, treat Uncle Bill and help him thrive. Everyone loves what Uncle Bill brings to the game. You just typed about how precious your tent grow is. Everything has different value to different people. If you don't see the value of the cost that TC provides, don't pay it. If it's just that you hate DHN, then use other's services. Or better yet, throw your plants away and switch genetics.
I pointed out the large dudded field just to point out that I've seen what hplvd does at scale. Like I said, it was more than just a pinch to this farm, but it's still like watching your prized tent mom dud out. It's that same viroid and we get the same deleterious effects.
So, outside of DHN, which potentially/unknowingly spread hplvd, perhaps you could provide a list of the other nurseries known to be spreading hplvd so people can avoid them. ?
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