The key is start of clean and then keep it clean. Both take effort. Testing everything in the area. Tossing anything that is contaminated. Testing again in 2 week intervals if anything in your garden is contaminated. Washing hands thoroughly before going in the garden. Washing tools thoroughly although once your garden is clean this wont be as much of an issue. I believe somewhere I read there is an aphid that can possibly transmit the disease but not sure on that one but regardless maintaining good ipm helps there.
And if you do bring in genetics, make sure you quarantine and test. This should take at least 2 weeks if not more. Testing strains multiple times at intervals.
If all the clone distributors did this on strainly we would see a huge reduction in the HPLvD being passed around. It is a hard pill for some to swallow because of the genetics they may have to give up but screw that. Why keep around something that duds for the possibility that it doesn't and the probability that it screws everything else?
This virus can be weeded out in the clone industry. The scary side is the seed industry has not developed any testing for it in seed stock so there is the 10% chance that seeds popped are contaminated. That should be where they look to next. Preserve the breeding stock. That is the livelihood of all the strains to come.
