Biology 11th Edition by Cecie Starr ,Ralph Taggart

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The fungus Fusarium oxysporum is a plant pathogen. Some view it as a potential weapon in the war on drugs. Why Strains of the fungus attack and kill only specific plants-including coca plants used to produce cocaine. Proposals to spray F. oxysporum to kill marijuana plants in Florida were abandoned after public outcries.
What concerns might you have about allowing the use of such natural mycoherbicides to kill off plants that are sources of the drugs favored by substance abusers