Mi Personal opinion is that the mites are not spreading it readily as it was thought.
My Opinion is that the UCD Collection was man made infection.
It was not done in our time but at the inception of the Fig Germaplasm when they imported the scions from Europe.
It is Known that multiple scions of multiple cultivars were grafted on existent established caprifig trees.
It was done to produce fruits faster for evaluation purposes.
The selected cultivars were regrown later from wood grown on those trees into new independent trees.
My opinion is that some original scions from Europe and the world,were infected,and the viruses they had, contaminated all other ,otherwise healthy scions ,(because of the fluids circulating trough the grafts)resulting in that at the end every new grown tree had been infected ,not only with one virus kind but with a cocktail of viruses.
Dennis:Please ask scientists there at the collection,because I would love to see that I am contradicted,and they have a base to contradict my opinion.
Once you get a response please post it here.