BAT FRIENDLY

For millions of years, the magueyero bats Leptonycteris yerbabuenae, L. nivalis and Choeronycteris Mexicana, have carried the pollen from the flowers of the plants to others, pollinating numerous generations of agave. This evolutive handle ensures the genetic strength and promotes healthy crops, in consequence it benefits the production of agave spirits... For over a century, industrial practices in the tequila production have suppressed most of the genetic diversity in blue agave using clonal shoots as the main propagation method, avoiding pollination. This have caused that essentially all of the agaves cultivated in the vast region of Tequila share the same genetic information, losing diversity and challenging their adaptation qualities becoming more susceptible to plague and disease.