Comments on: Agriculture Update: New GM Crop Yield Project, Climate Change Impact on Andes Agriculture, Aquaculture in Malaysia and More

By: lenrosen4

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:48:57 +0000

Thanks for making me aware. This is a subject for a weekly headline.

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By: Philip J Reed

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:40:27 +0000

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/greenland-melt.html

I’m sure you saw this today, too. It’s really getting disgustingly ignorant that anyone can deny the effect we’re having on the health of this planet…

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By: lenrosen4

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:49:04 +0000

In reply to Mark Jones.

I too use Mycorrhizal fungi when planting shrubs to help them get started. That’s what Myke is. The difference in what is being studied by the the UK and Spanish centres is to create plants that have attributes to cooperate symbiotically with nitrogen-fixing bacteria acting as a host for the bacteria in their root systems. Mycorrhizal fungi create invasive threads that interact with the root systems essentially increasing the roots ability to absorb from a much larger area of soil. If the fungi were to be hosted within the corn root then nothing would have to applied during planting. It would already be built in.

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By: Mark Jones

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:56:05 +0000

Regarding the Natural Symbiosis article, there is a product available in Ontario called Myke which is basically a powdered form of the mycorrhizae fungus. It helps with absorption of phosphorus. On a sample of one, I used it when planting some shrubs some years ago and they are quite healthy.

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