by Deac Jones | Jan 31, 2017 | News
New research, being published January 20 in the journal Science, has uncovered a previously unknown means by which plants are able to regulate how their immune systems respond to pathogens. A group of small peptides, referred to as RALFs (Rapid ALkalinization...
by Deac Jones | Jan 30, 2017 | Newsletters
In the current study, we demonstrated that the chitin soil amendment strategy which was previously known to be effective against plant pathogens (e.g., Dutta and Isaac, 1979; Hallmann et al., 1999; Cretoiu et al., 2013) also is able to control Salmonella on leafy...
by Deac Jones | Jan 19, 2017 | Grapes, News, Water Management
As of Jan. 10, all of northern California, everything north of Sacramento, is no longer in drought, according to the federal government. South of Sacramento, with the exception of a sliver of land along the coast north of Monterey Bay, remains in some level of...
by Deac Jones | Jan 12, 2017 | Phyto-Catalyst
We highly value our capability to contribute to our client’s growing practices by providing you with options and solutions that deliver distinguishable advantages. Hence, we’re very excited about our new partnership with Bio-Organic Catalyst (BOC). BOC manufacturers a...
