by Deac Jones | Jun 27, 2018 | Soil Health
As plants gather energy from their “soil panels” and exudate, or secrete, that energy through their root systems into the soil, microorganisms use this energy to improve soil fertility. Root exudation is a fundamental process in building organic matter in our soils,...
by Deac Jones | Jun 13, 2018 | Biostimulants
No Longer Business As Usual It’s no longer acceptable to take a “business as usual’ approach to agricultural practices. Whether you’re a believer in manmade climate change or not, high temperatures and drought conditions are issues we’re increasingly having to...
by Deac Jones | Jun 12, 2018 | Biostimulants
It’s not just humans and animals that suffer when the mercury rises. Plants feel the heat, too. Heat stress is a major issue in agriculture, as it can significantly reduce crop yield and quality. Even small increases in temperature or short episodes of high...
by Deac Jones | May 30, 2018 | Soil Metabolism
“Viruses seem to be parasites by nature. So one would conclude, therefore, that their ability to reproduce must be affected by changes produced in the metabolism of the host plant caused by variations in nutrition,” Bawden and Kassanis (1950). This makes a lot of...
by Deac Jones | May 23, 2018 | Biostimulants, Foliar Fertilizers, Plant Metabolism
Soil applications of nutrients are necessary and the most common practice in crop fertilization, but it has many limitations with respect to nutrient bioavailability for plants. Plants use different inorganic nutrients in addition to CO2 and water for their growth and...
