by Deac Jones | Dec 16, 2016 | News
Delayed pruning is an effective strategy for delaying bud burst and reducing risk of frost injury. Delayed pruning or double pruning techniques take advantage of a characteristic that all grapevines have called apical dominance. This term means that the buds on the...
by Deac Jones | Dec 16, 2016 | News
Many organic and sustainable farms still operate under the NPK principle but are choosing and apply fertilizers from organic sources. Growers realize that having pristine farmland requiring no additional inputs is an unrealistic scenario. Providing a plant with...
by Deac Jones | Dec 16, 2016 | News
There seems to be more and more articles in the press addressing soil health as an epiphany in agriculture. Well, I say it’s about time. Andaman-Ag has always promoted the “healthy soil equals healthy plant” perspective and I’m encouraged the...
by Deac Jones | Dec 16, 2016 | Related Articles
A significant proportion of plant photosynthates is transported below ground shortly after photoassimilation and subsequently released to soil microbes. Both root exudation and transfer to mycorrhizal fungi occur rapidly after photosynthesis, ranging from a few hours...
by Deac Jones | Dec 16, 2016 | Related Articles
Nonresident plants and root exudates influenced the fungal community by both positively and negatively impacting the relative abundance of individual phylotypes. A net increase in fungal biomass was observed when nonresident root exudates were added to resident plant...
