Biological Controls with Ron Whitehurst of Rincon Vitova | The Advanced Permaculture Student Online

[@dertythegrower]

Cool stuff, much appreciated.

[@dertythegrower]

Complex heating and power systems... at the end.. uses a small string on a rusty old nail to keep the old door closed 😅❤

[@brandondickerson2785]

Any bug recommendations for having a healthy lawn in the suburbs?

[@jeremyschissler337]

worms!

[@brandondickerson2785]

Great idea! Any specific type of worm recommendation for a Texas clay lawn? @@jeremyschissler337

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

The squash threw me for a loop 😮 I had no idea. Amazing

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

And the " discrete lady bug dispersal "😂

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Interesting.

[@Twindragon-tu1wd]

Good morning dear brother Matt ❤😂🎉

[@ZE308AC]

This so freaking cool 😎

[@laurahill9657]

What bugs 2ould love to feast on spotted winged droscephila, i would jist love to know, and order some from you or attract them!!!!!

[@jeremyschissler337]

did someone say chitinase!

[@rochrich1223]

I've been wondering about chitinase myself. Naturally, everybody knows that buckwheat produces chitinase but scientists apparently are only interested in it's virus dissolving properties.(pages of studies show up if you Google it) What I'd like to know if the non-mycorrhysal buckwheat is using it to suppress mycorrhysal competition? Does it deploy it against insects? I tried to think who in the world would be interested in these questions. Couldn't think of anyone but decided to tell you anyway.

[@jeremyschissler337]

understanding the classifications of the particular chitinases that it produces will give you the insight as to what its unique enzymes are being produced for. The main reason plants produce a small amount of chitinase is to prevent fungal infection ....this is what humans produce it for and just like them its mostly endogenous secretions ....however plants do have the ability to exogenously secrete chitinase's ...but most of the exogenous secretion is performed by the bacterial constituents in the biota. There are many things going on here from bio warfare to Nitrogen acquisition to chelation. Without any research into your question and just off the top of my head I would have to say that the plant is preventing fungal infections while facilitating a chitinolytic microbiome in its rhizosheath ...this begins with not only the plants ability to fold its own peptide bonded chitinase via its DNA instruction set but also the endophytes in its seed. These endophytes will set up the population with a tremendous influence over the environment in terms of natural selection and competition in this environment ....this example is not limited to the exogenous domain but also applies to the endophytic domain as well. They are in synergy with each other ..the endophyte and the host ...to protect from pathogens and to acquire Nitrogen from the second most abundant bio polymer on earth ...I also would also add my own hypothesis that these relationships may also be advantageously sequestering nutrients via chelation to a chitin base ...thus out competing non chitinolytic organisms for resources while holding them in reserves ....similar to the action of siderophores @@rochrich1223