Episode 134: Cannabis Viruses and Viroids with Dr. Tassa Saldi of Tumi Genomics

Dr. Tassa Saldi is an accomplished molecular biologist with more than 25 years of research experience in RNA biology, infectious disease, and molecular pathogen detection. Dr. Saldi graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Molecular Biology. She completed her graduate and postdoctoral studies at the University of Colorado, where she studied RNA structure, small RNAs and RNA processing. She was awarded a prestigious fellowship from the American Cancer Society and was one of eighteen doctoral fellows nationwide invited to present her research at the Aspen Cancer Conference. Dr. Saldi has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals. As the Chief Science Officer and co-founder of TUMI Genomics, Dr. Saldi continues to use her expertise to provide the cannabis industry with reliable, accurate diagnostic tools and pathogen mitigation guidance.

[@marcoallin]

very good podcast, loved it. Tks Tad

[@marcoallin]

man thats some good topic, im stuck with one or many

[@Tetrahedonism]

Hi Tad awesomely informative as usual. Are you maybe aware of any reasearch involving nano silver or colloidal silver as a systemic antiviral against infection and possibly as a cleaning agent for HLV? Thanks! Keep up the good work!

[@kisorganics]

I haven't seen any research on that. In general though, I'm very wary of systemic inputs because they end up in the final flower and can have health impacts (typically pesticides and PGRs).

[@Tetrahedonism]

@@kisorganics Clear, would be great to ask this Dr. Maybe because there is many scientific evidence that this is a strong antiviral and i was wondering about the effect of a foliar application of this on a HLV infected plant and i know there is research of systemic use of silver and other metals for IP management in cultivation but NOT in relation to HLV in Cannabis while it could potentially be a great (non toxic) solution if it work also against viroids as it does with virusses maybe even only as a cleaning agent. Btw i do know it stops ethylene production and reverses plants in high enough doses but maybe far less would work who knows..

[@Tetrahedonism]

HI Tad for some reason i cannot see your reply🙁 I saw you reacted to my reaction on your reply but i cannot see both

[@kisorganics]

@@Tetrahedonism strange. Here’s what I wrote: I haven't seen any research on that. In general though, I'm very wary of systemic inputs because they end up in the final flower and can have health impacts (typically pesticides and PGRs).

[@Tetrahedonism]

@@kisorganics thanks for the reply but it was the comment to that what you stated i can still see it in my history but its for some reason not shown

[@ExtremePlantGrowing]

Fix the title! Just says Dr, no name

[@kisorganics]

@@ExtremePlantGrowing will do. Didn’t notice KZbin cut it off when it auto published