Soil Biology for Crop Nutrition and Reduced Pathogen Outbreaks | Soil Food Web School

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The Soil Food Web school presents a live panel on Soil Biology for Crop Nutrition and Reduced Pathogen Outbreaks!
✅ This webinar is an extension of the Soil Regen Summit 2022, sign up FREE to view full Summit replays! 👉 https://bit.ly/3NEdwp8

Can a thriving soil food web reduce pathogen outbreaks and improve soil fertility? Yes! Join Dr. Elaine Ingham, Dr. Mary Cole and Graham Lancaster to learn how. This powerhouse panel brings extensive knowledge and experience in soil biology and soil chemistry.

Dr. Mary Cole is a well-known academic, plant pathologist, and soil microbiologist. She is the Director & Principal Scientist of www.agpath.com.au. Watch Dr. Cole’s presentation here: https://youtu.be/K9SGknW0T2k

Graham Lancaster is the founding director of the Environmental Analysis Laboratory (EAL) at Southern Cross University, Lismore, Northern New South Wales, Australia, and now the senior manager of commercial and research services. EAL has been supporting sustainable farming for over 30 years and promoting all forms of soil management using the principles of biological, organic, and regenerative farming. Watch Graham’s presentation here: https://youtu.be/SL_8DvqrlUQ

Dr. Elaine Ingham has advanced our knowledge about the soil food web for over 4 decades. Widely recognized as the world’s foremost soil biologist, she’s passionate about empowering ordinary people to bring the soils in their communities back to life. Watch Dr. Elaine’s presentation here: https://youtu.be/ZrncV5z6A9M

Our host, Dr. Adrienne Godschalx studied chemical ecology at Portland State University and conducted her PhD research on nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. She pursued her research further as a postdoc at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. When Adrienne started working as a Mentor for the Soil Food Web School, she was bewildered by the potency of the soil food web in plant health and plant-insect interactions. Adrienne is thrilled to have a tangible way to engage in symbiosis with the beautiful wild world. At the SRS22, Adrienne discusses “How Soil Food Webs Shape Plant-Insect Interactions,” watch her presentation here: https://youtu.be/oFXR7djeo_s
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Over the last four decades, Dr. Elaine Ingham has advanced our knowledge of the Soil Food Web. An internationally-recognized leader in soil microbiology, Dr. Ingham has collaborated with other scientists and with farmers around the world to further our understanding of how soil organisms work together and with plants. Dr. Ingham is an author of the USDA’s Soil Biology Primer and a founder of the Soil Food Web School.

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  8. Thanks for the great Webinar. I'm amazed that it took us this long to realized how important soil is and how it functions. I guess it's the giant chemical corporations that took over our food production and making billions profiting from our naivety. Finally we have awaken and see the truth. Let's move forward, spred the knowledge and heal our planet and ourselves.

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  10. It was through Why insects do not (and cannot) attack healthy plants | Dr. Thomas Dykstra | Regenerative Ag which talked about Brix that lead me recently to the "Soil Food Web". Weekends are my time for watching YouTube. In small ways I am implementing bits into the garden where I am living. It is a rental, so I am limited. Will be implementing on the one acre in Central Queensland block that we own. Good to hear from, Graham Lancaster, as I grew up on the North Coast of NSW.

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  12. 40:15 I've never come across any scientific literature supporting the assertion that high brix makes plants immune or directly affects insect herbivory and parasitism so I find this topic very interesting because it is talked about often. I agree with the idea that more photosynthate is almost always a good thing and that it powers primary and secondary metabolism but when I have looked for examples I mainly found studies like, "Leaf sap brix and leafhoppers in vineyards" from the Organic Farming Research Foundation in 1996 saying:

    "Results compiled during this rigorous two-year empirical study of eight San Joaquin Valley vineyards (including five organic operations) provide no consistent support for the alleged predictive Brix / leafhopper relationship as it has been widely promoted in recent years. In only two of the eight vineyard field sites were data patterns even moderately similar to those expected from the story. More importantly, data patterns for the other six vineyard sites were either in direct opposition or essentially neutral with respect to the alleged Brix / leafhopper relationship."

    I couldn't find any sources for this in the video Dr. Cole mentions but if anyone has some I would be interested to read them.

    1:50:42 I am only familiar with literature showing a positive correlation between sugar content and aphid abundance. In my insect physiology courses I learned from researchers like Dr. Angela Douglas that aphids can sustain more than 30% brix according to research like "Honeydew sugars and osmoregulation in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum".

    I wonder what other factors influence this relationship to brix level. Thanks for investigating further!

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