How Microbes Help Plants Adapt to Local Conditions
This course is taught by Dr. James White of Rutgers University. Guaranteed to change the way you save seeds, or consider nutrient deficiencies, nutrient density in crops, and disease resistance.
Course curriculum
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Overview
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What are Endophytes?
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Seed treatments that hurt endophytes
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How endophytes affect disease resistance and nutrient density
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How plants use endophytes to adapt to local conditions
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Post harvest maturation practices for a healthier seed microbiome
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Collecting wild microbes for re-inoculation
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Example: Iroquois Corn Medicine
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Optional Presentation: Nitrogen fixing endophytes in leaves of plants
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About this course
- $95.00
- 9 lessons
- Dr James White teaches about the microbiome of seeds and plants. What endophytes are, how they affect the plant, and how to attract and keep the right ones.
- Learn how plants use endophytes to adapt to local conditions, and how to help them adapt.
- Specific, actionable steps that will give your plants the advantage and transform your garden.
Instructor
Dr James White
Instructor
Dr James F. White, is Professor of Plant Pathology. Dr. White obtained the M.S. in Mycology and Plant Pathology from Auburn University, Alabama, and the Ph.D. in Mycology from the University of Texas, Austin in 1987. Dr. White specializes in symbiosis research, particularly endophytic microbes. He is the author of more than 180 articles, and author and editor of reference books on the biology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of fungal endophytes. He and students in his lab are exploring diversity of endophytic microbes and the various impacts that they have on host plants.
Primary Focus Area: Plant Protection and Biotic and Abiotic Interactions
Secondary Focus Area: Sustainable Agricultural Systems