Wilson, Dale wrote:
> Russ,
>
> Frits wrote:
> >> Then spray the cultivated plants with this and wait for the natural
> >> reaction from the plants or from other fungi that protect the plants
> >> by destroing the mildew.
>
> You wrote:
> > this would be a good idea. No harm will come to your crop,
> > and the sensitive weed may succumb to mildew. . .Russ
>
> That is not what Frits was getting at. He wants to induce resistance to
> pathogenic strains of mildew by spraying with nonpathogenic strains. That
> is a neat idea, maybe it can work. There are chemicals that induce systemic
> resistance when sprayed on plants. This is a hot topic in the ag chemical
> industry, and we are trying out an inducer to control rust and other
> diseases in corn seed production. Jasmonate and salicylic acid are
> inducers, and I have heard (but not tried) that aspirin does interesting
> things on plants (including killing at sufficient dose).
>
> Dale
>
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