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Re: miccorhizae

Three comments, perhaps they will help add clartity.

1.

In my post I offered a dynamic resource list. Folks that
know me can appreciate that I put a lot of effort into
research and synthesis, including a review of scientific and
practitioner literature.

So, it is available if you want to cut through the chaff
and see what you might be ablt to put your fingers on,
instantly. It has scientific literature, educational literature,
databases, mycorrhizal suppliers, and web links galore.


2.

There are instances where scientists at your local
agricultural college are 5, 10, 20 years behind the leading
edge in organic farming, soil biology, and so forth.

How is the scientific literature supposed to contain
this information when researchers are greatly under-funded,
and when the peer-paradigm is rigid and about as old as
as a wooly mammoth stuck in a tar pit?


3.

The original request implied that an article on mycorrhizae
was needed.
I would think that trade literarture, educational literature,
and other boiled-down sources that explain mycorrhizae
in layman's writing will be more useful than scientific literature
that examines one variable among thousands.

Finally, in sustainable agriculture we have revolutionized
the way information is transferred. A horizontal flow
of information that stretches between farmer to extension
to researcher on a level playing field has replaced the top
down approach.

I just came back from a horticultural growers conference.

It is obvious that organic farmers are years ahead
of the university scientists.
In this instance, in Arkansas and Oklahoma, we have reached
a point where the scientists openly admit the situation and are
looking for farmers to partner with and learn from.

Steve Diver



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