permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

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From: Short, Stephanie <short.189@osu.edu>
Date: Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 9:42 AM
Subject: [SANET-MG] crop microbial biostimulant information
To: "sanet-mg@googlegroups.com" <sanet-mg@googlegroups.com>
Cc: "Kleinhenz, Matthew" <kleinhenz.1@osu.edu>, "Wang, Zheng" <
wang.2735@osu.edu>


Hello,

My name is Matt Kleinhenz, I am with The Ohio State Univ (please see
signature block below), and I am writing to you because of interest in and
experience with sustainable-organic agriculture.

Thank-you for allowing me to mention that I contribute to a team that is
introducing resources on microbe-containing biostimulants and
biofertilizers (MCBSFs) and how to use them more successfully, especially
in sustainable-organic vegetable production. Going forward, the team’s
activities and outputs may interest you and people you know.

As you know, MCBSFs are numerous, available from many companies, and often
complex in their composition. Also, many contain a minimal label to guide
their use. Worse, independent and reliable information describing product
efficacy is rare. Despite this, MCBSF use is very common, particularly
among sustainable-organic growers.

Overall, we look to help people select, use, and evaluate the performance
of and return on investment from MCBSFs more effectively. Our basic
approach involves linking people with questions about these products with
people who have answers or paths to answers. Like us, you and others may
fall into the “have questions” and “have answers” categories on a more or
less rotating basis. So, there will be ample opportunities for give and
take as the work moves forward!

The effort has a website ‘hub’ (http://u.osu.edu/vegprolab/research-areas/
vegebiostimsferts/). Currently, the website contains information on three
upcoming conference calls, a MCBSF listserv, a MCBSF product database, and
links to ongoing and upcoming MCBSF research. Stakeholders can also contact
the project team directly by email (vegebiostimsferts@gmail.com) or using
personal contact information available at the webpage.

We hope these and other anticipated resources are useful to you and
others. Please
consider sharing this announcement with people who may be interested while,
if possible, focusing specific attention on the upcoming conference calls.
We would be glad to assist, if needed. Similar announcements will be issued
in coming days, so we apologize if you receive more than this one.

Best regards,

Matt



*Matthew D. Kleinhenz, PhD*
Professor, Extension Specialist
Vegetable Production Systems
Horticulture and Crop Science
The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
122 Gourley Hall, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691-4096
330.263.3810 <(330)%20263-3810> Office / 330.263.3887 <(330)%20263-3887> FAX
http://u.osu.edu/vegprolab/ and http://www.facebook.com/osuvpslab




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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura@gmail.com
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