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Salacylic Acid – Help for Tobacco Mosaic Virus????
Seeking an alternative to the ill-advised use of external chemical sprays or
devices such as sulfur burners, scientists at a Canadian company called Advanced
Nutrients discovered how to create a vaccination for plants. Their goal was
to create “induced systemic resistance” to disease, pests, and other threats. The
product they created, called Scorpion Juice, uses several key components to
stimulate a pre-emptive immune response in marijuana.
During the design phase of Scorpion Juice, their scientists noted the similarities
between plant responses to attacks and human responses. When a human is
invaded by viruses, harmful bacteria or other pathogens, the body reacts with
fever, swelling, redness, inflammation and other responses. When pathogens or
insects attacks plants, plants respond using some of the same methods, such as lesions
on leaves, loss of leaves, and the release of cell to cell chemical signalers that place the
entire plant on alert against the invaders. During their research, the scientists found
the vital role that a naturally-occurring form of aspirin plays in plant immune
system function. Drug store aspirin is actually a chemical analog of this natural
form of aspirin. The chemical analog was created by the Bayer Corporation in
1859, based on a natural material found in willow bark and other plants, known
as “salicylic acid.” Bayer’s aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid.
Salicylic acid is found in many plants and trees, and is believed to be a first line
of defense against pathogens and other invaders. Plants release a large amount of
salicylic acid when they are attacked by pathogens; this corresponds to subsequent
releases of other plant proteins that also appear to promote plant survival.
Studies show that plants treated with salicylic acid became extraordinarily
resistant to powdery mildew, which is one of the most persistent plant diseases that
affect marijuana.
One Cornell University study found a protein and gene pair (salicylic acidbinding
protein 2- SABP2- and its gene) that facilitates inner-plant communication
that is believed responsible for increased plant immune system response. The
Cornell researchers said that using immune system enhancement rather than
pesticides, herbicides and other protective measures was a safer way of helping ag
crops battle threats.
In studies involving tobacco mosaic virus, which has been known to attack a
variety of plant crops including cannabis, scientists found that SABP2 triggered
release of salicylic acid, which then created a “hypersensitive resistance
response” that included programmed cell death at the site of the attack as plant
cells sacrificed themselves for the overall survival of the plant. The cell death
isolated the attacking organism so that it could not spread throughout the plant.
Using natural formulas on roots and leaves to create induced systemic resistance is
a delicate art. It is the same when using vaccines to inoculate humans against
disease. Some humans will develop symptoms of a disease after they have
been given a vaccination for the disease. Their bodies were unable to handle the
small amounts of pathogenic material that the vaccination infused into them.
Similarly, growers using products such as Scorpion Juice should closely monitor
their plants to ensure that the proper amount of immune stimulation is taking
place. Too much stimulation can slow growth and divert energy from floral
production. The proper amount of immune stimulation, combined with nutritional
support such as silica, vitamin, and enzyme augmentation, gives marijuana
plants an enhanced immune response that gives them a much better chance
of surviving pathogenic attack and also increases metabolism and vigor, which
results in higher yield and potency.
Seeking an alternative to the ill-advised use of external chemical sprays or
devices such as sulfur burners, scientists at a Canadian company called Advanced
Nutrients discovered how to create a vaccination for plants. Their goal was
to create “induced systemic resistance” to disease, pests, and other threats. The
product they created, called Scorpion Juice, uses several key components to
stimulate a pre-emptive immune response in marijuana.
During the design phase of Scorpion Juice, their scientists noted the similarities
between plant responses to attacks and human responses. When a human is
invaded by viruses, harmful bacteria or other pathogens, the body reacts with
fever, swelling, redness, inflammation and other responses. When pathogens or
insects attacks plants, plants respond using some of the same methods, such as lesions
on leaves, loss of leaves, and the release of cell to cell chemical signalers that place the
entire plant on alert against the invaders. During their research, the scientists found
the vital role that a naturally-occurring form of aspirin plays in plant immune
system function. Drug store aspirin is actually a chemical analog of this natural
form of aspirin. The chemical analog was created by the Bayer Corporation in
1859, based on a natural material found in willow bark and other plants, known
as “salicylic acid.” Bayer’s aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid.
Salicylic acid is found in many plants and trees, and is believed to be a first line
of defense against pathogens and other invaders. Plants release a large amount of
salicylic acid when they are attacked by pathogens; this corresponds to subsequent
releases of other plant proteins that also appear to promote plant survival.
Studies show that plants treated with salicylic acid became extraordinarily
resistant to powdery mildew, which is one of the most persistent plant diseases that
affect marijuana.
One Cornell University study found a protein and gene pair (salicylic acidbinding
protein 2- SABP2- and its gene) that facilitates inner-plant communication
that is believed responsible for increased plant immune system response. The
Cornell researchers said that using immune system enhancement rather than
pesticides, herbicides and other protective measures was a safer way of helping ag
crops battle threats.
In studies involving tobacco mosaic virus, which has been known to attack a
variety of plant crops including cannabis, scientists found that SABP2 triggered
release of salicylic acid, which then created a “hypersensitive resistance
response” that included programmed cell death at the site of the attack as plant
cells sacrificed themselves for the overall survival of the plant. The cell death
isolated the attacking organism so that it could not spread throughout the plant.
Using natural formulas on roots and leaves to create induced systemic resistance is
a delicate art. It is the same when using vaccines to inoculate humans against
disease. Some humans will develop symptoms of a disease after they have
been given a vaccination for the disease. Their bodies were unable to handle the
small amounts of pathogenic material that the vaccination infused into them.
Similarly, growers using products such as Scorpion Juice should closely monitor
their plants to ensure that the proper amount of immune stimulation is taking
place. Too much stimulation can slow growth and divert energy from floral
production. The proper amount of immune stimulation, combined with nutritional
support such as silica, vitamin, and enzyme augmentation, gives marijuana
plants an enhanced immune response that gives them a much better chance
of surviving pathogenic attack and also increases metabolism and vigor, which
results in higher yield and potency.
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