Pathogenic Fungi & Plant Pathogens | Dr Mary Cole | Soil Food Web School

Dr. Mary Cole joins the Soil Food Web School Team to talk about Pathogenic Fungi & Plant Pathogens, problems of our making, not theirs!
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Fungi have a role and place in the diverse ecosystem that is Life on Earth. Fungi became known as ‘pathogens’ because of our monoculture style of agriculture. But fungi have an imperative role in sequestering carbon in the soil, holding water in the soil, and building resilience in the face of climate threats to agriculture.

Dr. Mary Cole, is a well-known academic, plant pathologist, and soil microbiologist who provides instruction and workshops/courses in biological non-chemical/sustainable agricultural farming practices to farmers, students, and consultants around the world. As an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne she supervises PhD students and her lab, Agpath P/L, provides summer vacation experience in soil microbiology and composting for graduates of Victorian and interstate universities in Australia. Mary's passion for the life in the soil has seen her actively encouraging minimal to no use of synthetic chemistry in farming systems with great success around the world. She encourages increased knowledge among farmers, increased resilience of their land in the face of climate impact, and increased nutrition in the plants and animals farmed.
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Over the last four decades, Dr. Elaine Ingham has advanced our knowledge of the Soil Food Web. An internationally-recognized leader in soil microbiology, Dr. Ingham has collaborated with other scientists and with farmers around the world to further our understanding of how soil organisms work together and with plants. Dr. Ingham is an author of the USDA's Soil Biology Primer and a founder of the Soil Food Web School.

00:00 Speaker introduction
01:02 Presentation summary, acknowledging country
02:30 Origins of fungi
03:52 Flagellated spores
06:55 Lichen development
07:22 How trees "talk" to each other
08:30 Glomalin glue storing carbon
09:14 Endomycorrhizal fungi
11:46 Soil inhabiting fungi chart
13:02 Nutrient cycling and mineralization
17:00 How plants are suffering
26:25 Irish Potato Famine and southern corn leaf blight
29:25 Grape issues with Botrytis cinerea
Fungus
37:20 Predatory mites
38:50 Her own farm
41:15 Before and after with vineyard clients
44:38 Outro

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