Trials in Maize, reactivating dormant genes using high doses of Salicylic acid and Charcoal
Nikolaus Foidl, October, 2009
Recent literature suggest that the split from a common ancestor between rice and the ancestor of maize happened some 45 to 60 million years ago. Maize was formed from teosinte as a common ancestor. Sorghum apparently split from the common ancestor with maize sometimes between 16.6 and 11.9 million years ago.
If the environment is overcharging the abilities of the gene set, then the plant seems simply to split up in different lines of development (??), although keeping the, during evolution silenced gene sets, or inactivated subprograms.
Now and then, trigger events, like stress or chemical influence, or not compatible gene sets in hybridizations, cause those silenced subprograms to activate and express themselves causing to see, what
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4 comments postedAfter the Cherokee evil spirit, the Booger.
I grew equatorial short day length maize in the temperate zone where spring day lengths are long. I've spoken to others who have done the same as far north as new England. University of illinois maize breeding station has also raised equatorial maize. You find a bunch of wierd traits emerging, which in my seed sample seemed bamboo-like. Have some varieties of maize crossed with bamboo? Was bamboo in the Americas pre-columbian? Or maize across the pacific in Asia in the same time frame?
Equatorial maize will tassel all right, but the genes that control silking and ear formation don't turn on in long day length. The result is a forever juvenile plant that grows monstrous. Mine grew to 15 feet. I've heard of others that went 18 and 20.
There is a variety of Peruvian maize that grows stalks 2 and 3 inches thick that are solid enough to use as fence posts. If you grew this to huge size in the temperate zone, how many tons of carbon could you harvest from an acre in a year? I intend to find out.
Frank Jeffers
But please, tell me where you're buying your Aspirin in bulk.
Can one safely assume that photos were switched in fig. 23 and 24? So in 23 we have 9 mature cobs on the left from biochar plus salicylic acid, and 4 mature cobs on the right from conventional planting? Thus 24 has the comparison of maturing shanks from the various treatments?
Would the field photos perchance be taken in the southern hemisphere, perhaps central Brazil, about early November?
A most interesting field trial!
Robert Grissom
AMAZING! This research is very valuable. Other species must be assessed too.
Great work,
Arturo Velez
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