There is a good bit of evidence that our relationship with microbes really is the key to a new way of living, but this isn’t the first time we have heard that and it won’t be the last. This discussion comes from an article I read a while back on a website called, “The New York Times.
The article was entitled, “Rewilding the Microbial Revolution,” and it was written by a man named John Sulston, and he was a biologist. Sulston went on to say that his research had yielded an understanding of how and why we got into this mess we’re in, and that his work wasnt the reason we’re in this mess, but rather why we were in this mess in the first place.
Sulston is referring to the fact that we are creating more and more bacteria in our environment. This is a result of an agricultural revolution, and was not caused by the fact that humans ate the corn that was once the only food for all animals on earth. The fact is, we are still eating corn plants that have been mutated to be less food for us, and this mutation was not a result of human intervention.
I think this is a good example of how the effects of chemicals, especially when they are applied in a way that isn’t natural, can actually have the opposite effect. We have seen this with many types of pesticides in agriculture. But we have also seen this with many types of industrial (including agricultural) chemicals, some of which are used on the same plants that make up our food.
It’s not just pesticides. For example, we have seen how these pesticides have been shown to have the opposite effect on the health of arabidopsis plants as well. These plants are basically plants that have been altered by being exposed to this pesticide. It’s not just the effects of the chemicals, but how the chemicals are applied that makes a huge difference.
Not to mention that the chemicals that are the most toxic on arabidopsis plants are the ones that are applied by farmers around the world. It has been shown that arabidopsis plants that are sprayed with these toxins are actually sick and in poor health. They have to be treated with an herbicide called dioncholic acid.
So maybe the pesticides aren’t as bad as they seem when they’re applied to our food plants or livestock. But then again, there’s no way arabidopsis plants would be growing around the world if arabidopsis plants don’t have the ability to adapt to the chemicals.
In the future, farmers will take microbes that are living on animals to be used as a way to control pests in the food plants. The microbes would be applied by farmers using a spray called pyrethrum. The result would be that the plants would begin to look healthier and healthier. The problem is that this hasnt been proven and the chemicals could damage animals too.
That’s why arabidopsis is one of the most threatened plants in the world. The problem is that farmers are not yet aware of the microbes and are not equipped with the technology to apply them. And the chemicals could cause animals to be killed. So we need to do something.
To solve this problem, scientists at the University of Guelph have developed a synthetic pyrethrum that, when incorporated into the soil of crops, will prevent the plants from coming back to life. The team is now working on a way to apply this to a large scale.