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Please click on the links in the paragraphs below to see slides documenting the points being made.
This Division owns proprietary and patented bacteria, which are called “PPFMs”. When these PPFM bacteria are sprayed on leaves, or applied to seeds, they greatly increase:
The term “PPFMs” stands for Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs. The term “facultative methylotroph” means that the organism has the option of growing on single-carbon (methyl) carbons, such as methanol – but can grow on multi-carbon compounds as well, such as sugars.
These bacteria colonize all surfaces of plants, including leaves, stems and roots. They are commensals with plants, meaning that they are beneficial to the plants, and the plants are beneficial to them.
The reason that the PPFM bacteria are helpful to plants is that:
(1) They absorb the methanol being released by the plants (which helps the plants because methanol is toxic to the plants, and helps the bacteria because it is a source of carbon for growth)
(2) They secrete three different types of valuable compounds, all of which are absorbed by the plant cells with which they are in contact:
- nitrogen (so that the bacteria are acting as “topical fertilizers”)
- a compound called cytokinin, which is a hormone/plant regulator
- a compound called auxin, which is yet another hormone/plant regulator
PPFM bacteria are found naturally on all seeds, both on the outside of the seeds and on the inside as well. The cytokinin hormone, which the PPFM bacteria on these seeds secrete, is indispensable for plant growth and function. Stripping seeds of their naturally-occurring PPFM bacteria prevents or at least stunts germination, and adding supplemental PPFMs back to these stripped seeds restores growth to near-normal (examples of which will be seen in the slide show linked to the point above, about PPFMs helping to overcome heat and water stress).
PPFM bacteria can help mankind to cope with two agricultural problems of global importance:
1. They can help increase and ensure supplies of alternative fuels. For example, by increasing biomass, they can increase the yield of ethanol derived from cellulose (corn, sorghum, rice stalks, etc.). Similarly, by increasing crop yields, they can increase the quantity of oils derived from beans (soy, rapeseed). By helping plants to survive dry and hot conditions, they will help mankind to produce these “energy plants”, even in the face of global warming.
2. The PPFMs can also help with the problem of desertification, because of the profound ability of these bacteria to increase root mass (creating more absorption of water) and to increase the amount of chlorophyll in plants (which enables the plants to generate and store more energy, which helps them cope with the heat stress and water stress).
PPFM bacteria are a “green” technology, because (1) they are already present on all seeds and on all plants, as well as in the soil, so we are not adding anything “foreign” when we use them; (2) they are naturally-occurring, with no genetic engineering; and (3) we are simply adding “supplements”, to help give a boost the plants that helps them cope with the stresses they encounter in nature: heat, drought, pathogens, and the like.
In summary, all sectors of agriculture can be helped by using the PPFMs, such as:
- Farmers looking to increase yields of crops for human consumption or of forage for livestock
- Golf courses looking to decrease the amounts of water and of chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides) that they would otherwise have to use
- Flower growers looking to increase the size of blooms and to increase shelf-life of the flowers
- Seed companies looking to increase the germination rate, particularly of high-value seeds
- Energy companies looking to increase, and ensure, the supply of oils and cellulose for production of alternative fuels.
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