Hormones as Intermediaries in the Assembly of the Vegetable Microbiome
Both the interior and exterior of plants are populated by specific microorganisms and often selectively assembled into huge communities, called microbiota. Among these are bacteria and fungi, with neutral, beneficial or pathogenic interactions between them, forming the microbiome.
The adaptable effects of the plant microbiome can be divided into two: Improving the environmental adaptability and fitness of plants through protection against abiotic or biotic stress, as well as promoting the supply of water and nutrients and aiding the development of the plant’s root system, stimulating the growth of the lateral roots and the formation of its hairs, which improve accessibility to water and nutrients.
So, how do plants attract beneficial microbiota? Within colonized areas, plants and their microbial communities strongly influence each other, and various mechanisms have been described about how they carry out this communication. Chemical signaling contributes greatly to antagonistic (antimicrobial metabolites) or mutualistic (probiotics) microbe-microbe interactions. We also find primary and secondary metabolites produced and exuded by plants can selectively attract or repel some members of microbial communities. And vice versa, microbial metabolites can alter the development of plants and their responses to environmental signals.
Plants have developed mechanisms to “shape” such communities, to exploit the microbiomes as a genetic resource, expanding their capacities to cope with changing environmental conditions. For example, certain foliar pathogens promote the secretion of metabolites in the roots to modify the composition of the microbiota, to recruit beneficial microorganisms that activate the defenses against these foliar invaders.
But in all this process of plant-microbiota interactions, plant hormones assume a central role, since they are the chemical messengers involved in important cellular and physiological processes, signaling processes and microbial adaptation to their hosts.
What are the effects of plant hormone signaling on the plant microbiome?
It is necessary to look back at the origin and evolution of plant-microorganism interactions, to understand the hormonal role in the configuration of the microbiome. Terrestrial colonization implied the need to acquire nutrients without a root system. In this process of transition to the terrestrial environment, beneficial symbionts played a very important role. Hormone signaling in early plants and their participation in plant-microorganism interactions positions hormones as key tools in regulating the symbiosis and assembly of the microbiome.
Plants and microorganisms have co-evolved using various strategies to communicate and interact with each other. From a plant perspective, it is a balancing act. Plants invest significant resources, such as nutrients, to create an attractive rhizospheric habitat for microorganisms, which carries the risk of wasting expensive resources on ineffective or even harmful microorganisms. Therefore, it is crucial that plants have selective mechanisms to have some control over access to the resource-rich rhizosphere and the balance of these interactions.
For plants, hormones represent effective mediators to adapt to environmental stimuli and coordinate complex developmental processes. As a kind of common chemical language, hormones have become intermediaries of microorganisms and plants to implement the conditions for the establishment of niches in the rhizosphere and facilitate the adaptation of the specific host.
By enhancing the natural metabolism of plants, the Kyminasi Plant Booster provides the energy the plant needs to produce and utilize these hormones, while still having enough to create a greater quantity and quality of fruits and vegetables.
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Some Catalysts in Modern Agriculture
Human beings, in their eagerness to improve crops, do research with the purpose of improving what nature already does.
In the agriculture business, there is always the expectation of improving crop production in order to yield more and better food.
A metabolic catalyst is a substance or technology in the acceleration of chemical, physiological or metabolic processes to achieve better and faster results.
A catalyst is a substance, impulse or action that, by participating in a chemical or physical reaction, is capable of increasing the reaction rate without being consumed in the process. Catalysts speed up reactions by lowering the activation energy or by changing the mechanism of the activation. Catalysts can be physical (abiotic), organic (biotic) or mineral that can act independently.
Abiotic catalysts are those that have a physical action on microorganisms that act in the soil, participating in the mineralization processes of organic substances that keep nutrients immobilized and that require this help to release them and put them in the solution of the soil so that they are absorbed by the roots of the plant together with the water. These catalysts can be created simply by electric, magnetic or acoustic waves, which can be activated and energized by the excitation of the electrons of the atoms that are a constitutive part of soil microorganisms. When energized, they take less time to fulfill their function of mineralizing humic and fulvic substances: main components of organic matter.
Among the waves that can help in the development of plants, animals and humans, are the acoustic, which have unique properties in the creation of energy at the atomic level. From a photon, when it collides with the electrons of the components of living cells, it causes an uncontrollable alteration that, by acting inside the cells, can be transformed into other types of energies, which help in the acceleration of metabolism of living beings and, in the case of plants, photosynthesis and osmosis.
Some theses have been presented that point to the beneficial qualities of acoustic waves, such as music, with medicinal qualities on the human being, for example, reducing stress and strengthening the immune system.
The notion that the health of humans and animals can be fine-tuned through sound emphasizes the “frequency” nature of bodies, that is, the quality that is receptive to vibrations emitted by external forces, in this case, acoustic waves. The hypothesis that sound can harmonize the physical body and thus combat specific ailments or provide specific benefits has led to the fact that, at present, many therapies have been designed using sound waves. Certain radio frequencies have even been identified that directly influence different aspects of living beings.
There is talk of frequencies that encourage the cells to be healthy, others that cause stability in the circulation of chlorophyll, some that promote DNA regeneration and others that cause cells to be cleansed of toxic substances; many other benefits can be found.
On the other hand, an experiment was given to demonstrate the effect of electric waves on the behavior of plants. It was carried out in a rose greenhouse, which presented plants with a high state of stress, despite the fact that the soil analysis showed a good degree of fertility.
These electrical impulses were applied, after pruning, to the plants that presented an appearance of physiological dryness. Despite the fact that the soil contained water at the field capacity level, the treated rose plants showed a very good response to the treatment and it was very interesting to observe that they came out of their bad condition in a fairly reasonable period.
The conclusion reached with this experimental study, after several laboratory tests, was that the impulses emitted by this device acted as physical catalysts, producing an acceleration of the electrons of the atoms of plant cells, the same that produced an acceleration in the photosynthetic process and therefore in the general metabolism of the plant, taking it out of the lethargy in which they were.
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Energy as the fundamental motor for life’s development
Living beings are living energy that vibrates between each other. Each atom and molecule that compose them generates frequencies that are expressed in the environment where they live, without realizing that they are doing it.
Moreover, if we think about Earth, which is in constant motion, it generates an amount of energy and vibrations far beyond what we can imagine, which conceives, for example, day and night, winter and summer, heat and cold: fundamental factors for human, animal and plant life.
Likewise, energy does not exist “by itself”, matter is required so that it can be captured and transmitted; but, for matter to move, it needs vibrations, generated by energy. It contains information, which is the exchange of this energy and the result of the relationship between living beings and everything they have matter.
A living being not only contains matter and energy, but also creates emotions, which show them through joys, rages, frustrations, dreams and hopes, to name a few, transmitted through vibrations. In basic language, they are positive and negative energies. All of them come and go to the one who generates them; therefore, if you are going to transmit positive or negative vibrations, it is for sure that those will be returned, it is a universal law. Everything that the living being does and thinks requires energy that is accompanied by specific frequencies or information.
This also applies to plants: they feel, listen, interact and transmit energy at the time of their biological cycle. The plant undergoes positive and negative changes, which are affected by vibrations that have been generated by a certain energy. Consequently, they are capable of absorbing frequencies that will allow optimal functioning, efficient assimilation of nutrients and generate defenses against any event external to it.
Knowing what those exact frequencies are is what has been determined with Kyminasi Plant Booster technology and the application of biophysics in agriculture. This technology is based on the energy and positive frequencies that the plant requires to generate a healthy life and crops where the farmer can choose an option that takes care of the environment where they grow.
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In Search of Healthy Technologies in Agriculture
Agriculture is currently experiencing many changes. The significant increase in the demand for healthy, nutritious food, and increasing population, has put our farmers on alert to meet this need.
While agricultural production has increased over the years, it has not always been in a “clean” way. “Conventional” agriculture sometimes abuses the use of pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals. An alternative is organic agriculture, which favors a more natural production and supplies part of the food demand. This goes hand in hand with the market’s demands of obtaining better fruits and vegetables, which has led to the development of plant varieties that are more resistant to insects, diseases or other pests, as well as a lot of investment in new technologies.
In this sense, technology in agriculture is here to stay, since, with its help, we will not only be able to obtain greater precision in the growth of crops, but also that they are healthy and friendly to the environment.
In this way, Kyminasi Plant Booster was born: a new technology that has come to revolutionize the agricultural world. It is biophysics, a science that takes the behavior of the plant to its natural state, composed of more than 3000 specific frequencies that the plant needs for optimal functioning.
The alluring thing about this technology is that it works from the inside out, strengthening the root mass of plants, achieving better absorption of nutrients and improving photosynthesis. Fruits and vegetables taste better and have more nutrients.
Kyminasi Plant Booster’s purpose is to help farmers meet the existing demand for agricultural products through sustainable agriculture: respecting the environment where the plant develops its entire vegetative life and allowing it to combat adversities that may arise naturally.
Kyminasi Plant Booster is already present in over 15 countries throughout the world and growing since its launch in November 2019. Harvest Harmonics is the exclusive worldwide distributor of this technology.
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Pre-harvesting factors that could affect fruit quality.
Keeping the crops in perfect condition and ensuring that they guarantee an optimal development of agricultural production is necessary to enjoy a good harvest and that it remains in good condition for a longer period of time. In this article, we will review the importance of pre-harvest of different crops to later enjoy an optimal post-harvest.
Why is pre-harvest important to get good crops?
In fruit and vegetable production, quality is a determining factor, since good treatments during the growing period will guarantee good products and, therefore, that they reach consumers in perfect condition.
Fruit quality depends to a great extent on the cultivation and the correct development of the plant. That is, all the aspects that give shape and flavor to the fruit and that determine its quality are imposed from the pre-harvest phase it gets. The different processes applied later allow us to maintain its optimal conservation.
Therefore, it is essential to know the different aspects that can affect the pre-harvest and, eventually, the post-harvest.
What factors of the pre-harvest are decisive in the post-harvest maintenance of fruits?
It is necessary to take into account all the aspects of the pre-harvest that effectively affect the final result of the fruits. In this sense, we can speak of extrinsic, intrinsic, environmental, genetic and physiological factors.
External factors
Extrinsic factors are those external to the plant material itself but that in context affect the product, such as environmental factors and cultivation practices. When we talk about environmental factors we are referring to all those related to the environment in which the fruit is harvested, such as temperature, humidity, weather and the level of solar radiation.
On the other hand, cultivation practices also have a bearing on quality. With this we refer to irrigation and the pattern that is followed, the mineral nutrition of the crops and mowing, as well as the hormonal treatments or the attack of insects and microorganisms on the crops.
Internal factors
The intrinsic factors are those that refer to the characteristics of the fruits and differ between genetic factors (which include the species, the variety of fruit and their particular ripening patterns, and whether they are climacteric or non-climacteric products) and between the state maturity, that is, the time required for harvesting.
Environmental factors
Environmental factors have a strong influence on the quality and nutritional value of fruits. These factors include the amount and intensity of light, the temperatures to which the crops are exposed, or the CO2 content in the environment, among many others.
One of the most important factors is pre-harvest temperatures. Very high temperatures should be avoided, as they directly damage cell membranes and nucleic acids, and can indirectly inhibit pigmentation on some occasions.
Genetic factors
The genome is responsible for the development of the plant and its interrelation with environmental conditions and the external environment. This is appreciated in a very diverse way during the life of the plants and it seems that only 10% of it is needed, so that only a part of this factor will determine the quality of the fruit and for a short period of time.
It is necessary to consider that the genetic variety of the same crop is wide. Hence the importance of varietal selection, since the quality of the fruit depends on its genetic potential, environmental conditions and agricultural cultivation.
Physiological factors
In this case, it is necessary to point out that the ripeness of the fruit itself is essential in its chemical composition and, therefore, in its quality. It is precisely during ripening that different biochemical and structural processes take place, all of which are important in the constitution of the fruit and that it achieves optimal characteristics for human consumption.
The ripening phase is different for climacteric and non-climacteric fruits, since their senescence and aging processes are different.
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