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Brandon Rust

Guest Expert First appears: Ep. 246

Agronomist, microbiologist, and founder of Fulcrop Sciences. Specializes in biological crop steering -- using beneficial microbes (Bacillus subtilis, Trichoderma, Beauveria bassiana) timed to specific growth stages. Collaborates with Medicinal Genomics (Kevin McKernan) and Cove Environmental on ionomics research. Identified the cannabis leaf spot pathogen as Alternaria rather than Septoria through genomic testing.

" I coined a term called biological crop steering and it's using practices similar to agronomy where you use timing, placement and the amount of what you put. "

" The problem with alternaria is that since it has a wider range of species that it infects and it can jump from different species, it's harder to deal with because it's not just cannabis associated. "