Avid Bioservices Inc (CDMO)

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International Congress on Mycorrhizae
Oct 15-17

Mycorrhizal Symbiosis a key factor for improving plant productivity and ecosystems restoration

http://ic-mycorrhizae2014.uca.ma/?page_id=96

Time to get to the root of the problem:

ok, time to put the math away and get back ahead of the curve. PS Targeting will be needed here....so you never heard of Mycorrhizae ? well.... there was a time when most didn't hear of Phosphatidylserine or PS Targeting or Bavituximab. The invited speakers above and their bios all speak re: biomarkers of plants and we all know flipped-PS is sitting right in front of them, fungi building, blocking that water path from root to stem ...to xyz plant. Bavi crops baby! : )

Plants have root hairs and often mycorrhizal fungi at the root surface, both of which serve to filter the soil water as it enters the plant. Mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations between plant roots and fungi.

http://www.biologyreference.com/Ve-Z/Water-Movement-in-Plants.html

Bayer has been talking up new solutions for Bayer Crop Science for months, so PS Targeting possibly?

Bayer CropScience confirms multi billion euro investment programme
Sept 20, 2014

Bayer CropScience is optimistic about the development perspectives of the agricultural markets and has committed to invest significantly to deliver new solutions for sustainable agriculture.
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He stressed: “Helping growers produce high-quality, safe and healthy food for everybody around the world, and thereby contributing to a better life for all is our mission.”
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“In light of the strong demand for our products we are expanding our facilities and our investments in research and development (R&D).”
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http://www.agriland.ie/news/bayer-cropscience-confirms-emulti-billion-investment-programme/

.... so lets see what type of R/D they will be doing ??

Phosphatidylserine is a phospholipid compound that contains phosphorus.

Although phosphatidylserine or 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-L-serine is distributed widely among animals, plants and microorganisms, it is usually less than 10% of the total phospholipids

http://lipidlibrary.aocs.org/Lipids/ps/index.htm

Phylogeny of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi predicts community composition of symbiosis-associated bacteria.

Abstract

Many physicochemical and biotic aspects of the soil environment determine the community composition of bacteria. In this study, we examined the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, common symbionts of higher plants, on the composition of bacterial communities after long-term (7-8 years) enrichment culture in the presence of a plant host. We showed that the phylogeny of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal isolates was a highly significant predictor of bacterial community composition, as assessed by cluster analysis, redundancy analysis and linear discriminant analysis of phospholipid fatty acid patterns. Numerous phospholipid fatty acids differed between the phylogenetic groupings; this pattern also held for fungal-origin phospholipid fatty acids and in a combined bacterial/fungal analysis, suggesting that categorizing phospholipid fatty acids into predominantly bacterial and fungal origin did not affect the overall outcome. The mechanisms underlying this observation could include substrate quality (and quantity) effects, interactions mediated by the host plant (e.g. rhizodeposition) and direct biotic interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacterial populations. Our results suggest that aspects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal functions may be partially explained by the symbiosis-accompanying bacterial communities, a possibility that should be explicitly considered in studies examining the roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species diversity in soil and ecosystem processes.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16907753

... So is there such a need for Bavi crops ? Hell yes...

To ensure global food security, agriculture will face new major challenges: increasing human world population that will reach about 10 billion by 2050 and increasing land desertification resulting from the impacts of anthropogenic pressure and environmental constraints (deforestation, agricultural practices and intensification…) that are likely to worsen in the context of current climate change scenario effects.

http://ic-mycorrhizae2014.uca.ma/

Phospholipid-derived fatty acids (PLFA) are widely used in microbial ecology as chemotaxonomic markers of bacteria and other organisms. Phospholipids are the primary lipids composing cellular membranes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phospholipid-derived_fatty_acids