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Germinating radish seeds produce high levels of anti-fungal proteins; do you have a recipe for using them on or around plants to repel mold?
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"Plant defensins" is a term used for these defense-related proteins which are released during radish seed germination. These proteins are located in outer cell layers, and the Rs-AFP's (2 homologous, 5-kD cysteine-rich proteins designated Raphanus sativus-antifungal proteins) are released during seed germination when the seed coat bursts, creating a suppression of fungal growth around the of area near the seeds, so I would just interplant radish seeds around the plants needing fungus protection and let them germinate,  grow, eat them, and then replant more seeds

Do you actually think the measures you recommended will result in serious protection from mold?
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I don't know, since they only create a suppression
of fungal growth around the area near the seeds.

Do you know if the dispersal of AFP's are a one time event, just as the seed coating cracks or if they are continually released by the growing root?

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if they were continually produced, it might account for the lack of root hairs on the radish bulb it's self (fungal/michorrizzal growth discouraged so no helpers for roots, no need (desire?) for roots there (on the bulb)).

can we look to smooth non-rooted below ground growths for mold/fungal protection? potatoes?

the nodules of legumes?
cyanobacteria's/chloroplasts's actions?

btw- baking soda and vineger kill mold (powdery mildew), do you want recipes?

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Check these out:  http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-50,G  

and especially this one, very interesting:  http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjb/1997/37.pdf

Recipes would be great to post here, thanks.