Regardless the aspect of the patent itself which is totally absurd I
would like to draw the attention of this list for the idea itself. This
is something I have been working for a while. I was trying myself to develop a chitinase rich compost buy nurturing fungi specialized in degrading chitin. How ? Simply by feeding crustaceous ( sp.?) powder
to try to develop a chitin loving flora in the compost.
If
this guy is right we could them feed worms in the same
way and worm casting will be full of chitinase
producing organisms. Now,
this worm compost can be used to make Compost Tea and theoretically this compost tea will have those chitinase producing organisms that can attack and destroy insects. Another
reason to make fungal Compost Tea instead of Bacterial Compost Tea because the critters who makes chitinase are fungi and not bacteria. Anyone
can do that. Patent or no patent. I
will run to the nearest worm bin and will start to feed them Shrimp shell powder to see if their casting will be rich in chitinase
producing organisms. According to the person applying for the patent the fire ants will tell you if the compost has chitinase or not.
They will not cross over it. I
believe that this brings a new field of study and experimentation for everyone . Even for SFI . New tests for those organisms
needs to be designed based on chitin degradation. Please
let me know if the whole idea does make sense. Can you tell us how it would be
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