Alan McKay's guest appearances

Alan McKay

The Cricket and Seagull Fireside Chat

Official Catchup - Voice of Scottish Non-League Football

Growing Pulse Crops

George Fraser

David Warner

Joseph Smith

Ali Smith

Dorothea Lange

Emily Thomas

John Mitchell

Wendy Ulrich

Gordon B. Hinckley

Jenny Oaks Baker

Jane Clayson Johnson

Brad Wilcox

Gerald Lund

Mack Wilberg

Dean Hughes

OwlTail

Dr. Alan McKay joins us all the way from Australia, to talk about some exciting work they are doing to measure various soil microbes including pathogens and beneficial rhizobia. Dr McKay is the Leader of the Soil Biology and Molecular Diagnostics group at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). He is committed to not only studying soil-borne diseases and other aspects of soil biology, but also developing tools for growers to manage this biology in their operations. He has played a major role in the development of the PREDICTA® B soil analysis technology, which is now recognised internationally for its capacity to accurately identify and measure soil pathogens, as well as the nutrition status of soils. We’re going to talk a lot more about this technology in today’s episode.“The thing we’re doing now with the PREDICTA® B technology is starting to look at some of the beneficial organisms. So rhizobium for pulses...which is the rhizobia that modulate lentils, field pea and fava bean. Then using that we launched it as a provisional service just in South Australia and Victoria this year to identify paddocks where you don't need to inoculate the pulse crop. In Australia, the growers don't like applying their innoculates to the pulse crops. Most reliable methods have to be done just before seeding them and it's a task they prefer not to do. So we think this is going to work pretty well.” - Dr. Alan McKayAfter sampling 850 paddocks they have identified 400 species to allow his group to map the growth of pathogens across the country. One unexpected discovery was that prior to this survey it was assumed there was one Phytophthora species with the potential for causing major harm to pulse crops. Now they have identified three separate species and can better isolate their locality and the tools to better identify them. At the moment, they are focusing on identifying more common pathogens going forward that, while not as catastrophic as Phtyophtora, can reduce yield by up to 20% and are therefore also significant.“PREDICTA® B is a collection of what we call qPCR tests.” Dr McKay remarks that it is easy to quality control, scalable and offers great insight for growers and researchers alike. Currently the majority of their testing has focused on cereal crops but they are readily expanding into pulse crops.“The potential now with pulses is that we could look at packaging tests for key pathogens and the rhizobium and identify whether a paddock is a good option for that crop and whether you need to inoculate.” - Dr. McKayThis Week on Growing Pulse Crops:Meet Dr. Alan McKay the Leader of the Soil Biology and Molecular Diagnostics group at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI).Discover the progress his efforts and research are accomplishing in supporting pulse growers in Australia using DNA technologies like PREDICTA® BLearn the benefits to this line of technology and the advantages it can provide to producers in inputs, variety selection and for monitoring of pathogen spreadGrowing Pulse Crops Podcast is hosted by Tim Hammerich of the Future of Agriculture Podcast.

<a href="https://pir.sa.gov.au/research/research_specialties/crop_sciences/soil_biology_and_molecular_diagnostics" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Alan McKay</a> joins us all the way from Australia, to talk about some exciting work they are doing to measure various soil microbes including pathogens and beneficial rhizobia. Dr McKay is the Leader of the Soil Biology and Molecular Diagnostics group at the <a href="https://pir.sa.gov.au/research" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">South Australian Research and Development Institute</a> (SARDI). He is committed to not only studying soil-borne diseases and other aspects of soil biology, but also developing tools for growers to manage this biology in their operations. He has played a major role in the development of the <a href="https://pir.sa.gov.au/research/services/molecular_diagnostics/predicta_b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">PREDICTA® B</a> soil analysis technology, which is now recognised internationally for its capacity to accurately identify and measure soil pathogens, as well as the nutrition status of soils. We’re going to talk a lot more about this technology in today’s episode.“The thing we’re doing now with the <a href="https://pir.sa.gov.au/research/services/molecular_diagnostics/predicta_b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">PREDICTA® B</a> technology is starting to look at some of the beneficial organisms. So rhizobium for pulses...which is the rhizobia that modulate lentils, field pea and fava bean. Then using that we launched it as a provisional service just in South Australia and Victoria this year to identify paddocks where you don't need to inoculate the pulse crop. In Australia, the growers don't like applying their innoculates to the pulse crops. Most reliable methods have to be done just before seeding them and it's a task they prefer not to do. So we think this is going to work pretty well.” - Dr. Alan McKay After sampling 850 paddocks they have identified 400 species to allow his group to map the growth of pathogens across the country. One unexpected discovery was that prior to this survey it was assumed there was one Phytophthora species with the potential for causing major harm to pulse crops. Now they have identified three separate species and can better isolate their locality and the tools to better identify them. At the moment, they are focusing on identifying more common pathogens going forward that, while not as catastrophic as Phtyophtora, can reduce yield by up to 20% and are therefore also significant. “<a href="https://pir.sa.gov.au/research/services/molecular_diagnostics/predicta_b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">PREDICTA® B</a> is a collection of what we call qPCR tests.” Dr McKay remarks that it is easy to quality control, scalable and offers great insight for growers and researchers alike. Currently the majority of their testing has focused on cereal crops but they are readily expanding into pulse crops. “The potential now with pulses is that we could look at packaging tests for key pathogens and the rhizobium and identify whether a paddock is a good option for that crop and whether you need to inoculate.” - Dr. McKay This Week on <a href="https://www.growingpulsecrops.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Growing Pulse Crops</a>:<ul><li>Meet <a href="https://pir.sa.gov.au/research/research_specialties/crop_sciences/soil_biology_and_molecular_diagnostics" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Alan McKay</a> the Leader of the Soil Biology and Molecular Diagnostics group at the <a href="https://pir.sa.gov.au/research" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">South Australian Research and Development Institute</a> (SARDI).</li><li>Discover the progress his efforts and research are accomplishing in supporting pulse growers in Australia using DNA technologies like <a href="https://pir.sa.gov.au/research/services/molecular_diagnostics/predicta_b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">PREDICTA® B</a></li><li>Learn the benefits to this line of technology and the advantages it can provide to producers in inputs, variety selection and for monitoring of pathogen spread</li></ul> Growing Pulse Crops Podcast is hosted by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timhammerich/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Hammerich</a> of the <a href="http://www.futureofag.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Future of Agriculture Podcast</a>.

Testing for Soil Pathogens and Rhizobia With Alan McKay, Ph.D.

Chris speaks to Alan McKay, who is current manager of Lothian &amp; Edinburgh AFA Premier Division side - Tollcross Thistle.twitter.com/OfficialCatchupThanks as always to those who submitted content to help us make the show!#AffordableFootball #SLFL #OfficialCatchup

Chris speaks to Alan McKay, who is current manager of Lothian &amp; Edinburgh AFA Premier Division side - Tollcross Thistle. <a href="http://twitter.com/OfficialCatchup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/OfficialCatchup</a> Thanks as always to those who submitted content to help us make the show! #AffordableFootball #SLFL #OfficialCatchup

Catchup With Alan McKay - Tollcross Thistle

This week: Part 2 of our series on LDS Travel -- featuring Morris Murdock’s 10-day LDS Church History Tour with Yours Truly and Alan McKay.In February of this year -- 2007 -- I visited with Morris Murdock travel host extraordinaire Alan McKay at a Salt Lake City travel expo about the questions most people have regarding LDS Church History travel;  Why a group tour instead of doing it on your own?  How old do my children need to be to get the most from experience?  How heavily scheduled are the tours, and what can make this trip to sites from Palmyra to Kirtland to Independence to Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, a spiritual journey as well.With temperatures cooling and the leaves changing, Fall is the most beautiful time to tour in the Eastern and Mid-Western US.  We’ll also have information on how you can join Alan McKay and me for a 10-day tour of LDS Church History this Fall.That’s this week on The Cricket and Seagull...

This week: Part 2 of our series on LDS Travel -- featuring <a href="http://murdockescortedtours.com/MMT_Tours/LDS/LDS_detail.cfm?ID=264" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Morris Murdock’s 10-day LDS Church History Tour</a> with Yours Truly and Alan <a href="http://McKay.In" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McKay.In</a> February of this year -- 2007 -- I visited with Morris Murdock travel host extraordinaire Alan McKay at a Salt Lake City travel expo about the questions most people have regarding LDS Church History travel;  Why a group tour instead of doing it on your own?  How old do my children need to be to get the most from experience?  How heavily scheduled are the tours, and what can make this trip to sites from Palmyra to Kirtland to Independence to Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, a spiritual journey as well.With temperatures cooling and the leaves changing, Fall is the most beautiful time to tour in the Eastern and Mid-Western US.  We’ll also have information on how you can join Alan McKay and me for a 10-day tour of LDS Church History this Fall.That’s this week on The Cricket and Seagull...

LDS Church History tour with Alan McKay