Giving your plants a human virus

Jason0121do1

Jason0121do1

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Hi guys was wondering if it is possible to give your plants a virus.

For instance if you have a virus and your into your grow room can your babies catch your virus via there leafs as that's there source for co2.

Or if you cough over your reseviour with your feed mix in.

Just wondered guys thanks.
Hi guys was wondering if it is possible to give your plants a virus.

For instance if you have a virus and your into your grow room can your babies catch your virus via there leafs as that's there source for co2.

Or if you cough over your reseviour with your feed mix in.

Just wondered guys thanks.
 
Los Reefersaurus

Los Reefersaurus

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not so fast you guys in the cheap seats. This is a better question then you would first think. It is assumed that most common colds and flues wont affect your plants. However there are may fungi and diseases and bugs for that matter that can transfer from the grower to the plant or vise versa.
 
Jason0121do1

Jason0121do1

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Los Reefersaurus said:
not so fast you guys in the cheap seats. This is a better question then you would first think. It is assumed that most common colds and flues wont affect your plants. However there are may fungi and diseases and bugs for that matter that can transfer from the grower to the plant or vise versa.
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Thank you.
 
Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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Jason0121do1 said:
Hi guys was wondering if it is possible to give your plants a virus.

For instance if you have a virus and your into your grow room can your babies catch your virus via there leafs as that's there source for co2.

Or if you cough over your reseviour with your feed mix in.

Just wondered guys thanks.
Hi guys was wondering if it is possible to give your plants a virus.

For instance if you have a virus and your into your grow room can your babies catch your virus via there leafs as that's there source for co2.

Or if you cough over your reseviour with your feed mix in.

Just wondered guys thanks.
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Simple answer within a question:

Do plants have hearts, livers, lungs, intestines, brains, etc.?

In case you're struggling with the answer, the answer is, no. No they don't.
 
chemphlegm

chemphlegm

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Evidence of First Virus That Infects Both Plants and Humans
By Stuart Fox April 14, 2010


Tree Afflicted With Chestnut Blight

Don't worry. Far as anyone knows, blight still isn't contagious for humans.

James Bowe, http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-04/scientists-discover-first-virus-make-jump-plants-humans

From rabies to bird flu to HIV, diseases passing from animals to humans is a well-known phenomenon. But a virus jumping from plants to humans? Never. At least, that's what doctors thought until Didier Raoult of the University of the Mediterranean in Marseilles, France, discovered that the mild mottle virus found in peppers may be causing fever, aches, and itching in humans. If validated, this would mark the first time a plant virus has been found to cause problems in people.

Plant viruses are routinely found in human feces, along with the digested plant matter they infected. Based on that presence, Raoult interviewed 304 people about how frequently they suffered from fever, abdominal pain, and skin irritation. Of the 304 patients, the 21 people with pepper mild mottle virus in their feces were more likely than the others to present those symptoms.

Not everyone is convinced, however. Robert Garry, a virologist at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, claims the virus lacks the biochemical key needed to gain entry into a cell, and thus couldn't possibly infect human tissue. Additionally, since Raoult only asked about very general, common symptoms, Garry believes that the results might be within random variation.

Raoult, obviously, stands by his discovery, and claims that what he observed may not be the infection of human cells by the virus per se, but viral RNA accidental interfering with the function of human RNA. Either way, this looks to be a quirk of biology, not a concerted evolution by a plant disease to infect animals. So please, feel safe going back to gardening without wearing a SARS mask.
 
Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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chemphlegm said:
Evidence of First Virus That Infects Both Plants and Humans
By Stuart Fox April 14, 2010


Tree Afflicted With Chestnut Blight

Don't worry. Far as anyone knows, blight still isn't contagious for humans.

James Bowe, http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-04/scientists-discover-first-virus-make-jump-plants-humans

From rabies to bird flu to HIV, diseases passing from animals to humans is a well-known phenomenon. But a virus jumping from plants to humans? Never. At least, that's what doctors thought until Didier Raoult of the University of the Mediterranean in Marseilles, France, discovered that the mild mottle virus found in peppers may be causing fever, aches, and itching in humans. If validated, this would mark the first time a plant virus has been found to cause problems in people.

Plant viruses are routinely found in human feces, along with the digested plant matter they infected. Based on that presence, Raoult interviewed 304 people about how frequently they suffered from fever, abdominal pain, and skin irritation. Of the 304 patients, the 21 people with pepper mild mottle virus in their feces were more likely than the others to present those symptoms.

Not everyone is convinced, however. Robert Garry, a virologist at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, claims the virus lacks the biochemical key needed to gain entry into a cell, and thus couldn't possibly infect human tissue. Additionally, since Raoult only asked about very general, common symptoms, Garry believes that the results might be within random variation.

Raoult, obviously, stands by his discovery, and claims that what he observed may not be the infection of human cells by the virus per se, but viral RNA accidental interfering with the function of human RNA. Either way, this looks to be a quirk of biology, not a concerted evolution by a plant disease to infect animals. So please, feel safe going back to gardening without wearing a SARS mask.
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Because plants and humans both have RNA as a fundamental building block of life. So this is an exception.
 
Los Reefersaurus

Los Reefersaurus

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chemphlegm said:
Evidence of First Virus That Infects Both Plants and Humans
By Stuart Fox April 14, 2010



Not everyone is convinced, however. Robert Garry, a virologist at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, claims the virus lacks the biochemical key needed to gain entry into a cell, and thus couldn't possibly infect human tissue. Additionally, since Raoult only asked about very general, common symptoms, Garry believes that the results might be within random variation.

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Some people are hard to convince of obvious things , ex the earth is not flat, and there is no such thing as dark matter.
 
Jason0121do1

Jason0121do1

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Olive Drab Green said:
Simple answer within a question:

Do plants have hearts, livers, lungs, intestines, brains, etc.?

In case you're struggling with the answer, the answer is, no. No they don't.
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Wtf has that got to do with what I asked?. Clearly haven't looked through the thread. Too many people act like little bickering girls on here
 
Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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Jason0121do1 said:
Wtf has that got to do with what I asked?. Clearly haven't looked through the thread. Too many people act like little bickering girls on here
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It has everything to do with what was asked, if you aren't dumb and can extrapolate from the information provided.
 
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