Rick, it's funny you mention tobacco as it relates to our conversation. It reminded me of something. Last summer, the guy that plants the corn and soybeans on the farm and I were talking about new farming techniques and GMO corn, grains etc. and how far reaching those products go in our diets of all the things we eat and so on. Farmers can talk all day, but to make a long story short, he mentioned that the Chinese had developed a new anti-virus chemical that would probably make GMO's obsolete one day. He said it was being developed further by the tobacco industry there. Well, we're in the process of working up costs now, so this afternoon, I asked him if he remembered our conversation about the Chinese and their tobacco/ antivirus program. He did, so here's some more interesting reading. The chemical is called 'Dufulin'. He says he has quite a few monthly and quarterly trade publications with articles about it, so when we get together later this month, I have plenty to read. For better or worse, Dufulin or a product like it may one day become a common everyday flower garden pesticide for virus control.
http://www.plosone.org/article...
Not sure if I like the Idea. I know I live in a world full of virus and vectors; and surely with some new ones. But somehow I enjoy being natural as much as possible.
