title: Protecting western redcedar from deer browsing-with a passing reference to TRP channels.
abstract: This editorial is about tree farming. It proposes to test in an experiment whether co-planting (in the same hole) western redcedar (WRC, Thuja plicata) with Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) protects WRC seedlings from wildlife browsing. This sustainable protection method is an alternative to the traditional use of mechanical devices and big-game repellents. Many repellents contain transient receptor potential (TRP) agonists, such as capsaicin, a TRP vanilloid-1 agonist. This editorial also delivers a puzzle: while herbivores avoid capsaicin, why do people living in hot climates consume large quantities of it (in chili peppers)?
authors.affiliation: FeverLab; Trauma Research; St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Tree Fever: Forestland Conservation and Development; Glendale, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Andrej A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Romanovsky
keywords: AITC; AITC, allyl isothiocyanate; ATFS, American Tree Farm System; OSU, Oregon State University; RMZ, riparian management zone; TRP, transient receptor potential; TRPA1; TRPV1; WFFA, Washington Farm Forestry Association; WRC, western redcedar; WSARE, Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education; capsaicin; deer browsing; picea sitchensis; repellants; repellents; sitka spruce; spicy foods; sustainability; thuja plicata; transient receptor potential channels; tree farming