What are your suggestions for getting a clear classification for orchids that can be easy for clear orientation?

Many books have been published containing pictures and measurements and nomenclatures for orchids. Looking at those pictures is something that confuse a lot getting you crazy. You can not...

07 October 2020 9,643 3 View

Do you think that there are a lot of mistakes and complications in the new classification of the Orchidaceae family?

A lot of classifications exist in the Orchidaceae family in our days which make the publisher very confused in choosing the name of the orchid. Do you agree, and what do you suggest?

31 December 2019 4,537 4 View

How to calculate a UMass Coherence Score in Stata?

I'm currently working on a topic modeling project and want to determine the number of latent topics in the dataset. I've recently discovered the UMass coherence score as a suitable proxy. The...

01 June 2019 4,968 1 View

Do you think that instant milk might cause osteoporosis because of added anti crackers?

A lot of anti crackers contains aluminum which can eliminate the Ca out of the body

15 May 2017 6,232 2 View

Can someone tell me how the KEW determine whether a new orchid is accepted or not and what are their rules?

01 January 1970 1,605 15 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

Good morning research fellows, Has anyone worked with senna alata plant extract on any kind of fish?

Literatures on the piscicidal effect of sennaa alata is scanty. if you have any related litrature either in the bark, leaves or roots used as treatment to any aquatic organism please kindly help...

28 February 2021 9,138 2 View

Is there a deep reason for using the squared modulus of the wave function as the probability density of the existence of the particle?

I think we were all surprised at the first time we got to know quantum mechanics that the squared modulus of the wave function is the probability density of the existence of the particle? The role...

28 February 2021 6,282 9 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

What HPLC Marker(s) should be used to detect anthocyanins in a sample?

What HPLC Marker(s) or standard is used to detect and quantify anthocyanins such as Delphinidin, Cyanidin in a given sample of plant extract?

23 February 2021 1,832 4 View