How can one quantify & document indigenous mycorrhizal fungal spores in soil in an area?

In most part of Nigeria little or no research has been carried out on documenting the indigenous mycorrhizal fungi present in soils around the country. If one is to carry out this researches, what...

07 August 2019 6,309 4 View

Is there a cheaper alternative stains that can be used for mycorrhizal root colonization assessment?

Aside tryphan blue and chlorazol E black; which other stains can give a clear stained image of abuscules and vesicles in roots colonized by AMF?

07 August 2019 539 4 View

What is the best method for carrying out a survey of indigenous mycorrhizal species in soils of a particular area?

answers should include appropriate sampling methods and sample size, experimental design, proper documentation methods etc. additional and necessary information and pdfs will be appreciated. thank...

06 July 2018 8,464 2 View

Is there a comprehensive guide/manual for mycorrhizal species spore identification?

I need a comprehensive guide/manual with pictures and illustrations which i can use to identify the spores of the different species of mycorrhizas from soil samples. isolation methods will also be...

06 July 2018 9,825 3 View

What is the reason for reduction in organic carbon, total nitrogen and phosphorus in saline soil?

I'll really need detailed effect of salinity on soil physico-chemical properties. attached materials will be appreciated.

04 May 2018 4,258 10 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 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

How to remove the residual PDMS on the silicon mold?

Incompletely cross-linked pdms are difficult to remove.

01 March 2021 798 3 View

The reason that the culture of white fungi Contamination with green mold(Trichoderma), the culture autoclave at121 for 15 min. What is it?

Is the period to autoclave not enough? The inoculation in a hood and flame and UV and alcohol.

27 February 2021 9,356 3 View

How relevant is Mini slump cone?

for all the rheology researchers, my question is, how relevant is a mini slump cone (smaller than a standard 50 cent rheometer). currently based on testing, the thickness of slumped material is...

26 February 2021 3,668 1 View

What is the most suitable medium of ascomycetes fungi ??

What is the most suitable medium of ascomycetes fungi ??

26 February 2021 4,413 1 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

How to reduce residual stresses in MD simulation?

I am working on a preparation of representative polymeric structures of some popular polymers, such as polyimide or PTFE for MD simulation, during which a single nitrogen or oxygen atom will be...

24 February 2021 8,105 3 View