What is the role of plant endophytes for nutrient absorption and mobilisation?

Endophytes are known to regulate various physiological processes in plants. Plenty number of literature are available supporting their involvement in modulating several signalling pathways with...

02 March 2018 4,502 6 View

How to study the pollen tube growth in a pistil?

I want to know the methodology to study the pollen tube growth in a pistil. Which dye can be used? Can anyone guide me please

31 December 2017 7,056 0 View

Apart from inviting the pollinators, what else is the role of floral nectar in plant reproduction?

Floral nectar is found in many angiosperm. Though it is a rich source of sugar, it contains various amino acids and minerals. I am interested to know the role of nectar for pollination and...

10 November 2017 8,211 5 View

I want to know the procedure to collect the root exudate from banana plant. Can any one please help me??

Root exudate possesses an immense importance for a plant physiologist, microbiologist as well as a pathologist. i want the procedure to extract root exudate from banana.

10 November 2017 722 8 View

What is precision plant breeding?

Precision farming has become popular to everyone associated with advancement in farming strategies. Similarly, in plant improvement what is the scope of precision breeding? I think, it possess...

10 November 2017 6,796 13 View

How can we study the pollen structure?

By using advanced microscopy tools such as SEM and TEM the pollen structure can be studied up to some extent. Is there any other technique available to study the pollen structure of any crop species?

10 November 2017 2,702 3 View

In many cases, increase in ploidy level of a plant causes decreased growth rate. Why?

Increase the ploidy level of a plant may cause higher vegetative growth. Stomatal size as well as pollen size increases with the increase level of ploidy. Morphologically, Leaf area, plant height...

09 October 2017 7,351 8 View

Why success in conventional banana breeding is climate dependant?

Seed set in banana is highly restricted by male and female sterility factors. Even though, male and female fertile parents are used for crossing programme, seed set depends on the climate. How,...

09 October 2017 3,591 3 View

What is climate resilient fruit breeding?

I want to know more about the advance fruit breeding strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of climate changes.

10 November 2016 7,378 0 View

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

02 March 2021 2,616 1 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

How to simultaneously perform multiple biochemical assays?

I am a research scholar working on heavy metal stress on plants. I will be doing biochemical characterisation( protein, carbohydrate, proline, antioxidant enzymes and many more assays) at interval...

01 March 2021 6,999 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

RIA. How to measure?

When you use RIA, with a control the unknown sample with antibodies, you bare in mind the binding sites of the antibodies. However you still need to measure labelled antigen (radioactive) and not...

28 February 2021 2,133 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

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

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View