A plant from the Himalaya: Can it be a Bistorta amplexicaulis, Polygonaceae?

Photographed in the Himalaya, Uttarakhand, Dhanolti, at an elevation about 2200 m. What you think, can it be a Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Don) Greene? Or other Bistorta or even other Polygonaceae...

09 October 2017 4,555 6 View

Does the attached Andean plant belong to Urticaceae? What you think?

06 July 2016 6,858 20 View

Urticaceae? We identified the photographed Andean plant as Clidemia D.Don, Melastomataceae? Most likely we are wrong, what you think?

06 July 2016 4,325 17 View

Asteraceae? Does it look familiar to you?

Western slopes of the Andes, Ecuador, Pichincha Province, about 1600 m. Very difficult case. Identified as Pentacalia sp., Asteraceae (the identification looks doubtfull). An important new...

06 July 2016 3,905 9 View

Which Fabaceae genus can you recognize in the two attached photos of a plant from Bolivia (Coroico, elevation about 1600 m)?

Yes, I know... Unfortunately, the photos are not of the best quality...

05 June 2016 5,351 7 View

Would someone like to get answers or any other consultation on free membership at the Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute?

FOR BIODIVERSITY RESEARCHERS AND/OR EDUCATORS. Membership at the Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute may become more than an additional line in your C.V. If you are interested to get more info...

02 March 2016 2,637 0 View

Passionate about biodiversity inventory? What you would tell my students? Or bureaucrats in a research proposal?

Why do you think most of us are SO passionate about global biodiversity inventory? Is it only because of ecological pyramids, the global biodiversity crisis and climate change? At the current...

09 October 2014 5,956 1 View

What Experts think: could it be Prunus huatensis Pilg., Rosaceae?

01 January 1970 6,680 3 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

Genome-wide gene identification protocol ?

Is there any book chapter/book, webpage or research article available to understand genome-wide gene identification?

28 February 2021 8,095 1 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

How to improve and implement WBAN MAC and Radio modules under Castalia 3.2 ?

Hello researchers, Hello Castalia3.2 researchers I am a beginner with Castalia, I work on optimization of RFID systems used in wireless body networks. I simulated a WBAN with 10 nodes and one...

28 February 2021 400 1 View

I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

based on what I've studied on multiple papers, for peptide and protein identification Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) is an appropriate matrix to use, I also know that the CHCA powder...

26 February 2021 6,799 3 View