Wood decay fungi

Dear Colleagues, I would like to plan a project on the diversity of wood decay fungi in the hilly district of Rangamati. Would you please suggest me the steps to follow gradually?

04 May 2017 9,810 26 View

Should I apply saline solution in the pot soil before sowing seeds or after seed germination in a mycorrhizal experiment?

Would you please suggest me how to apply saline solution in the mycorrhizal pot soil to test the effect on growth of some leguminous crops? Should I apply mycorrhizal inoculum in presalined soils?...

01 February 2015 3,179 8 View

What are these organisms inside cortical cells of roots of maize plants?

I observed a huge population of these organisms aggregating in the roots of maize plants while searching for mycorrhizal colonization. Can anyone suggest what these organisms are?

31 December 2014 7,502 7 View

Are there any effect of cholchicine on mycorrhizal colonization in the roots cells of host plants?

Are there any effect of cholchicine on mycorrhizal colonization in the roots cells of host plants? Can you suggest my any literatures?

11 December 2014 605 2 View

What is the protocol for DNA extraction, testing for identification of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi?

Molecular identification of AM fungi is important. I need the protocol for DNA analysis.

11 December 2014 9,594 5 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

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

What are the saturated salt solutions that can give specific relative humidity of 35%, 65% and 95% for conditioning wood specimens?

Due to the unavailability of climate rooms, I want to carry out an experiment that require the use of certain saturated salt solutions especially those that can condition the wood specimen to 35%,...

25 February 2021 8,139 1 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

Any specific reason, how sclerotium rolfsii can grow out of Petridish?

Is it related to nutrition or any other reason? Any other fungus have similar kind of growth pattern?

09 February 2021 4,357 4 View

Where can I find Plasmopara viticola?

Hello everyone, For my research I want to infect Vitis Vinifera leaves with downy mildew-causing fungus Plasmopara viticola. Does anyone know where I could find or purchase this fungi? I am...

04 February 2021 5,720 3 View

How to store Fusarium oxysporum for long period in simple methods ?

31 January 2021 1,832 17 View