How we can make available maximum Nitrogen (N) to plants ??

Would we ever able to replace Urea with organic fertilizer??

31 December 2017 2,986 11 View

How much safe is nano-fertilizer for human beings???

Nano-fertilizer is one of the most promising organic fertilizer we all know but when i went through some literature i found about nanotoxicity. As the nano-particle used in nano-fertilizer change...

09 October 2017 7,676 5 View

Could molasses be a good substrate for Potash mobilizing and solubilizing bacteria ???

If anyone performed this experiment please share details and publications to related work.

09 October 2017 667 0 View

Gypsum a very good soil conditioner widely used in sodic soil, has the same response on acidic and neutral pH soil ??

Is there any report of gypsum on acidic soil and neutral pH soil positive and negative effect??

09 October 2017 2,880 3 View

Molasses a by product of sugarcane industry used in agriculture ???

Molasses is widely used in food industries and agriculture. In agriculture, can we use it as raw material ?? If used in field crop, what is the possibility to catch soil insects??? We want to use...

09 October 2017 6,533 7 View

Why are farmers uneducated about soil health and plant growth enhancement through biological agents?

01 February 2015 9,585 3 View

Can we improve strain activity (bacterial/fungal) through the use of biological agents or natural substrates?

There are many chemical being used in enhancing biochemical activity such as phosphorus solubilization and nitrogen fixing activity in bacteria/fungus. Could anyone tell me about biological agents...

01 February 2015 2,721 4 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 View

Any references about insects or animals that can damage or weathering of rock or fossil material?

Are there any references to insects or animals that can cause damage or weathering to the rock or fossil material? books or paper that would be nice. Thank you very much!

24 February 2021 6,805 3 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

What are your alternative data collection methods during the pandemic? What are the pros and cons?

Dear colleagues We are exploring possible data collection methods for environment and behavior research in the context of architectural environments. Have you conducted any Post Occupancy...

16 February 2021 2,575 4 View

Any way to separate out fluorescent channels from a composite image?

Hi there, I've been using the EVOS Auto II microscope for some time now and usually I will save the transmitted light/bright field image and the images from fluorescent channels as separate...

15 February 2021 546 3 View

What is/are the best ML classifier(s) for Sentinel2 images?

Hi I am trying to segment a sentinel2 image. At this stage, I want to run a binary classifier that assigns each pixel to either farm or non-farm pixel. For this purpose, I have 4 10m bands...

15 February 2021 3,596 9 View

How reliable is estimation of copy numbers by absolute qPCR?

Hello, I would like to compare the expression levels of several genes in insects, so I prepared standard curves and estimated copy numbers of each sequence in my samples. But for one of the genes,...

11 February 2021 8,421 13 View

How to determine measurement uncertainty of a mass balance?

Hi everyone, I work at a factory plant where they use a mass balance. The problem is that there is an huge difference between the input and output of one element. There are several people working...

10 February 2021 5,764 3 View

Centrality indices for weighted bipartite networks?

My colleague and I are looking to use SNA to look at the risk of contact between an intermediate and definitive host of a parasite. We have built a bipartite network where one set of nodes...

08 February 2021 6,637 3 View