Two-choice or multiple choices behavioural bioassay ????

I am testing oviposition preference of and gravid females insect to four (04) treatment (T1, T2, T3, and a control). When conceiving the experimental design, is it better to submit simultaneously...

02 March 2018 1,626 3 View

ANOSIM TEST WHEN PERFORMING RANDOM FOREST ANALYSIS IN R SOFTWARE

Currently, I'm performing RandomForest analysis (via R software). I have generated MDS plot and all my different eight (08) samples are clearly segregated on the graph. To sustain that observation...

07 August 2017 4,502 1 View

When dealing with count data is preferable to use the kruskall wallis test or negative binomial regression to compare different type of treatments ?

Actually, I'm performing a multiple-choice oviposition experiment (with 10 different kinds of substrate) replicated 30 times. At the end, I want to know on which substrate my flies lay more eggs....

05 June 2017 6,697 2 View

Could someone can supply me documents concerning electroantennography of insects (practice, results description and interpretaion) ?

Could someone can supply me documents concerning electroantennography of insects (practice, results description and interpretaion) ?

08 September 2016 1,560 2 View

Is chi square test is robust for scored data analysis ?

biostatiticiens

07 August 2016 3,378 4 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 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

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Is this moth a Diatraea saccharalis?

The caterpillars of this moth were found in stems of Echinochloa polystachia grass as stem borers. The length of the caterpillars are something about 1.7 cm. I have compared images from the...

24 February 2021 309 3 View

Are these moths Spodoptera frugiperda?

The caterpillars of the moths were collected as fruitborers in pepper at a farmer. I reared them till the adults hatched and compared them with pictures and descriptions on the internet. Are these...

24 February 2021 7,785 5 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

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 View

What is the correct common name for Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?

There are two extant species of Hydrochoerus: Hydrochoerus isthmius, the lesser or Panamanian capybara, and the genotype species H. hydrochaeris. The latter is the more common species of capybara,...

11 February 2021 3,494 14 View