Is there a cheaper alternative stains that can be used for mycorrhizal root colonization assessment?

Aside tryphan blue and chlorazol E black; which other stains can give a clear stained image of abuscules and vesicles in roots colonized by AMF?

07 August 2019 539 4 View

Can salinity affect the proximate composition of plants?

In my analysis of some vegetables grown under salt stress, i observed irregular patterns in the concentrations of proximate compositions of these vegetables. what role does AMF fungi play in such...

09 October 2018 3,136 0 View

What is the best method for carrying out a survey of indigenous mycorrhizal species in soils of a particular area?

answers should include appropriate sampling methods and sample size, experimental design, proper documentation methods etc. additional and necessary information and pdfs will be appreciated. thank...

06 July 2018 8,464 2 View

Is there a comprehensive guide/manual for mycorrhizal species spore identification?

I need a comprehensive guide/manual with pictures and illustrations which i can use to identify the spores of the different species of mycorrhizas from soil samples. isolation methods will also be...

06 July 2018 9,825 3 View

What is the reason for reduction in organic carbon, total nitrogen and phosphorus in saline soil?

I'll really need detailed effect of salinity on soil physico-chemical properties. attached materials will be appreciated.

04 May 2018 4,258 10 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

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

Cutoff for asv reads?

I got my fungi sequences back from Illumina Miseq sequencing and I'm wondering how many reads do you use as a cutoff? ie. do you delete anything with less than 100 reads? I can't seem to find any...

28 January 2021 5,646 4 View