How do you think the Bio-crust in soil surface in pastures can be identified? When or what season is best during the year?

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How can we increase RNA yield from fish muscle...?

I have been using Biorad RNA synthesis kits which gives better RNA yield and quality from most of the tissue of breams, silver pomfret, seabass.Muscle tissue RNA yields very low and the quality...

10 January 2022 6,650 3 View

Hello Friends..especially those working in fish parasitology.. Can you help?

This is the opistho-portion of a monogenian parasite found on marine fish (salinity over 40 ppt). The hooks and disk are of different size on each lateral side. I have info of Lyntaxine species...

25 August 2021 2,211 4 View

In your opinion, when is the best time to sample soil biological crusts in pastures and gardens in sub-mountainous areas?

I like to work on forming of the soil's biological crust and its microbial diversity. In your opinion, when is the best time to sample soil biological crusts in pastures and gardens in...

31 January 2020 689 0 View

I would like to know what is the standard method of cultivation and propagation of truffle mushrooms in the laboratory and field?

I would like to know what is the standard method of cultivation and propagation of truffle mushrooms ( Tuber aestivum , Tuber macrosporum , Tuber brumale ) in the laboratory and field? There...

30 November 2019 6,780 3 View

How compromised we are by publishing in an open access journal by paying for the publication?

Are we, as a scoentofoc community, get into a situation where where we compromise against the quality of the reaserch paper when the same is published in a journal by paying for each publication?...

11 March 2019 3,667 4 View

Is anyone working on resistance transfer across bacterial species? How do you rate probiotic bacteria in this context?

Is the essential quality of a probiotic bacterium that it should not possess antibiotic resistance genes? If so, how do you rate the bacteria in use nowadays in aquaculture? Many of them are...

10 February 2013 3,680 0 View

Probiotic results in aquaculture (marine species)

Many have been trying on probiotics in fish species, the results are not consistent, many trials leading to the same conclusion... do the probiotics really help enhance immunity and growth...

21 November 2012 1,719 8 View

Probiotics...in fish do we need to study more of the autochthonous flora to make it more effective?

Dear Friends We have seen that the veterinary probiotics used for probiotic applications in terrestrial animals do not actually deliver what it is thought ot be. We saw one such bacteria actually...

18 October 2010 962 5 View

What are the key methods and indicators used in assessing the biodiversity of river ecosystems, and how do these methods account for variations ?

Biodiversity assessment of river ecosystems is crucial for understanding the health and stability of these environments. This question aims to explore the various techniques employed to evaluate...

07 August 2024 4,290 3 View

Does the soil contamination correction factor for decomposing leaf biomass vary according to space and season?

The question refer to leafy biomass decomposition using litterbag techniques.

11 July 2024 2,078 0 View

Does produce in season have more nutrients when eaten in season and fruits and vegetables safe to eat if they have been treated with pesticides?

02 July 2024 4,144 2 View

Are These Dates, Months, and Seasons Accurate for Agricultural Planning in Bangladesh?

As many of us know, there is often confusion regarding the alignment of dates, months, and seasons in our agricultural practices. To address this, I have prepared a table that aims to provide a...

27 June 2024 7,749 1 View

Which could be origin of symmetrical botryoidal mineralization?

Hi Me and my collegues found a strange rock aggregates here Lunda Sul, within Kalahari sand suite. Similar formations (ferricrite, ferricrete) are found within Lunda Sul, Angola on the surface...

23 June 2024 2,507 3 View

What causes decreased agricultural production & how does global warming affect crop production and rise in temperature lead to longer growing seasons?

What causes decreased agricultural production and how does global warming affect crop production and rise in temperature lead to longer growing seasons?

21 May 2024 9,482 6 View

Why do we see different constellations in night sky during different seasons & why do stars & constellations appear to move in night sky during year?

Why do we see different constellations in the night sky during different seasons and why do stars and constellations appear to move in the night sky during the year?

03 May 2024 7,321 4 View

Why constellations in the night sky change do from season to season and why are these constellations always visible whereas others are seasonal?

03 May 2024 7,464 3 View

Requesting assistance in identifying the balloon-like structure observed in the shallow lagoon shore area?

Dear Researchers, I am writing to seek clarification on an observation made in a shallow location near the lagoon shore following the rainy season in January. I observed a balloon-like structure...

22 April 2024 6,055 1 View

SAS code for a Split plot design?

Dear all, I want to analyze a trial experimental, followed a randomized block design in a split plot with 4 × 5 arrangement (four pre-grazing height and five seasons), with four replicates. Does...

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S. Mohamad Alavi

Dear Saheb, according to my experiments (using DNA method and culture of bacteria) in forest land use, the population of bacteria and its density is over 100 times more in Spring compared to its amount in Autumn and Winter. specially middle of the Spring.

Saheb Soodaee Mashaee

Thanks Dear syed Mohammad. are you fine.