How to germinate Stevia rebaudiana seeds?

How can I assign a velocity along one direction to CO2 molecules in a molecular dynamics simulation using GROMACS?

Dear all, I am trying to perform a MD simulation about the interaction between CO2 and a polymer. I create my model, solvate it and perform the NVT and NPT equilibration. Now I am not able to...

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Recalcitrant seed short-mid storage method?

Dear peer scientists, Ultradry storage is not suitable for recalcitrant seeds. However, theoretically, if we can stabilize the structure of the subcellular membrane, as well as glassify the...

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Is there a suitable way to confine cell attachment area inside a multi-well plate?

Are there any types of cylindrical cell culture inserts that are designed to confine cell seeding area? Say, if I'm using a 12 well plate (3.5 cm^2/well), but only want to seed cells in the middle...

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Is it possible to use maize mature seed to do transformation for maize transgenic study?

Almost all research reports which i ever seen work on Early mature embryo for Agrobacterium mediated maize transformation. In other grass families like rice, we can use mature seed and what do...

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Dealing with BMDM seeding and RNA extraction ?

biomedical master student here , i am dealing with mice BMDM and would like some help , i seed 0.5 x 10^6 cells/per well in a 6 well plate but when i extract the RNA i get a very low yeild , i...

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Is secondary metabolite production more at vegetative growth stage or during reproductive stage?

Hi, I am working on the effect of heavy metals on a medicinal plant by pot experimentation. Analyzing the effect of heavy metals on secondary metabolites is one of the parameters. I will be...

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Are the topics below viable research in plant biotechnology?

1. Chemically induced mutagenesis in seed and qPCR detection and amplification of desired trait. 2. Site-directed mutagenesis in qualitative traits of a multiline seed.

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Seeds harvest from white clover by selfing?

I tried to get seeds from white clover by self-fertilization but I could not get the seeds. As you know the white clover is generally fertilized by crossing. I wanna get the seeds by...

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What is the best method of preparing cell supernatant samples for a Luminex assay to detect cytokines ?

I am planning to run a Luminex assay using cell supernatant to assess cytokine secretion by tumor cells. I came across different methods in literature; some suggest seeding in complete media and...

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How do I measure Arabidopsis germination rate?

Hi there, I'm looking for a way to measure the Arabidopsis germination rate, like what media I should use to plant the seeds and what indicator I should see for germination. I'm planning to...

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Andrew Paul McKenzie Pegman

The seeds may need cold stratification. Also, it takes up to 3 weeks for them to germinate. You can try to use only viable seeds, using the flotation test: place them in distilled water, then only use seeds that sink :)

Yongbin Dong

After you sterilized the seed, you should wash them using enough sterile deionized water.

Alex Ignatov

Look at Article The Effects of Light and Temperature on Germination of Stevi...

Dijana Smailagić

Many thanks to all. Andrew Paul McKenzie Pegman I will try the flotation test, maybe the seeds were not of good quality. Yongbin Dong yes I washed them well. Alex Ignatov the article sounds very helpful.