How to perform Partitioning of variance to define the role of factors on insect development?

I have performed the experiment where I fed green tomato fruits (natural host) to the Helicoverpa armigera under six different alternating temperatures as treatments viz. 25:10, 25:13, 25:16,...

10 November 2018 647 2 View

Which is most preferred for calculating variances and standard error of life table parameters at different treatments? Bootstrap or jacknife?

Recently, I have analysed my results of life table parameters of an insect using jacknife procedure. I have also come across papers analysing same results using bootstrap. I want to know which...

07 August 2018 6,772 3 View

Is it right to mention transformed values of data, if the data has been analysed using Tukey's HSD post hoc?

I have analysed per cent survival data of an insect and also find out its arc sine transformed values. Is it appropriate to mention these values if I have analysed my data using Tukey's HSD post hoc?

06 July 2018 8,934 3 View

Can anyone identify pollen types?

I collected pollen loads from Apis mellifera using pollen traps during Jan-Feb in North India. Slides were made from pollen loads for mellissopalynological analysis. Kindly help in identification...

04 May 2018 8,196 0 View

What is temperature pattern in incubators-Sine?, Ramp?, Square?

I carried out an experiment related to impact of alternating temperature on growth of Helicoverpa armigera insect under growth chamber by changing the temperature after 14 and 10 hrs. Whether...

01 February 2018 7,118 2 View

How to feed expression of non linear lactin model in SPSS?

I am facing problem with feeding expression given in the picture to determine maximum thresold temperature

08 September 2017 4,413 3 View

How does weight gain by caterpillars related to temperature?

With increase in instar level of caterpillars , caterpillar gain weight. Is their any relationship which suggest that insect gain weight or lose weight with increase or decrease in temperature

08 September 2016 6,182 5 View

Which insecticide or fumigant is used during fogging operations by municipal corporations in India against mosquito menace?

Time and again I have been reading about spike in dengue and chikunguniya cases and measures taken by municipal authorities in the form of fogging for controlling responsible factor like mosquito....

08 September 2016 4,335 5 View

How to identify live male and female of Diaphorina citri?

I am conducting a study on biology of Diaphorina citri in order to know average female fecundity. In order to do it I have to release one male and female pair. Problem for me is that it is very...

08 September 2016 8,626 5 View

Why 100 per cent sterilization is not reported in lepidopterous insects by using sterile insect technique?

08 September 2016 7,965 14 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

How can I make stacked bar graph with scatter plot?

I want to make a stacked bar graph with showing each data value as dots. I tried with graph pad prism, version 6, but could not succeed. Does anyone have tried before making such graphs?

01 March 2021 9,383 1 View

What software programs can directly simulate Additive Manufacturing Directed Energy Deposition (DED)?

I understand there are a lot of software programs that can simulate DED by going through specific modeling, simulation, and commands. For me, that was time consuming and results were not accurate....

24 February 2021 4,428 3 View

I am looking for a simple software program to model 3D chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate high-quality graphical abstracts. Any suggestion?

Hello everyone: I am looking for a simple software program to model chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate a high-quality graphical abstract for a top leading journal in the field of...

23 February 2021 8,012 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

Which programs are to be used to register 2D image onto a 3D image data set?

I am trying to register a light micrograph onto a 3D CT data set, as I want to extract the corresponding image from the CT data set. Is there any software or program can do this accurately? I am...

21 February 2021 8,220 3 View

What is the better software for approximation of 3D surface with equations?

I have a massive of x, y, z coordinates of 2D surface in 3D space, which builded in Ansys HFSS or AutoCAD. How can I get the analitical aproximation of this surface by formulas?

21 February 2021 3,444 7 View

How can I obtain Reaction Forces in ABAQUS?

I am trying to simulate a simplified version of a beam resting on 10 points using Abaqus. The solutions I want to obtain are the Reaction Forces in each resting point or area when applying a...

21 February 2021 3,075 2 View

How to convert 2D stack images to 3D to obtain surface area of nucleus?

I have 15 slices of the nucleus at different z-heights from confocal imaging. I would like to use these slices to reconstruct the 3D nucleus and ultimately estimate the surface area of the...

20 February 2021 6,967 1 View