Which primers sets(Sense two sets) Antisense(Two sets) I should use in conventional PCR? Two sense and two antisense primers what does it means?

Dear Researchers, I have read an article and there are two set of primer pairs. Sense primers and antisense primers. The paragraph from the article is as [ The partial DNA-dependent RNA...

31 December 2019 7,502 7 View

Can anyone help in SOD activity buffers?

In 3ml, how can I make all these buffers, I have read this paper for SOD activity, Please find below [The 3 ml reaction mixture contained 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), 0.5 mM...

06 July 2019 3,610 6 View

Is there any easy method to get Jasmonic acids from wheat plants?

Dear All, I need to check the growth promoting effects of some bacterial antagonists. I want to obtain the jasmonic acid and other growth promoting hormones. Then I want to do LCMS. Any step by...

05 June 2019 2,520 4 View

How to prepare solution for GC-MS/LC-MS/HPLC from the barley root exudates/leaf extracts?

I want to check some metabolites from the root exudates or leaf extracts. Than I want to check the metabolites concentration like Jasmonic acid, via GC-MS, LC-MS or HPLC. Can anyone explain me...

03 April 2019 3,325 5 View

Can anyone explain PERMANOVA pairwise results?

Dear All, Can anyone explain the pairwise permanova for the group 1 and Group 2. The data is given as below: Group 1 Group 2 Sample size Permutations pseudo-F p-value q-value A C 12 999...

11 December 2018 5,320 0 View

How can I count conidia on the PDA petriplates incubated for two weeks with haemocytomer?

I have a haemocytometer with 25 major grids and each grid is divided into 16 small grids, The dept is 0.1mm. I put 10 ml ddH20 in petriplates and rub to get spores. I take 10ul from that 10 ml...

01 February 2018 2,594 1 View

What is the definition of the strains in terms of fungi?

Dear All, I have read several papers like these: twelve strains of fungus Trichoderma harzianum were evaluated against Phytopathogen. So in these case what would be the definition of strains?

10 November 2017 6,147 10 View

Can someone recommend a proper procedure for extractions of antibiotics and peptides from the fungi?

Dear All, I want to extract antibiotics and peptides from a fungi. Is there any proper procedure to extract antibiotics from the fungi.

10 November 2017 6,618 3 View

Could not get a good and clear band in the Gell electrophoresis?

I run the Gell for DNA of some of samples. However some DNA bands were thinner some were more thicker in size and some of them were like smear from top to bottom. What could be the reason?

10 November 2017 9,762 4 View

How can I measure the percent inhibition of a plant pathogen caused by bi-control fungus?

Dear All, I have cultured two fungi one 9cm petri plates. The growth of biocontrol agent is very slow but it has potential to parasitize a plant pathogen. I want to measure the percent inhibition...

10 November 2017 4,934 3 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 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

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28 February 2021 9,936 2 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

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 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

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View

What is the best surface to culture cells isolated from a skin biopsy?

Hello, recently I am having some difficulties with maintaining the cell culture of primary cells isolated from a skin biopsy (normal and malignant). The coating of culture plates with Matrigel (a...

26 February 2021 6,151 2 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