What is the role of plant endophytes for nutrient absorption and mobilisation?

Endophytes are known to regulate various physiological processes in plants. Plenty number of literature are available supporting their involvement in modulating several signalling pathways with...

02 March 2018 4,502 6 View

Can someone please share any recent protocol to assay B-1,3- Gluconase enzyme in plants affected with any biotic stresses?

If any recent protocol is available to elucidate B-1,3-Gulcanase in plant sample, please share.

11 December 2017 8,942 0 View

Apart from inviting the pollinators, what else is the role of floral nectar in plant reproduction?

Floral nectar is found in many angiosperm. Though it is a rich source of sugar, it contains various amino acids and minerals. I am interested to know the role of nectar for pollination and...

10 November 2017 8,211 5 View

I want to know the procedure to collect the root exudate from banana plant. Can any one please help me??

Root exudate possesses an immense importance for a plant physiologist, microbiologist as well as a pathologist. i want the procedure to extract root exudate from banana.

10 November 2017 722 8 View

What is precision plant breeding?

Precision farming has become popular to everyone associated with advancement in farming strategies. Similarly, in plant improvement what is the scope of precision breeding? I think, it possess...

10 November 2017 6,796 13 View

How can we study the pollen structure?

By using advanced microscopy tools such as SEM and TEM the pollen structure can be studied up to some extent. Is there any other technique available to study the pollen structure of any crop species?

10 November 2017 2,702 3 View

In many cases, increase in ploidy level of a plant causes decreased growth rate. Why?

Increase the ploidy level of a plant may cause higher vegetative growth. Stomatal size as well as pollen size increases with the increase level of ploidy. Morphologically, Leaf area, plant height...

09 October 2017 7,351 8 View

Why success in conventional banana breeding is climate dependant?

Seed set in banana is highly restricted by male and female sterility factors. Even though, male and female fertile parents are used for crossing programme, seed set depends on the climate. How,...

09 October 2017 3,591 3 View

What is climate resilient fruit breeding?

I want to know more about the advance fruit breeding strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of climate changes.

10 November 2016 7,378 0 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

Is there anyone who experienced with cytotoxic effect of Hoescht 33342 dye?

Is Hoechst toxic to cells? In general, it is known as non-toxic. I am working with dsRED MDA-MB-231 cell line. I applied it for my PDMS-based microfluidic platform, for this reason, I incubated...

26 February 2021 9,119 3 View

How do historians determine the credibility sources in modern history?

For a source to be considered reliable it must contain accurate historical information. But how does one determine the accuracy and reliability of sources in modern and recent history since not...

23 February 2021 1,346 13 View

Methodological confusions regarding deductive and inductive reasoning, hypothesis and theory test?

Hi Colleagues- What do you think about the following methodological issues: 1. Is it methodologically wrong to formulate quantitative research questionnaire based on inductive reasoning? 2. Is it...

21 February 2021 4,634 6 View

Where I can find materials to learn Fuzzy VIKOR methodology?

Please suggest ways to learn Fuzzy VIKOR methodology in a best possible way. And is there any toolkit available for the same? Thank you in advance.

20 February 2021 8,271 3 View

In methylene blue test Why is UV absorbance reading very low as soon adsorbent is added and then increasing before reaching equilibrium?

Hello, I'm working on removal of methylene blue. 01. in the dark test very first reading is taken 15 minutes after adding adsorbent to the dye solution and that UV absorbance reading is very...

19 February 2021 472 5 View

Has anyone performed a colorimetric RT-LAMP assay using Lucigens LavaLAMP kit?

Hi there, my lab recently opted to use LavaLAMP from Lucigen instead of the Warmstart kit from NEB. However, Lucigen has yet to create a colormetric kit for RT-LAMP, and adding phenol-Red (pH...

17 February 2021 5,399 1 View