Has cow dung/urine ever been scientifically examined against the claims of their utility?

Cow dung/urine are considered sacred and useful in various ways in India.

01 February 2019 8,665 3 View

Who is the author of highest number of books published in botany?

Is it possible by any individual botanist to write and publish over 166 books in one's life span?

01 February 2019 9,214 1 View

Which tree is the oldest living tree in the world?

We want to know that except the c.4600 yrs old Pine,is there any other living plant which is oldest. In Prayaraj,India there is a Ficus benghalensis tree which is known as "Akshay Vat" and is...

31 December 2018 6,184 1 View

Is there any data base of the plant species used by ethnic communities in the world?

Lots of publications are seen in the field of ethnobotany.We are interested to know that how many and which species are recorded so far,being used by ethnic communities?

11 December 2018 7,660 0 View

What is the botanical name of "Kalpvriksha"?

We would be grateful to know the botanical name of the most celebrated tree of Ancient India

08 September 2018 5,895 5 View

What are the ill effects of fatty lever and how can it be cured?

Can fatty lever be lethal?Whether LIV 52 or any other medicine can cure it?Why one gets fatty lever?

07 August 2018 3,646 10 View

Who has written maximum number of books under single authorship in Plant Taxonomy (Angiosperms & Gymnosperms)?

Myself and people associated with me will be grateful to know the most celebrated author in Plant Taxonomy

06 July 2018 3,596 0 View

Do we have devoted people to translate text books of science subjects for BSc level and upwards, in Hindi and/or other Indian languages?

We have observed that most of the students get their pre-graduation teaching in their mother tongue but as soon as they go for graduation,the only medium available is English,due to which,such...

06 July 2018 4,505 3 View

What is science behind faith?

Throughout world human beings believe in miracles of faith which is reflected in Hollywood, Tollywood Bollywood etc.Devotees of Lord Buddha,Jesus Christ, 84 crores of God's/Goddesses in India, all...

06 July 2018 9,494 1 View

Is there any hope of the lustless & greedless world?

There is a saying that mother Nature has every thing for our need but nothing for our greed.But when one species of her children is adamant to ruin every thing for his greed and lust,who can save...

06 July 2018 8,320 8 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

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

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

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

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

Any specific reason, how sclerotium rolfsii can grow out of Petridish?

Is it related to nutrition or any other reason? Any other fungus have similar kind of growth pattern?

09 February 2021 4,357 4 View

Where can I find Plasmopara viticola?

Hello everyone, For my research I want to infect Vitis Vinifera leaves with downy mildew-causing fungus Plasmopara viticola. Does anyone know where I could find or purchase this fungi? I am...

04 February 2021 5,720 3 View

How to store Fusarium oxysporum for long period in simple methods ?

31 January 2021 1,832 17 View

Cutoff for asv reads?

I got my fungi sequences back from Illumina Miseq sequencing and I'm wondering how many reads do you use as a cutoff? ie. do you delete anything with less than 100 reads? I can't seem to find any...

28 January 2021 5,646 4 View