What might cause the meiosis in diploid species to be less regular than closely tetraploid species?

When doing flow cytometry on seed of closely related diploid and tetraploid deciduous azalea species, the ratio of the flow cytometry scores of embryo / endosperm is 2/3 for the tetraploid species...

11 December 2015 4,484 8 View

Does a .1 increment in flow cytometry scores for closely related species from 1.8 to 3.8 indicate an increase in the number or length of chromosomes?

10 November 2014 3,507 3 View

Are 3 closely related species having differing flow cytometry in a ratio of 1 to 2 to 3 more likely to differ in the number or length of chromosomes?

Let us assume we have three species S1, S2, and S3 that are members of a group G of 100 closely related species. Species S1 is not self fertile and has a flow cytometry score of 1.0 where flow...

10 November 2014 6,739 0 View

For flowering plants, can a sport of a triploid become diploid or tetraploid?

01 January 1970 6,680 2 View

What is this fern?

Please help me to identify this fern species. Thank you in advance.

24 February 2021 2,435 5 View

How to use Remote sensing and GIS applications for mapping the available medicinal plants within the locality/municipality?

Hello, I'm very interested in mapping and managing the conservation of the Philippine traditional medicinal plants, in which I think is very helpful in the field of medicine for further analysis...

21 February 2021 374 5 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

17 February 2021 2,141 9 View

Is there any solar electric power plant having the concentrated photovoltaic modules?

The solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant uses commercial (non-concentrated) PV modules which are quite simple in design and reliable. They can work on fixed orientation and don't need the moving...

16 February 2021 3,796 9 View

Does the subsoil have an effect on the spread of weeds whose roots are more than 35 cm deep?

For weeds whose roots deepen more than the level of subsoil, they may be affected by this layer, for example, determined by height and growth, as well as limited to flower production and seeds.

01 February 2021 1,940 4 View

Is it possible estimating environmental conditions with a Bayesian approach?

In ecology specific species can be used to get an indication/estimation of the environmental conditions. A simplistic example, lets assume I find a pike (Esox lucius). We know this species does...

01 February 2021 10,034 4 View

How can a traditional medicine exist if its validated outcome is translated into molecular mechanism for acceptance of modern medicine?

A traditional medicine (e.g. Unani System of Medicine) has its own philosophy of treatment of a disease. Nowadays, there is emerging demand to validate the effectiveness of an intervention (a...

05 January 2021 9,472 5 View

How yo prepare samples for RNA extraction?

I really need help. I tried finding a protocol on how to prepare samples for gene expression . I am working on Antimicrobial activity of a medicinal plant and I would like to check its effect on...

30 December 2020 7,112 2 View

What is the level of consciousness , communication and feeling in plants ?

Do you think the plant can communicate with each other, what is the level of feeling in plants?

22 December 2020 2,754 17 View

Removal of pollutants from saline water: Treatment technologies ?

The proposed textbook deals exclusively with the technologies and methods to clean the pollutants from saline water (seawater, brackish, oil produced and other industrial saline wastewater). Most...

17 December 2020 7,680 3 View