What is the easyest way for collecting eggs, larvae, pupae and adults of Grapholita (Cydia) molesta and rearing them in laboratory conditions?

I wanted to collect adults (moths) of Grapholita molesta using pheromone traps, but those traps have selection only for male adults.

09 April 2019 9,693 4 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

Is this moth a Diatraea saccharalis?

The caterpillars of this moth were found in stems of Echinochloa polystachia grass as stem borers. The length of the caterpillars are something about 1.7 cm. I have compared images from the...

24 February 2021 309 3 View

Are these moths Spodoptera frugiperda?

The caterpillars of the moths were collected as fruitborers in pepper at a farmer. I reared them till the adults hatched and compared them with pictures and descriptions on the internet. Are these...

24 February 2021 7,785 5 View

Are there lab markers/pens resistant to Roti-Histol?

Hi, I'm looking for a pen/marker to write on the smooth, transparent (non-frosted) part of microscopy slides which does not get washed away by alcohols and most importantly Roti-Histol. I want to...

24 February 2021 9,902 5 View

I have a problem with kanamycin - why the kanamycin doesn't affect?

Hi everyone, I need to expression of GFP with pET28 plasmid in E. coli BL21(DE3) plysE. Transformed cells have kanamycin and chloramphenicol resistance. Normally, only transformed cells should...

22 February 2021 4,032 4 View

How does elongation affect the resistance of an electrode?

What are the testing rate for electrodes recommended by ASTM for cochlear implants. I am currently doing the 15mm/min elongatio testing.

22 February 2021 1,515 1 View

Resistivity of PVD TiNx thin films vs. N2 flow?

In the PVD of TiN thin films (~100A), I've found the resistivity of the TiN films dropped from ~100 to 60um*cm with N2 flow increasing up to the metallic mode ending point; then the resistivity...

21 February 2021 1,864 2 View

Where can the fault diagnosis data set of lithium battery be found?

Most of the data sets on the network only contain good information about the voltage and internal resistance of lithium batteries. The data of faulty battery is missing. Who can help me, I will be...

21 February 2021 8,659 1 View

How to produce huge amount of protoplasts from Fusarium graminearum?

Hi, all I am using some protocol for protoplast production from Fusarium graminearum (Fg), but I need them in a huge amount. Sometimes the protocol worked well but most of the time failed....

14 February 2021 2,286 4 View