What are the international standards of a microbiology laboratory for production of biopesticides?

i could like to know if there are any international standards for a microbiology laboratory for production of bio pesticides.

25 August 2019 4,940 3 View

Re the grants and publications, why do you have such incomplete records?

Re the grants, I've had 5 NSF research grants, 9 NSF dissertation improvement grants, 1 NGS grant, 1 Wenner-Gren grant and various others. You also have only about 50-60% of my publications. The...

04 March 2019 2,369 1 View

How to prepare samples for Western Blot using Bio-Rad 4X Laemmli Buffer?

I need help verifying my calculations prior to proceeding. I have muscle homogenate (a single sample to use as an example) at a concentration of 6.82mg/mL which calculates to 6.82ug/uL. Now, the...

11 October 2018 5,873 3 View

Looking for sociology data suitable for nested logit model?

19 December 2016 5,792 6 View

How can one control beetles feeding on red spider mites?

27 July 2016 5,351 5 View

How to change the order in a sample to modify Kendall's tau value ?

Hi RGaters, Does anyone know how to modify the order in a sample to modify Kendall's tau value(s) ? Let me clarify what I am looking for. Consider that we have N realizations of K random...

27 June 2016 7,103 2 View

What is the perfect animal model for type 2 diabetes?

Consider challenges involved with diet induction (fructose and fat feeding), where animals either don't develop full blown diabetes or revert back

07 March 2016 5,276 4 View

What is the best approach to use when one wants to change from dependency of chemicals to use biological controls/ bio-pesticides?

I could like to know the method that i could use to change from using chemical pesticides to use of biological controls without necessarily causing an epidemic. I need to make a smooth transition....

10 December 2015 2,001 11 View

Can I add in more steps to a currently running simulation in abaqus?

I have defined initial step and 4 steps, and is running my simulation now. And I wish to add more steps into it. I do not want to re-simulate everything from the initial step until the 4th steps...

04 May 2014 6,037 2 View

What field and history output should I select for thermal fatigue life prediction using Abaqus?

Right now I have a surface mount resistor model. For low cycle fatigue, what are the steps that I should use? Do I set the thermal loading in "predefined field" of each step? What field and...

21 April 2014 6,149 1 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

Mixture neutralization after Boc deprotection ?

I am performing a Boc-deprotection with HCl in organic solvent (dioxane or Ethylacetate) but would like to isolate the free amine. Several problems: - Neutralizing with inorganic base as NEt3...

18 February 2021 3,366 3 View

Ligands with 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl group?

Hi In the design of a bidentate ligand with imine group, is it okay to have a 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl group in the structure? In other words, does the 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl group compete with...

08 February 2021 4,977 7 View

How do microbes tell the presence of an inorganic minaral in the soil?

Due to their ubiquitous nature, there is a tendency of the presence of microbes in a given mineral(s). For instance, if microorganisms that love the of pH less than 6 in the pH value, is isolated...

03 February 2021 4,630 10 View

Remove excess hydrazine hydrate?

How can I get rid of excess hydrazine hydrate 99%?? The reaction is converting an ester into hydrazide , required excess amount of HH to be done with ethanol as solvent. I removed ethanol by...

30 January 2021 7,753 4 View

For Carbon-emission free steelmaking by electrolysis with nonoxidizable electrode in EAF, what would be electrode material?

While CCS can be employed along with a conventional Carbon-efficient EAF steelmaking process (especially from iron ore) or even Hydrogen or hydrocarbon can bee passed through central electrode,...

30 January 2021 3,378 1 View

Is it possible to prepare clay minerals by mixing pure oxides of required elements? What would be theoretical difficulties with it?

Practically this is not at all necessary. But theoretically, would hydrous/hydrothermal synthesis be enough (like mix 1 mole alumina gel and 4 mole silica gel and gently heat) or would it require...

26 January 2021 6,403 3 View

Seperate of organic and inorganic phosphorus in waste water?

Is it possible to separate organic and inorganic phosphorus in wastewater with a filter?

14 January 2021 952 3 View

Is there any special rule to find out possible room-temperature stable silicates' chemical composition, if not crystal structure itself?

Suppose one needs to find out room-temperature stable silicates chemical composition of a particular cation, suppose magnesium. Is there any rule to estimate which stoichiometric values of metal...

13 January 2021 7,385 4 View

Please share some research papers on the synthesis of Mn3O4 nanoparticles via Hydrothermal method by using Manganese(II) nitrate hydrate?

05 January 2021 9,040 4 View