What can be the standard methodology i need follow to measure soil fuuna and flora in experimental samples?

I want to analyse the biomass, abundance and functional diversity of different flora and fauna in my experimental samples. Please suggests me precise and standard methods for this purpose.

02 March 2017 395 3 View

How can I measure the stability of clay humus complexes in soil?

Suggest me the best way of measuring stability of clay humus complexes in soil. Thank u.

02 March 2017 7,784 4 View

Which method I need to employ to quantify the micro and macro organism population in soil samples ?

Best practical way to quantify the microbial population in soil samples?

02 March 2017 8,733 4 View

Biochemical changes in the soil after plant residue incorporation and retention?

Changes in biochemical behavior of soil followed by incorporation v/s crop residue retention.

02 March 2017 6,626 5 View

Is there any scientific method to measure Phosphorus Fractions ?

Phosphorus and it's various fractions in the soil are good indicators for analysing soil Fertility. So their accurate measurement may help the famers, scientific communities and policy makers. But...

02 March 2017 8,460 3 View

How I can do the statistical analysis (ANOVA) in sole maize and intercropped maize+ccowpea (50:50) having 4 main plot and 5 subplot treatments ?

Best approach for statistical analysis of intercropped maize+cowpea experiment. Please take a example of any growth parameter such as plant height, number of leaves, LAI, CGR etc. and compare the...

02 March 2017 933 4 View

What is the significance of measuring carbon stocks on equivalent weight basis ?

Share your ideas about the advantages of measuring C stocks with equivalent weight based approach.

02 March 2017 2,474 0 View

Which standard methodology I need to follow regarding quantification of gradient carbon pools ?

02 March 2017 8,256 0 View

How can I measure the N fractions in rhizospheric soil samples?

Please suggest me the precise and standard methodology to compute the various N fractions in rhizospheric soil samples.

02 March 2017 4,184 7 View

Which one is the best protocol to measure aggregate stability ?

Need reviews regarding measurement of aggregate stability.

02 March 2017 7,807 2 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

How does the gut microbiome affect the fibrotic process within the liver?

and Can the gut microbe be used for the treatment or diagnosis of liver fibrosis?

02 March 2021 557 2 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 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

Heat exchanger with liquid Nitrogen as coolant?

I want to cool Natural Gas from 195 Kelvin to 138 Klevin in a heat exchanger by using liquid nitrogen as the coolant medium. When entering the heat exchanger, the liquid nitrogen will have a...

01 March 2021 6,450 5 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Why do a weight decrease for thermal degradation in nitrogen gas condition?

Hi all The question is related to TGA(Thermogravimetric analysis). Thermal degradation easily understood but why do samples weight decrease? altough just binding is broked, the weight of...

26 February 2021 1,100 5 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

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration fors?

Warm greetings My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology (on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 1,660 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration forms?

Warm greetings! My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology focusing on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample (Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 3,612 3 View