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We have in India, Classopollis pollen assigned to Cheirolepidiaceae by many previous workers, but never reported any megafossils of this family. The fossil leaf axes of Brachyphyllum and...
04 February 2016 3,947 1 View
Read 2 answers by scientists to the question asked by Md Ekhlas Uddin on Feb 5, 2016
04 February 2016 3,560 2 View
I am looking for either a lab to do the testing or a relatively simple-to-use kit to do it myself. Can it be done on whole body tissues? What quantity of tissue is required? How expensive is this...
03 February 2016 1,376 3 View
I am loohing for quantitative informations on colorant content, carbohydrates, organic acids, fats, proteins, minerals... in brief an exhaustive composition of safflower. Many thanks for your...
01 February 2016 5,054 3 View
Need a model monocot plant. If possible Brachypodium distachyon seeds.
29 January 2016 476 3 View
Adenocalymma acutissimum (Cham.) Miers. Bignonia acutissima Cham. =Adenocalymma comosum DC.
29 January 2016 5,837 3 View
Working at an farm in the Dominican Republic that has a commercial scale floating raft aquaponic system. The system is poorly maintained and water quality parameters are scarcely recorded. The...
29 January 2016 4,322 8 View
Can we get any difference in germination rate in light and dark condition?
26 January 2016 3,878 3 View
Many flowers show heliotropism and the flowers are sun tracking. The discussed benefits of sun tracking flowers are heating up the flowers for better pollen germination and seed production, and...
26 January 2016 9,334 5 View
what is the best way to conduct a drought experiment for Arabidopsis in soil media? and what are the important parameters to measure? (Rght now plan is to Grow the seedlings on known weight of...
22 January 2016 5,784 9 View
I have disolved 2,4-D powder with absolute ethanol. Then 2,4-D powder is turned into clearly solution. I adjusted the volumn by distilled water. So, the powder isn't dissovled again. What's wrong...
10 January 2016 7,197 5 View
Can we convert protein in per unit fresh weight of leaf into per unit dry weight of leaf on the basis of relative water content?
07 January 2016 5,767 2 View
i am dealing with callus generation of citrus limon as the leaves and shoots are very hard i have tried with cotyledons but the results are not up tp the mark...kindly help me out if any one can.
29 December 2015 6,050 3 View
Source-sink relationship What are the main factors determining the source capacity in legume crops at flowering stage?
27 December 2015 6,018 3 View
For the genus Rhododendron, triploids are sometimes fertile but pentaploids appear to be often fertile. Once Rhododendron seedlings gets above the triploid level, aneuploids not near euploid...
26 December 2015 10,008 22 View
Dicot woody stem is always an example in books when discussing about parts of the stem.
25 December 2015 5,208 8 View
It is said that this fungus provide better growth of plants. I m willing to carry an experiment about it on maize seedlings
24 December 2015 6,922 2 View
Annangi Subba RAoAdvisor R&D Coromandel InternationalIndian Institute of Soil Science
23 December 2015 5,140 25 View
in mustard crop ?
21 December 2015 2,699 10 View
It measures a large number of parameters? I wonder which should be more important? Can anyone guide me about the most inter-linked (associated) traits?
20 December 2015 4,663 6 View
Greetings! I am curious about this topic. Most of the research about microgravity is focus on the morphogenesis and tropism of the plant. As far as I know, the microgravity can affect the...
17 December 2015 2,315 4 View
It is an ornamental, medicinal and forage plant.
28 November 2015 9,569 1 View
Anyone can give me the answer that whether Coix aquatica is photosynthesizing with C4 or C3 pathway? (for me, it look quite like a typical C4??? but no proof) I just start being interested in this...
24 November 2015 3,356 7 View
I am wondering if anyone had any experience in injuring roots and know of a good, quantifiable way to damage an already rooted plant without ruining the network too much. The goal of the injury is...
10 November 2015 10,010 1 View