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How do I monetize my ResearchGate account?

19 March 2024 7,284 4 View

Aquaculture food for juvenil of Platax orbicularis ?

Hi, I would like to make a granul that includes H. sabdariffa powder and i am searching for a food such as "Fish Breed-M" available with INVEaquaculture. It is a powdered broodstock diet that...

17 February 2023 8,610 1 View

What is the best range of water soluble carbohydrate for better quality of grass silage?

In most grass-like Rhodes and elephant grass have 3.01 and 3.19 WSC how much WSC is best for Panicum maximum, Androgan gayanus and Pennistu,m polystachion.

05 March 2022 6,932 1 View

How to remove protozoans from rotifer culture ?

I am culturing rotifer using yeast as food but it got contaminated with protozoans. I want to know how to remove them ?

07 February 2022 3,599 3 View

How can I use the UV VIS spectrometer to scan chemical water such as acetic acid or water?

I am working on UV VIS spectrometer for my master thesis

20 August 2021 6,600 5 View

What is this fern?

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

25 February 2021 2,859 5 View

Fluorescent dye for in vivo study with fish?

Hi, I am writing a proposal regarding a subject related to fish nutrition. For this proposal, I need a fluorescent dye which I can mix into fish feed and which resists digestion so I can analyse...

08 February 2021 3,465 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?

23 December 2020 3,128 17 View

At what temperature the enzymes that split nonstructural carbohydrates in plants are killed?

I need to know, if the temperature around 60°C-70°C can efficiently kill the enzymes that involve in non-structural carbohydrate cleavage. In one experiment we´ve boiled root samples in 50%...

30 October 2020 6,674 4 View

R package for GLMM with phylogeny (but not for community composition)?

Hello, I have a dataset derived from a multi-species experiment that I carried out. I have 30 different plant species from several families and 3 geographical groups. I applied 6 different...

27 October 2020 1,234 3 View

Is there a database indicating the carbon and nitrogen storage capacity of vascular plants (in Europe)?

Hi everyone, I search a database or a review listing the capacity of vascular plants to storage carbon, nitrogen or other important chemical elements. I work actually on a mountain area (Swiss...

20 October 2020 8,936 3 View

Is there an easy way to store small quanitites of silage?

We have 6 steers that we are considering re-vamping the diet for. Currently we get TMR from a local dairy farm which requires sending a person for 1 day twice a week to pick it up. We would like...

14 October 2020 8,971 6 View

How to eliminate ciliates from rotifers culture?

I'm trying to grow up a rotifer culture, but I have a lot of problem with ciliates contamination. I have tried several times to clean all the culture with a 55 um sieve, clean with bleach all the...

27 September 2020 7,386 7 View

Why does the value of fresh and dry weight change in a plant?

In an experiment I found that the fresh weight of the root was less than that of the stem, however when I found the dry weight, the weight of the stem was less than that of the root. Why are these...

21 September 2020 2,674 16 View

Zootaxa, a one-time problem or an announcement of troubles in the future?

Dear all taxonomists Do you think that the problem which we had with Zootaxa in this year is an accidental or we should expect similar problems in the future? Not only for Zootaxa but also with...

14 September 2020 3,752 22 View

Nitrogen fixing bacteria make combination with cells of the roots of what? How they fix Nitrogen in root?

Nitrogen fixing bacteria make combination with cells of the roots of - 1) Pulses 2) Rice 3) Wheat 4) Sugarcane

15 July 2020 8,356 23 View

Any suggestions for phytochemical databases?

I need to find databases for phytochemicals (plants' secondary metabolites) other than Dr. Duke's Phytochemical database and Golm Metabolome Database. Any other suggestions?

09 July 2020 4,466 11 View

Digestibility of nutrients in commercial fish feeds?

Dear all, I am looking for nutrient digestibility coefficients (ADCs) for commercial feed used in several fish aquaculture species (D. labrax, S. aurata, A. regius, S. salar, S. trutta, O....

03 June 2020 5,273 3 View

Do plant extracts contain essential oil compounds?

So I understand that essential oils are formed by steam distillation, and contain volatile, usually aromatic, compounds. Extracts are formed by immersion of plant matter in a solvent, and are...

13 May 2020 2,393 5 View

Can anybody identify this plant?

Dear all, This specimen have been found in an abandoned field margin in the Black Sea region of Turkey. I would appreciate for any a suggestion, Best...

10 May 2020 7,444 22 View

Beyond individual behavior, are there psychological processes in plants?

Psychological processes as: perception, memory, learning, emotion or motivation?

27 April 2020 7,767 11 View

Where can I find reliable datasets of crop pest occurrences reporting precise coordinates?

Dears, Do you know where it is possible to find reliable datasets on crop pest occurrences reporting also the exact coordinates? I have tried to download the CABI pest distribution data. However...

17 March 2020 1,962 2 View

Species that contains the grass allergen Phl p5?

Does anyone know in which species the grass allergen Phl p5 occurs? It was originally isolated from the grass species Phleum pratense so it must at least occur in that species. It stand to reason...

16 March 2020 9,071 4 View

What is the best way to simulate grazing?

Hello, I'm planning to conduct a multi-species experiment to measure different plants' response to grazing. However, I've read that clipping is not a reliable way to simulate the grazing act, so I...

25 February 2020 3,430 9 View

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