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No APC, journal in french, plant biotechnology, soil science, crop production
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Cahiers Agricultures [Scopus (2006-2024), Web of Science-Science Citation Index Expanded] ; No APC, French.
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What is the best medium for the rapid multiplication of bamboo plantlets by micro-propagation ? Are there any rules of thumb in using ingredients including cytokinin, auxin and others that could promote rapid shooting and rooting? Appreciate if those who identified any tricks could be provided.
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Liquid MS Medium
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for oxalate, i used 1g sample, 75ml 0f 3M H2SO4 to soak it. filtered and took 25ml aliquot and warm and titrate against 0,05M KMnO4. (1ml KMnO4=2.2mg).
for phytate, i used 2g sample, soak with 100ml 0f 2%HCl, filter and took 25ml aliquot and to it, 53.5ml dH20 was added. 10ml 0.3% ammonium thiocyanate soln was added and titrated against standard iron III chloride containing 0.00195n iron/ml.
 how do i determine these values in mg/100g?
thanks. swift response is anticipated
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Dear Colleague,
I hope this message finds you well. Calculating the oxalate and phytic acid content in plant samples using titration assays involves specific protocols tailored for each compound. Below are detailed methods for each assay.
Oxalate Content Determination
Materials
  1. Plant sample
  2. Sulfuric acid (H2SO4): 3 M
  3. Calcium chloride (CaCl2): 5%
  4. Potassium permanganate (KMnO4): 0.05 M
  5. Distilled water
  6. Standard oxalic acid solution
Equipment
  1. Pipettes and burettes
  2. Volumetric flasks
  3. Conical flasks
  4. Magnetic stirrer
  5. Water bath
  6. Filter paper and funnel
Protocol
  1. Sample Preparation:Dry the plant sample and grind it into a fine powder. Weigh approximately 2 g of the powdered sample and transfer it to a 250 mL beaker. Add 100 mL of distilled water and 10 mL of 3 M H2SO4. Boil the mixture for 30 minutes.
  2. Extraction:Filter the mixture while hot to remove insoluble matter. Collect the filtrate in a volumetric flask and make up to 250 mL with distilled water.
  3. Precipitation:Take a 50 mL aliquot of the filtrate and add 10 mL of 5% CaCl2 solution. Let it stand overnight to precipitate calcium oxalate.
  4. Filtration and Washing:Filter the precipitate and wash it with distilled water to remove impurities.
  5. Dissolution:Dissolve the precipitate in 100 mL of 3 M H2SO4.
  6. Titration:Heat the solution to 70-80°C. Titrate with 0.05 M KMnO4 until a pink color persists for 30 seconds.
  7. Calculation:Use the formula to calculate the oxalate content: Oxalate content(mg)=(VKMnO4×MKMnO4×90000Weight of sample)\text{Oxalate content} (\text{mg}) = \left( \frac{V_{KMnO4} \times M_{KMnO4} \times 90000}{\text{Weight of sample}} \right)Oxalate content(mg)=(Weight of sampleVKMnO4​×MKMnO4​×90000​)Where VKMnO4V_{KMnO4}VKMnO4​ is the volume of KMnO4 used (mL) and MKMnO4M_{KMnO4}MKMnO4​ is the molarity of KMnO4.
Phytic Acid Content Determination
Materials
  1. Plant sample
  2. Hydrochloric acid (HCl): 2.4%
  3. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH): 0.5 M
  4. FeCl3 solution: 0.2%
  5. Sulfuric acid (H2SO4): 1.5 M
  6. Ammonium thiocyanate solution: 1.5 M
  7. Standard phytic acid solution
Equipment
  1. Pipettes and burettes
  2. Volumetric flasks
  3. Conical flasks
  4. Centrifuge
  5. Water bath
  6. Filter paper and funnel
Protocol
  1. Sample Preparation:Dry the plant sample and grind it into a fine powder. Weigh approximately 2 g of the powdered sample and transfer it to a 250 mL beaker. Add 100 mL of 2.4% HCl. Stir and let it stand overnight.
  2. Extraction:Centrifuge the mixture at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes. Collect the supernatant.
  3. Precipitation:Take a 25 mL aliquot of the supernatant and adjust the pH to 6.0 using 0.5 M NaOH. Add 10 mL of 0.2% FeCl3 solution. Heat in a water bath at 95°C for 30 minutes.
  4. Filtration and Washing:Filter the mixture while hot and wash the precipitate with hot distilled water.
  5. Dissolution:Dissolve the precipitate in 50 mL of 1.5 M H2SO4.
  6. Titration:Titrate with 1.5 M ammonium thiocyanate solution until a persistent reddish color appears.
  7. Calculation:Use the formula to calculate the phytic acid content: Phytic acid content(mg)=(VNH4SCN×MNH4SCN×6600Weight of sample)\text{Phytic acid content} (\text{mg}) = \left( \frac{V_{NH4SCN} \times M_{NH4SCN} \times 6600}{\text{Weight of sample}} \right)Phytic acid content(mg)=(Weight of sampleVNH4SCN​×MNH4SCN​×6600​)Where VNH4SCNV_{NH4SCN}VNH4SCN​ is the volume of ammonium thiocyanate used (mL) and MNH4SCNM_{NH4SCN}MNH4SCN​ is the molarity of ammonium thiocyanate.
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Hi I am looking for any alternative protocols to purify TMV virions, other than the commonly used PEG precipitation. 
Two main problems that I have with PEG protocol is that,
1\ any macromolecule will co-precipitate as well
2\ so that PEG cannot purify full length (300nm) TMV virions from other shorter rods (probably breakage), and other small discs. (thanks to people responded to my earlier question)
So I am wondering if there is any purification protocol or method that can get mostly the full length rods and rid breakage ones and discs? 
Thanks a lot in advance
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Ammonium Sulphate precipitation works and may help resolve the particles by size. Note that the salt itself may affect the stability of the particles. In my hands, a 45% cut contained TMV CP monomer and multimers up to ~300k( analysed with boiled, reduced SDS-PAGE). I have read elsewhere that a 15% saturation is enough to precipitate rods.
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During plant tissue culture researcher using citric acid and ascorbic acid to minimise the browning problem of explant. Under which mechanism these two compounds prevents tissue from browning .Please if references provided will be appreciated
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Dark culturing: In principle, light promotes the production of phenolic compounds. Thus, culturing the explants in dark for about 72 hours to a period of 10 days can significantly reduce the chances of browning.
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we know that Secondary metabolites are non growth associated, and primary metabolites are growth associated, so can the answer be No they have no role? or there are some of them that have role
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Dear Ali Safaa ,
Secondary metabolites are organic compounds that are generally not involved directly in the growth and development of plants but play important roles in their ecological interactions. However, There are some exceptional cases, where secondary metabolites such as alkaloids and flavonoids can directly influence plant growth and development. For example, alkaloids such as nicotine and caffeine can act as growth inhibitors or stimulators, depending on their concentrations and the species of plants. Flavonoids can also play a role in plant growth and development by regulating auxin transport and modulating the activity of plant hormones. Additionally, some secondary metabolites can indirectly affect plant growth and development by protecting them from pests and pathogens, regulating hormone levels, and modulating stress responses.
Nevertheless, it's important to remember that phytohormones, signal molecules, and primary metabolites are the main compounds that directly contribute to the growth and development of plants, while secondary metabolites primarily play roles in plant defense, signaling (here's the overlap), and ecological interactions.
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Can anyone tell me the procedure to apply for German Patent?
How long does it take grant the patent?
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Hi Arvind,
Since Im German I just took a quick look if there is an English manual.
But the first lines already the important ones for you I think:
There thr Original:
Ein Hinweis vorab: Das Patentwesen stellt ein sehr umfangreiches und komplexes Rechtsgebiet dar. Daher kann es vorteilhaft sein, wenn Sie für die Patentanmeldung einen Patent- oder Rechtsanwalt beauftragen. Falls Sie Ihren Wohnsitz nicht in Deutschland haben, müssen Sie aus rechtlichen Gründen auf jeden Fall einen Anwalt hinzu ziehen.
and its google translation (which seemed to me to be right):
A note in advance: Patents are a very extensive and complex area of ​​law. It can therefore be advantageous if you hire a patent attorney or attorney to file the patent application. If you are not resident in Germany, you must consult a lawyer for legal reasons.
Best wishes
Soenke
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Some strains of Pectobacterium sp. and other plant pathogenic enterobacteria are known to produce Trimethylamine, responsible for "fishy" smell of infected plants and bacteria on agar medium. Such bacteria were very rare in Russia until recent years. 
Trimethylamine smells, trimethylamine N-oxide does not. Trimethylamine N-oxide increases osmotic concentration and thus depress the freezing point in bacteria, an important detail for Russian population of plant pathogens. Does anybody know abount frequency of this trait in pathogen populations in other areas and possible use for diagnostics and evaluation of climate change impact  in plant pathology?
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Fishy smell is a well-known trait of Pectobacterium spp., but is where any Dickeya species that has the same feature?
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I am happy to announce that the latest special issue of PCTOC, on Secondary Metabolites and Medicinal Plant Biotechnology, will be in print any day now. Meanwhile you can check the Preface by the editors at https://rdcu.be/cJ2Ryhttps://rdcu.be/cJ2Ry to see its contents. Articles are online already.
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During Tissue culture of Brassicae when explant(hypocotyl) was provided Ms medium containing NAA -0.125 mg/250ml and BAP-0 mg/250ml. The hypocotyl burst and formed shoot, in direct-embryogenesis we expect the formation of somatic embryos from the explant. Please explain is this organogenesis or somatic embryogenesis. Rectify please if I'm wrong in some interpretation. The snap is attached below.
Thanks in advance.
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Vinay
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Yes
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C4 rice variety development project, involving an international consortium of researchers..
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Theoretically, many advantages like maize, however practically wait and see.
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I'm designing a fusion protein for expression in plants. The first protein is about 1,400 amino acids in length and the second is about 350 amino acids in length. I am considering putting the SV-40 (cctaagaagaagaggaaggtt) NLS signal directly after the first larger gene followed by a flexible glycine-serine rich linker. My question is whether I should add an additional SV-40 sequence at the 3' end of my fusion directly after the second gene. I have read about concerns over the two identical NLS sequences potentially bonding together and disrupting the expressed product, but I have also seen publications where two of the same NLS signals are used to effect. Any advice would be helpful.
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Well, the comment about the His-tag does not really answer the question about nuclear import efficiency?! I think it is not fully predictable... some proteins are very well imported with a single SV40-NLS. For others, import may be improved by adding another copy. We worked with Cas9; import improved a lot with a 2nd NLS (see Gruetzner et al 2021 Plant Comms). Some Cas9 versions have 3 - 5 NLSs attached, still no negative effects. If you are worried about using 2xSV40, just use two different ones. I made good experiences with the c-myc NLS in plants, we used ATGGCTCCTGCTGCCAAAAGAGTTAAACTCGACTCAgctgccgcA fro N-ter fusions, tctgcaCCTGCTGCCAAAAGAGTTAAACTCGACTAG for C-ter fusions including some linker amino acids. The core motif is PAAKRVKLD.
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Why there are two names for the same growth regulator?
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Yes u can
as chemical constitution of both are same
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I hope this file is useful for you.
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For the initiation of tissue culture of Philodendron pink Princess, I am curious about the starting material. There are some reports on different varieties of Philodendron concerning tissue culture from leaf explants, but couldn't see it for the pink princess. Have you ever tried tissue culture for this ornamental crop from its mature variegated leaves? Thanks.
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It is possible from old leaves.
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We know that somatic embryo can be used as an artificial seeds, but encapsulation include many kind of material. I ask to researcher to give their experience for us.
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Take a look at this video link
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Hi,
I'm new here so sorry If I'm in the wrong place.
I've been working in UK Agriculture for around 10 years now and I've decided to pursue a career in R&D and plant breeding after working for a seed production company with a local breeding site. I found it all fascinating so I've started a biology degree at Open University and I'm hoping to get a job as a technician or something similar soon.
I know I'm still a fair way from my ultimate goals but in the mean time I'm looking for any good books that go into detail on agricultural plant breeding methods, plant biology, genetics and modern techniques such as Marker Assisted Selection, Doubled Haploid and tissue culture.
I'm looking for something that covers these subjects in detail but on a suitable level for a student (I like diagrams and pictures haha). One of the best looking ones I've found so far is "Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques, and Applications" by C. Neal Stewart Jr. But i could do with some advice from anyone who's read any books like this in the past.
Thanks
Stuart
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Many pieces of researches have shown that responding explant percentage, embryo number, plant regeneration and also response rapidity increase in TCL explants compared to larger size explant. Now, I ask all researchers to share their experiences and reasons.
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Minimal plant tissue offers many advantages over big explants. In case of TCL, cells are directly in contact with the nutrients, and have maximum chances of organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis on optimized growth regulators.
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#essential oils
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I recommend to use filter for sterilization.
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agriculture, soil, mycorrhizal fungi, biology
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If the volume of soil used is not large, an autoclave or micro-oven can be used for sterilization.
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Can turmeric be used as a substitute for the other comercially availble antifungal agents during plant tissue culture?
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I have not had the experience of using turmeric as an antimicrobial agent in PTC. In our country, this substance is much more expensive than conventional disinfectants. On the other hand, we know that turmeric has antimicrobial properties, but it is a natural phenolic compound and its negative effect on cell growth and proliferation has been reported. Also, in my opinion, since this yellow substance reduces the transparency of the culture medium and the environment becomes opaque, I preffer to use the transparent materials.
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Vitis Vinifera : Transcription factor proteins NAC1, NAC08, NAC17, NAC26 already showed a resistance against abiotic and biotic stresses via different articles.
My Vitis Vinifera NAC36 gene might have same function like them ? What the best way to start with this comparison ?? and is it possible ??
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How to prepare FeEDTA by adding Feso4 7h2o and NaEDTA, avoiding precipitation?
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Dissolve the FeSO4.7H2O and EDTA separately in adequate amount of distilled water. Then Slowly mix these components to make up the desire volume.
This stock is photo sensitive.
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On the same medium composition i.e. 2mg/l 2,4-D and 0.4/0.5mg/l Kn MS medium(1962). It is found that leaf and petal explant gives embryogenic callus and node, internode and petiole derived explants with nonembryogenic callus.
In the same study I have performed one more experiment: node, internode and petiole derived callus were transferred to cytokinin rich medium for shoot regeneration; after one month shoot bud differentiation was observed in all the calluses (node, internode, and petoile derived callus) but there is significant difference in morphogenetic potentials of each explant derived callus. I have further subcultured each callus maintained separately and studied for 7 subcultures... during subculture on callus maintenance medium I tried the same composition. During each phase of subculture I have studied morphogenic potential of node, internode and petiole derived callus.. during this study I have found that petiole derived callus retain morphogenic potential up to six subcltures, while the other explants fail after 3rd and 4th subcluture... I need references for a similar study. If anybody has any suggestion please recommend some research papers on related work.
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The response of the cells present in different parts of a plant may vary in vitro. Because of the variable availability of PGRs in different organs, the explants respond differently to exogenously supplied PGRs under in vitro conditions.
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How can I wash it? Please suggest how.
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Water temperature is very important I agree with Mohiuddin Yatoo
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Although it's not a very effective sterilizer alone for plants but still being part of treatments in all researches. i wonder over its widely essential use and what factors decide the time of ethanol treatment?
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Dear @Amina Ilyas You may find a detailed discussion related to your query at the link given below as to why 70% ethyl alcohol is used for surface sterilization:
I would like to add that I am fully convinced with the explanation by @Yuan-Yeu Yau on that thread.
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I have a question about the role of NaCl in the DNA extraction process. So for NaCl concentrations under 0.5M, CTAB and DNA molecules can create complexes. In those concentrations, proteins and other hydrocarbons are still soluble in water except the DNA-CTAB complex. If we raise the concentration of NaCl then the complex of CTAB-DNA will be soluble to water too. Correct me if I'm wrong until now.
So I don't understand something. Why do we use NaCl?
Let's assume that we don't add NaCl. Will the CTAB create complex with DNA or not? As I read CTAB creates ionic bonds with DNA (phosphate groups). So in this situation (without NaCl) CTAB must be able to create complex with DNA too.
So why did we use NaCl? Just to keep proteins and other hydrocarbons soluble in the water or there is something else that NaCl helps in this complex creation?
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CTAB:
· To eliminate contaminants in field samples.
· To disrupt membranes.
· Along with some other chemicals (PVP) CTAB minimize the effect of secondary metabolites.
At a low ionic strength, it precipitates nucleic acid and acidic polysaccharides while under a high ionic strength, it gets bound to the polysaccharides and forms complexes and also inhibits the activation of protein and enzymes (Heikrujam et al., 2020).
NaCl:
· Helps to remove proteins that bind to the DNA and keep the proteins dissolved in the aqueous layer, so they do not precipitate in the alcohol along with the DNA by neutralizing the negative charges (Heikrujam et al., 2020).
Remove the polysaccharides and increase the yield of DNA and prevent the interaction between DNA and polysaccharide (Hamblin., 2009).
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For example, if I used 40% of methanol, 60% of methanol and 80% of methanol to extract the herbal plant, is there any difference? Is it true if the higher concentration of solvent can extract more chemicals compound from the plant? Can anyone here provide me the references. thank you.
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We used different concentrations of solvent to extract the plant .Higher conc. & more polar solvents yields are higher.
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1. Chemically induced mutagenesis in seed and qPCR detection and amplification of desired trait.
2. Site-directed mutagenesis in qualitative traits of a multiline seed.
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Yes, the topics 1. Chemically induced mutagenesis in seed and qPCR detection and amplification of desired trait.2. Site-directed mutagenesis in qualitative traits of a multi line seed.below viable research in plant biotechnology.
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How to find the candidate genes to validate their role through functional genomics experiments such as cloning, transgenics, over-expression, localization, and its interaction with other proteins and DNA, etc.
1)Do we need to study a lot of literature and see which genes role is not deciphered in particular traits e.g. drought stress?
2.) Do we need to perform our own transcriptome or comparative genomic studies or analyze already published studies from literature?
3. ) Do we need to perform our own marker traits association(QTLs) study or already published studies?
4.) Some people functionally characterize already known genes(say arabidopsis) to plant of their interest (legumes). But is it a significant or novel research problem to work upon?
5. all of the above.
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Hey Shubham,
it depends on what questions you would like to answer with your experiments. I'm also not sure if i fully understand your question but maybe this helps:
1) -> it is always useful to read and know the important literature.
2) -> transcriptomic data and comparative genomic studies are useful to identify relevant genes for a certain issue. When it comes to transcriptomic data a useful approach is to expose your organism/cells to a certain stress to detect up-/downregulated genes compared to non exposed cells. Therefore it is important to design your own experiments to answer your individual questions.
Finding only homologous genes/proteins, you can use several bioinformatic databases (BLAST, UniProt...) in this case you should know your target genes.
4) -> characterizing already known genes of the same organism/cells is not useful. Why would you do that when it's already reported? But you can investigate homologous genes of another organism (not reported!) to check if comparable gene sets/proteins are involved in e.g. draught/starvation etc... Finding completely unknown genes and classify them to a cellular event is not that easy as you might think :)
good luck!
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Because in references Astaxanthin content of B. braunii less than 1%.
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Dear Researchers,
        I am doing transformation in cotton plant. Now I want to check GFP expression in transformed tissue. Can anyone suggest a standard protocol for preparing tissue sample to visualize GFP under fluorescence microscope? Thanks in advance.
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Is there any DAB staining method for ROS detection in pea leaves??
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We only use in situ detection of H2O2. Histochemical staining is described in:
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I know they are required for the transfer of T-DNA and are transferred along with it. But how is it useful exactly, apart from transfer. And how are they cleaved
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A key feature of Ti plasmids is their ability to drive the production of opines, which are derivatives of various amino acids or sugar phosphates, in host plant cells. These opines can then be used as a nutrient for the infecting bacteria, which catabolizes the respective opines using genes encoded in the Ti plasmid.
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I am looking for few common tobacco pathogens as well as other general plant fungal pathogens. If anyone will be willing to provide it then please contact me. 
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Lot of work has been done by Tobacco Research Centre at Nipani, Dist-Belgavi, Karnatak state(India). You may contact Director of the Research centre .
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any one knows what is the effect of applied biochar upto 15 t ha-1 on maize yield and yield components?
like total grain yield, biological yield, thousand grain weight ,, stover yield and NPK uptake by the plant.
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Dear Experts.....I am doing the superoxide radical scavenging assay.The result I got was opposite to what I found in theory/literature. I used NADH-PMS system. According to literature, the reaction must give the blue formazan dye.When I add the antioxidant standard to the reaction mixture, the color intensity should decrease.But I got the opposite result like the NADH-PMS-NBT system doesn't give any color formation. But when I add the ascorbic acid to the system, it showed blue color formation. But for the medicinal plants extracts, color doesn't change.Please give me any advice or show me how to correct the protocol.
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Mohammed Junaid Hussain
I will send you the protocol I used.
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I am using Genalex to analyze binary AFLP data of two Fusarium populations. What conclusion can I make from having greater within population variation, than between population variation? 
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I like this question and you already have some great answers. But I also think of this in terms of Fst, or Wright's fixation index, which varies between 0 and 1. The goal here is understanding the partitioning of variation, and this is important in estimating the level of past or ongoing gene flow and population connectivity. Sometimes it's helpful to consider interpreting the extremes, where fixation index of 1 is completely subdivided populations where all of the variance is among populations, and zero, none within, suggesting zero connectivity via gene flow. The opposite case, Fst of 0, suggest complete panmixia, no differences among populations. Your situation suggests substantial gene flow and low intrapopulation differentiation (less than 50%). These populations are connected, rather than isolated.
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Journal Scopus indexed, ISI indexed that publish articles for free of charges in the field of plant biotechnology
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As we know that guide plays a vital role in the entire tenure of research leading to PhD, what are the qualities a scholar must look into consideration while selecting a guide?
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If you have a research supervisor or mentor in mind, choosing the right one is very important. First of all, the mentor must have knowledge of the research subject, as well as a desire and interest to work in the field. The presence of this type of person makes the work of the PhD student purposeful. Next, there must be innovative thinking and work style that does not bother the doctoral student. However, his job is to guide, support and guide the PhD student to relevant, up-to-date and well-developed scientific work.
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I have difficult for to development of hybrids in Leucaena. I was applied common method but I can't create hybrids in this plant. Pls give idea or any specific method for producing hybrids in Leucaena and also give me some reference article.
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You can get the required information from this link
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I have 2 genotypes, one resistant and another susceptible with two repeats of each genotype for stress and control condition. I will analyze them with one concentration of heavy metal  at two time points in comparison with control genotypes.  Briefly two genotypes, two time points, two repeats for heavy metal treatment and control, one heavy metal concentration. Totally 16 samples. could any one give aa advice? Regards
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YOU CAN TRY NETWORK ANALYST SOFTWARE FOR DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION ANALYSIS ,
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The solution for immediate stabilization of DNA, RNA, and protein in tissues.
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Unfortunately it's proprietary.
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The research area is not only limited to plant biotechnology, but also extends to plant physiology and biochemistry/Genetic engineering/plant growth and development/secondary metabolism and regulation/stress physiology/Plant molecular biology etc.
your valuable suggestions will be highly appreciated.
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Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), Journal of Plant Biotechnology.
There is no cost for publication, but if you'd like open access is necessary to paid it.
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I need a comparison between Endomycorrhiza and Piriformospora indica in some crop production.
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Is the technology is being licensed to companies?
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I want built a small biochemistry lab for research purpose ( Phytochemical Study).
Phytochemical screening
 It refers to the extraction, screening and identification of the medicinally active substances found in plants. Some of the bioactive substances that can be derived from plants are flavonoids, alkaloids, carotenoids, tannin, antioxidants and phenolic compounds.
Please give me some guideline and references for built a small laboratory.
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Hi,
as
Sebastian Schmitt
mentioned, it is indeed necessary to provide a more specific question in this case. Depending on the machines available in your lab it could be possible to perform an analysis more than another. Of course some basic chemicals are in every lab, but to avoid misleading you it could be better to receive more information about the type of research you want to carry.
Please have a look at the following link:
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The attached image shows chromatograms from the same FAME sample run three times on our GC-MS. As seen, additional peaks show up if running the sample several times. From the MS spectra the additional peaks seem to be plasticizers. If I heat the column to max for 30 min and then rerun the sample the peaks are gone. The additional peaks elute at approximately the same in all samples. I have tried changing septum, liner, injector needle, needle wash whiteout any improvements. Any suggestion how to lose these peaks? Thanks in advance.
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What is m/z for plasticizers peaks?
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Resistant starch and its implications in relation to fish diets Can someone help me with materials on resistant starch in legumes and how they can be determined in relation to fish diets?
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Dear Colleagues/Editors/Reviewers,
Comment those journals which are going to receive its first impact factor in JUNE 2020 and currently indexed in ESCI, SCOPUS, PubMed, etc.
Journals must be related to plant physiology, plant biology, plant sciences, agriculture, and biotechnology, etc.
Note. Please don't comment any predatory journals. Thanks in advance.
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Recently I was performing some rooting trials with in-vitro produced walnut plants, at this time a lot of those plants have died from fungal infection.
I mention some background about:
- Induction in DKW 1/2 for 5 days in darkness
-Rooting in humidity chamber ~ 90%
- Peat-Perlite Substrate 1: 1 and Jiffy 7C
-In in-vitro conditions some of these plants had a white halo in the callus.
-Substrate humidity controlled
In previous tests I never saw anything like this. 
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You may read my paper attached. I am giving consultation to commercial tissue culture labs to produce walnut by tissue culture commercially. Let me know if there is any company who need my services.
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we placed plant in a dark conditions (in growth chamber without light) before isolation of mtDNA but still we have little contamination of chloroplast DNA. Is there any other method to control it..
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Hello!! I'd like to ask one thing. I have isolated Chloroplast from leaves with percoll gradient. Chloroplast, observed under a microscope were very beautiful. After I extracted DNA with a DNA extraction kit and amplified with chloroplast genes. I think that in my chloroplast DNA there was nucleus contamination... how can I obtain a Ch DNA without contaminations???
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I want to test the in vitro phosphorylation of a LAMMER kinase against an external substrate. How can I non radioactively achieve this? Also,what are the general effects of autophosphorylation on kinase activity?
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Hi Ankita
Use PamGene’s global kinase activity arrays. They are more sensitive (1-5 ug proteins only, 10-50k cells), robust, reproducible (<10% CV), non-radiolable, high coverage as 200 phosphopeptides, very inexpensive with current proteomic techniques.
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My friend said to me to use different levels of peclobutrazol and monitol on potato micropropagation. Is it ok, if so what is the process for that please.
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Paclobutrazol is anti-gibberellin and mostly commercially used to induce flowering on woody perennial plants like mango. You may test it wherever you want to suppress gibberellin activity.
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I need to know about the bioinformatic database and resources for abiotic and biotic stresses?
For Example:
PRGdb: a bioinformatics platform for plant resistance gene analysis
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Here, numbers of links related to your target databases have been attached. Before surfing through the literature to find some relevant websites in accord with your project goal, try to specify your terms of search especially in the case of that stress you would like to work on. For each aspect of plant tensions, at least five to ten databases presently developed within the academic web-pages. I hope the following links support you for retrieving quintessential information you would like to archive. Please let me know if you want get far more specific data in this case. I am at your disposal.
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2-iP, Zeatin, BA, Picloram, NAA, IAA, IBA, CCC, etc.
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Adding PGRs after autoclaving is better for good results. BA, NAA, IBA 2,4 D can be added before autoclave with no big deal in efficiency. However, Zeatin, TDZ , IAA can perform better if added after autoclave.
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Its unclear the role of plant hormone in plant resistant.
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It is difficult to work on crops and chances of successful experiments are very less, that is why we prefer these model organisms to study the mechanism and then apply the same knowledge on other crops. So, according to you, for different traits and developmental studies which is better?
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I have worked with Nicotiana tabacum and Arabidopsis thaliana. As for me tobacco is more easy culture to grow and work with. But for arabidopsis there is full genome and special resourse about genes and etc https://www.arabidopsis.org/
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Hi All,
I am looking for several plant expression vectors (pML-BART, pART27 and pART7). Could anyone please tell me where I can find these vectors? I have searched in google but did not get any source where I can buy them.
Thanks,
Dr. Mahmudul Hassan
Postdoctoral Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
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Hi , this website might want to contact them , they make plasmids according to order.
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i want to estimate the saponin content in crude extract of aloe vera using HPLC. which standard of saponin should i use to estimate the saponin or which type of saponin is found in Aloe vera?
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Suppose someone is working on molecular characterization of particular fungus using ITS region. He obtained the DNA and amplified using specific primer pairs and went for sequencing. However, without submitting the sequence to GenBank or any other related databases, is it possible to publish in journal or PhD thesis. How authentic/ scientific is such type of work?
Anticipating a positive response.
Thanking you.
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Most journals (and funding sources) require you to make sequence data publicly available when you publish in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Part of the collaborative nature of science, adding to the known data collection, etc. It's unprofessional to not make your data available.
A thesis isn't technically a peer-reviewed publication so you don't have to publish your sequences. But you can't cite your unpublished thesis.
That's what's normal for my field of research. Other fields might have different conventions.
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how to ensure the purity of apoplastic fluid
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We have isolated a Xanthomonas from Salvia with leaf spots. The isolate could not be identified yet, as it was not amplifyable using the gyr primers of Parkinson. It was identified as X. sp. via biochemical tests and 16S DNA sequencing.
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Please have a look at this useful RG link.
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I am a PhD student working on genetic diversity of Strychnos cocculoides
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Hi Dr. Jarret
i suggest you this
SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS PROTOCOLS
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I have some Catharantus roseus callus tissue (about 25 days on medium) that I kept in 12 hrs light condition on MS medium with 1 mg/L NAA and BAP. I don't want to let them differentiate and I need to maintain them in the undifferentiated mode. They are already green. Can I transfer them to dark now or is it too late? 
Thank you
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I would try to reduce the amount of 2,4-D to a minimum (0,1 mg / l) and increase the amount of BAP to 1 mg / l. Maybe I would replace BAP with IBA.
Important is to induce embryogenesis in the dark, or organogenesis to light. Depends on how you want to get regeneration.
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I am a plant biotechnology researcher basically working in plant tissue culture and secondary metabolites genetic engineering. I would like to move in the field of immunology and medical biotechnology, however, no one is supporting (No one accepting PostDoc application and no funding agency supporting new projects in new field for being a plant biologist).
What should I do ?
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This is very obvious. Not only in India, in many places (including US) too. You are shifting field from plant science into animal science. The PIs will be worried about whether you have the basic knowledge of animal science to perform experiments. Beside, there are many other qualified candidates for choosing. They don't want to make a risk, because it is not easy for them to obtain those funding. They are under a lot of pressue to publish good papers for future funding. So, basically they will look for experienced candidates who are in the same field and are capable to publish good papers in a jiffy.
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The Foxtail Millet has a lot of data related to rice ILP markers. How is this data best utilised?
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For basic understanding about ILP marker following 2 minute video should be watched:
PIP is one such database to design ILP markers.
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Strawberry plants
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Nice to see!.
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I have a paper to do and I have little to no experience in the field of genetically modified organisms. We did not cover this subject yet and I would like to get a head start (as well as finish my paper). Do you have any novice-level articles to recommend? Thank you.
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Hello, you can try google search but it's better to start with book attached. Good luck.
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Invitation for MS contribution in edited book Plant Biotechnology
Plant scientists are cordially invited to contribute a chapter on “Genome editing technologies for value added traits in plants ” for edited book on Transgenic Technology Based Value addition in Plant Biotechnology; to be published by Elsevier Inc. Acceptance Deadline Jan 25, 2019
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Sent you mail.
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Invitation for MS contribution in edited book Plant Biotechnology
Plant scientists are cordially invited to contribute a chapter on “Transgenic approaches for improved shelf life and nutritional quality of fruits and vegetables” for edited book on Transgenic Technology Based Value addition in Plant Biotechnology; to be published by Elsevier Inc. Acceptance Deadline Dec 15, 2018
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I have got chapter contribution for this topic. Thanks for being part.
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Whatman CF 11 cellulose powder (Cat. No. 4021-050) has been used to separate dsRNA elements from ssRNA, ssDNA and dsDNA. Column chromatography under 15% ethanol concentration, CF 11 cellulose specifically binds dsRNA fraction. Now the producer of CF 11, Whatman, does no longer produce it. Does anyone has experience with alternatives? I need it for dsRNA-binding purpose. I look forward to hearing from you...
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Sad! CF11 has been discontinued!! however I use sigma Cellulose fibers, (medium) Cat # c6288 and it works.
The only difference I found is the texture of the two products are different. CF11 seems to absorb the solvent faster than sigma cellulose, Therefore, if your method requires cellulose slurry then you need to mix it with the solvents for longer times.
I do recommend to optimise the parameters including temperature, contact time and equilibrium time as I found slight differences when I started using Sigma cellulose.
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I am seeing that microbial biotechnology field is having great work as compare to plant biotechnology.
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Hello, here the global challenges in plant biotechnology.
Increase crop productivity especially in adverse environments,
Management of herbicide tolerance,
Management of resistance to pests,
Management of resistance to diseases,
Improvement of genetic engineering technologies to enhance public perception etc.
What about microbial biotechnology the many topics related with plant biotechnology for example genetic engineering and transgenic crops, biopesticides, bioinsecticides, biofeltilisers, bioleaching, soil desalination etc.
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Hi there, sometimes we have trouble dissolving 1 % (w/v) birchwood xylan for use as a substrate for xylanases. Any suggestions?
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Thank you for your help.
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I'm trying to look at the induction of candidate genes involved in plant defence when I block the signalling pathways related to JAs and ethylene and apply different stresses. For ethylene I can use the AVG, an inhibitor of ethylene biosynthesis, but as far as I know, there are no inhibitors of the jasmonate signaling pathway. Do you have any info about it?
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Generally during the transportation, DNA is often degraded, specially the High Molecular Weight DNA which is extremely fragile to external shocks. I am looking for suggestions/recommendations regarding export of High Molecular Weight DNA (more than 50-100 Kb) from one country to another, without losing the integrity of the DNA.
Does anyone have experienced this before?
Thanks in advance
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I agree with Dr. Karen
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In what ways could one commercialize plant biotechnology or it's products?
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@Osama Al-Saffar
Dear Dr. Osama
Yes doctor there is amazing techniques to produce transgenic plants. I am currently studying a plant biotechnology course. It is very useful to have knowledge about production and improvement of commercial crops.
I am attaching a copy of the book that studying currently.
Respectfully,
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Currently I am working on stevia protoplast fusion. Do you have any information on how to set up experiments to investigate batch sorting of protoplasts?
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I have worked on protoplast isolation and fusion , sorting is generally done by flow cytometry
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In VIGS we silence genes but i wish to know if the silencing signal spreads in root or not. Putting it in other way, are silencing signals by VIGS or dS RNA degradation spreads equally from top (shoot/leaf) to bottom (roots) and bottom to roots (consider a RNAi construct in hairy root or VIGS) in plant systems.
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Nature Communications Vol 9, Article Number: 3107 (2018) entitled "
Gating of miRNA movement at defined cell-cell interfaces governs their impact as positional signals" explains a lot of this question.