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Quantifying MAMP-induced Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Sorghum and Maize
Authors:
Rozalynne Samira
,
Xinye Zhang
,
Jennifer Kimball
,
Yaya Cui
,
Gary Stacey
and
Peter J. Balint-Kurti
,
date:
07/20/2019,
view:
490,
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Plants have the ability to recognize microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) and mount a defense response. The level of the MAMP response can vary depending on genetic and environmental factors. The most commonly studied MAMPs are flg22, a ...
Hormone Treatments during Maize Vegetative and Reproductive Development
Authors:
María Jazmín Abraham-Juárez
and
Harry Klein
,
date:
05/20/2019,
view:
510,
Q&A:
0
Plant hormones are a group of organic natural compounds that can influence physiological processes when present at low concentrations. Plant biologists frequently use exogenous hormone application to modify plant physiology or to rescue mutants with ...
A Simplified Hydroponic Culture of
Arabidopsis
Authors:
Houqing Zeng
,
Chao Xia
,
Cankui Zhang
and
Li-Qing Chen
,
date:
12/20/2018,
view:
2815,
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0
Hydroponic culture systems are widely used in research due to their intrinsic properties, such as easily altering nutrient composition, applying chemical treatments like metal, salt and hormones in the growth media, and collecting the root sample. ...
Screening and Genetic Analysis of Ethylene-Response Mutants in Etiolated Rice Seedlings
Authors:
Cui-Cui Yin
,
Biao Ma
,
He Zhao
,
Shou-Yi Chen
and
Jin-Song Zhang
,
date:
09/05/2018,
view:
1779,
Q&A:
0
Ethylene, the simplest gaseous plant phytohormone, is involved in the control of rice growth and development processes, but the mechanism of ethylene regulating these pathways remains unclear in rice. Recent studies have found that ...
Growth of
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
under Circadian Conditions
Authors:
Volker Wagner
and
Maria Mittag
,
date:
08/20/2018,
view:
2080,
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0
The green biflagellate unicellular alga
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
serves as a model to study fundamental biological processes such as the structure and function of flagella or light-driven processes including photosynthesis, its behavioral ...
Protocol to Test the Effect of Sorbitol
in vitro
on Hybrid Larch (
Larix x eurolepis
Henry) Emblings
Authors:
Bettina Johst
and
María del Carmen Dacasa Rüdinger
,
date:
07/20/2018,
view:
1696,
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0
This protocol presents a method to test the effect of sorbitol
in vitro
on hybrid larch plants derived from somatic embryogenesis. We have tested four different media variants, one control variant without sorbitol and three variants of ...
Root Gall Formation, Resting Spore Isolation and High Molecular Weight DNA Extraction of
Plasmodiophora brassicae
Authors:
Sara Mehrabi
,
Suzana Stjelja
and
Christina Dixelius
,
date:
06/05/2018,
view:
2531,
Q&A:
0
Isolation of DNA from obligate biotrophic soil-borne plant pathogens is challenging. This is because of their strict requirement of living plant tissue for their growth and propagation. A soil habitat further imposes risk of contamination from other ...
Growing and Pollinating Maize
Authors:
Sarah Hake
and
China Lunde
,
date:
05/05/2018,
view:
2223,
Q&A:
0
[Abstract]
Corn, also known as maize, has been a model organism for genetics since the 1900’s due to the ease of pollinations, large ...
Arabidopsis
Growing Protocol – A General Guide
Author:
Xiyan Li
,
date:
09/05/2011,
view:
26298,
Q&A:
1
Arabidopsis as the model organism for higher plants is widely studied among plant biology labs around the world. However, taking care of this tiny plant may not be trivial. Here is a general guide used for the Heven Sze lab at the University of ...
Arabidopsis
Stomatal Opening and Closing Experiment
Author:
Zhixin Zhao
,
date:
05/20/2011,
view:
14727,
Q&A:
1
Stomata pores are mainly localized in the lower epidermis of plant leaves and transpirational water loss occurs through these pores. ABA inhibits light-promoted stomatal opening and promotes stomatal closure. This protocol describes how to measure ...