Farming is one of the oldest activities in the world and has always been at the forefront of technological innovation. With mechanized equipment, modified seeds, and digital devices, every aspect of ...

In cereal crops, the number of new leaves each plant produces is used to study the periodic events that constitute the biological life cycle of the crop. The conventional method of determining leaf ...

Cell counting is an integral part of processes that use living cells. Most labs have standard operating procedures (SOP) for counting cells. Many factors may drive a change to the current SOP, such as ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a workhorse for quantifying nucleic acids across a range of applications, including biomanufacturing and clinical research for viral titer, vector copy number, ...

Today’s hematology analyzers employ various methods for enumerating platelets, including electrical impedance, light scatter, fluorescence, and immunologic recognition by monoclonal antibodies. While ...

You have already had several occasions in this book to count things. Indeed, number is one of humanity s fundamental concepts, and counting is one of the fundamental intellectual urges. Ever tried to ...