Northeast Forestry University
3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Biology
Stomata Tape-Peel: An Improved Method for Guard Cell Sample Preparation
Sheldon Lawrence II 1,2,3, Quiying Pang 2,3,4, Wenwen Kong 2,3, Sixue Chen 1,2,3,5
1Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, 2Department of Biology, University of Florida, 3Genetics Institute (UFGI), University of Florida, 4Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center, Northeast Forestry University, 5Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR), University of Florida
This protocol describes a method of preparing enriched stomatal guard cells that is useful for physiological and other biological studies.
Biology
Protocols for CRISPR/Cas9 Mutagenesis of the Oriental Fruit Fly Bactrocera dorsalis
Jinxi Yuan 1, Jie Zhang 1, Yan Zhang 1, WuYun QiQiGe 1, Wei Liu 2, Shanchun Yan 1, Guirong Wang 2
1Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management - Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, 2Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
This paper presents the step-by-step protocols for CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis of the Oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis. Detailed steps provided by this standardized protocol will serve as a useful guide for generating mutant flies for functional gene studies in B. dorsalis.
Biology
A Workflow for the Quantitative Assessment of the Endophytic and Epiphytic Bacterial Microbiomes of the Bark of Populus trichocarpa
Tianyu Ma *1,2, Weixiong Wang *1,2, Shuang Li *1,3, Dong Li 1,2, Lishi Shen 1,3, Guanzheng Qu 1,3, Vincent L. Chiang 1,4, Qiang Zhang 5, Di Wu 1,2, Ben Niu 1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 2College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, 3College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, 4Forest Biotechnology Group, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, 5Institute of Economic Forest of Xinjiang Academy of Forestry Sciences
This protocol presents a reliable and efficient workflow from sample collection to data analysis for profiling the endophytic and epiphytic bacterial microbiomes present in the bark of Populus trichocarpa.