This indicates that the hydrogel did help increase drought tolerance in the tomato plants

In controlled greenhouse conditions, we grew tomato plants from seeds for two weeks and then thinned the plants to one individual per pot where pots either contained soil treated with 0.4 wt % hydrogel mixed in the top half of the soil, near the plant root zone, or were untreated controls. We continued watering the plants …

Each well carries out an independent PCR reaction simultaneously

Injections of antibiotics have been the primary focus and several issues have hampered commercial development: cost of treatment, damage inflicted on the tree as a result of multiple injections, phytotoxicity of antibiotic treatment, and concerns over bactericide residue in the fruit. Cost can be high because of the labor intensive process of injecting each tree and/or the cost of …