The below mentioned article includes a list of three experiments on imbibition. 1. Experiment to demonstrate the phenomenon of imbibition: Requirements: Pea seeds, water, cylinder. Method: 1. Take a handful of pea seeds in a cylinder and fill it with water. 2. Keep the cylinder as such for 4 to 6 hours. Observations: After some time the seeds have swollen [...]
The below mentioned article provides a practical experiment on the test of plant viruses. Requirements: 1. TMV infected tobacco plant. 2. Healthy tobacco plant of the same age as that of the infected plant. 3. Homogenizer. 4. Filtration apparatus. 5. K2HPO4 - 1 % or (0.057M). 6. Distilled water, Carborundrum powder, etc. 7. Pipette, brush and spatula. 8. Glass-door chambers. [...]
The below mentioned article provides a Practical Experiment on Culturing of Lambda (λ) Phage. Principle: Bacteriophage λ is cultured in E.coli cell suspension. The phage is allowed to harbour and multiply till the complete lysis of bacterial cells. Then the bacterial cells are killed with chloroform and the phage particles are separated by centrifugation. Materials: A. E. coli LE 392 [...]