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3. Some Issues and Challenges When Designing Laboratory Bioassays

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Abstract

This chapter discusses a number of issues and challenges associated with creating more relevant model laboratory bioassays including the following: treatment concentrations, mobility and transport, species density, symbiotic relationships, microorganisms, controls and references, and measurements among others.

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Titel: Some Issues and Challenges When Designing Laboratory Bioassays
verfasst von: Udo Blum
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Plant-Plant Allelopathic Interactions II
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-04731-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-04732-4

Copyright-Jahr: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04732-4_3

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