The authors have nothing to disclose.
0.22 µm pore size, acetate sterilizing filter | VWR | 101102-280 | Blueberry floral extract (FE) clarification |
200-1000 µl pipette with tips | – | – | Equipment, any make within range will be adequate |
40-200 µl pipette with tips | – | – | Equipment, any make within range will be adequate |
5-40 µl pipette with tips | – | – | Equipment, any make within range will be adequate |
Air spray gun disposable paint spray cup with connection adapter | Harbor Freight | 97098 | Blueberry rainwater (rw-)FE collection |
Autoclave | Amsco | 3011 | Equipment, media preparation |
Bar mesh matting (plastic mesh sheet) | Winco | BL-240 | Passive (pass)-FE collection |
Benchtop timer | Fisher Scientific | 06-662-47 | Equipment, FE preparation |
Black pressure/vacuum hose | VWR | 62994-795 | Vacuum filter component |
Buchner funnel | Coors USA | 60240 | Vacuum filter component, accepts 55 mm filter paper disks |
Bunsen burner | – | – | Equipment |
Calcium carbonate | Fisher Scientific | C64-500 | Media component |
Centrifuge | Sorvall | RC 5B Plus | Equipment |
Centrifuge tubes (15 ml) | Fisher Scientific | 05-527-90 | Equipment |
Centrifuge tubes (50 ml) | VWR | 10025-694 | Equipment, rw-FE collection |
Cheesecloth (grade 50) | Fisher Scientific | AS240 | Equipment, FE preparation |
Chloroform | VWR | JT9175-3 | Chemical, trichloromethane: assay grade, ≥ 99% pure, for molecular biology, peroxide-free |
Corn Meal Agar (CMA) | Fisher Scientific | B11132 | Pre-mix media, isolate storage on slants |
Cotton-blue stain | Sigma-Aldrich | 61335 | Lactophenol cotton-blue stain |
Difco Agar | VWR | 90004-032 | Media component |
Drill-press | Delta | – | Equipment, rw-FE collection |
EASYpure LF Ultrapure water | Barnstead | D738 | Equipment, deionized water source |
Ethanol (95%) | – | – | Chemical |
Filter flask (500 ml) | Pyrex | No. 5340 | Vacuum filter component |
Fume hood | Hamilton | – | Equipment, chloroform usage |
Funnel (7 X 7 cm) | VWR | 60820-110 | Cranberry rw-FE collection, FE preparation |
Generic glass slide | Fisher Scientific | 22-038-101 | Bioassay conductance |
Generic plastic pump spray bottle | VWR | 16126-454 | pass-FE collection, at least 250 ml capacity |
Glass cell culture tubes | – | – | Storage of ch-FE |
Glass coverslips (22 x 22 mm) | Fisher Scientific | 12-542B | Bioassay conductance |
Glass Van Tieghem cells (hand cut glass tubes) | – | – | Chloroform (ch)-FE bioassay, (8 mm OD 6 mm ID) |
Glass-pipette (1-100 µl) | Hamilton Co. Inc. | #710 | ch-FE bioassay |
Glycerol | Sigma-Aldrich | G5516 | Lactophenol cotton-blue stain |
Hemocytometer | Bright-Line | 5971R10 | Equipment |
Lactic acid | Sigma-Aldrich | W261106 | Lactophenol cotton-blue stain |
Laminar flow hood | Labconco | 3730400 | Equipment, sterile work environment |
Metal probe (generic) | – | – | Equipment |
Microcentrifuge tubes (2 ml) | Fisher Scientific | 05-408-138 | Aqueous treatment mixture storage and preparation |
Microscope, Leica DMLB | Leica | 020-519.010 | Equipment |
Mortar (ceramic) | Coors USA | 60313 | Vacuum filter component |
Nitrile gloves | Fisher Scientific | 19-130-1597D | Flower collection |
Paper disks (cut paper towels) | Office Basics | KCC01510 | humidity control in bioassay |
Parafilm | Bemis | PM-996 | Plastic paraffin film |
Pestle (ceramic) | Coors USA | 60314 | Vacuum filter component |
Phenol crystals | Fisher Scientific | A92-100 | Lactophenol cotton-blue stain |
Plastic bags (~100 mm X 152 mm) | Uline | S1294 | Equipment, flower refrigeration |
Plastic cell culture dishes (9 cm diameter) | Fisher Scientific | FB0875712 | (Petri dish), bioassay conductance |
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) lined caps | VWR | 60927-228 | Storage of ch-FE |
Pyrex beakers (100 ml) | Pyrex | No. 1000 | Preparation of ch-FE |
Pyrex bread-pan | – | – | pass-FE collection |
Pyrex graduated cylinder | – | – | Equipment, FE preparation |
Sealed plastic container (30 mm X 13 mm X 7 mm) | – | – | Bioassay conductance |
Sharp-pointed dissecting scissors | Fisher Scientific | 8940 | Equipment, to cut cheese-cloth and paper disks |
Stainless steel mesh strainer | VWR | 470149-756 | Preparation of ch-FE |
Step drill bit (step-bit) | Dewalt | – | Equipment, rw-FE collection |
Sterile loop (combi-loop) | Fisher Scientific | 22-363-602 | Culture preparation |
Telephone wire (internal wires) | – | – | Blueberry rw-FE collection |
Test tube basket | VWR | 470137-792 | Readily available substitution for plastic mesh [strawberry] basket |
V8 Juice | Campbell's Soup Company | – | Fungal media component |
Vintage plastic mesh [strawberry] baskets | Donation | – | pass-FE collection, can substitute for test tube basket (470137-792) |
Vortex Genie (Vortex) | Fisher Scientific | 12-812 | Spore suspension preparation |
Whatman No. 1 Qualitative 55 mm circles | Whatman | 1001-055 | Vacuum filter component |
White plastic twist ties (100 mm) | Uline | S-566W | Cranberry rw-FE collection |