the experiment produced far fewer organic compounds. Interestingly, adding chips of borosilicate glass to the Teflon reaction chamber restored the richness of the resulting broth, suggesting that the silicates in the glassware may have played a catalytic role in creating the organic soup. They also ...
2.2 Plant materialFour soybean (Glycine max cultivars (1511/99, Alisa, Sava and Meli) were used in the current study. Seeds of all genotypes were obtained from the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia. Seeds were surface sterilized in 5% solution of commercial bleach for...