Plant cuticle staining with Bismarck brown Y and azure B or toluidine blue O before paraffin extraction

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 92-95

  Graham, Effin T ^a   Joshi, Priyavadan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

azure B; benzoate buffer; Bismarck brown Y; Cornus florida; cuticle; dogwood; mature greenwood stem; metachromasia; Rosa x hybrida; rose; toluidine blue O

Indexed keywords

AZURE B; PARAFFIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CUTICLE; EPIDERMIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

CORNUS FLORIDA; ROSA HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0029996117     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299609117141     Document Type: Article

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