Staining paraffin extracted, alcohol rinsed and air dried plant tissue with an aqueous mixture of three dyes

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 178-185

  Graham, Effin T ^a   Trentham, W Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Carson Newman College   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcian blue 8GX; Bismarck brown Y; Cationic stains; HistoChoice ; MicroClear ; Paraffin sections; Plant histological technique; Safranin O; Softening specimens; Triple stain

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; DYE; PARAFFIN;

APPLE; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; PLANT; STAINING; TOMATO;

ASIMINA TRILOBA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM;

EID: 0031752166     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299809141108     Document Type: Article

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