Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2014, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (2): 203-208.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1259.2014.00203

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A New Technique of Fast Paraffin Sectioning in Plant Tissues

Bing He*, Zhigang Li, Xiaojuan Hao, Yunchun He   

  1. College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • Received:2013-10-21 Revised:2013-11-19 Online:2014-03-01 Published:2014-01-07
  • Contact: Bing He

Abstract: The vacuum drying oven has been widely used in modern biology research. We developed a fast method for paraffin sectioning of plant tissue using a vaccum drying oven in which temperature and negative pressure was controlled. The fixation, dehydration, transparency, and paraffin infiltration can be performed in the vacuum drying oven. Use of the oven in plant-tissue paraffin sectioning accelerates the infiltration rate, improves the quality of sections and save time. It also reduces the toxic chemical fumes with indoor pollution.

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