Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2001, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (01): 118-120.

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Application of Cryo_sectioning Technique in Highly Lignified Tissues

LIN Yue-Hui LI Han-Bing HE Xin-Qiang   

  1. (Institute of Botanty, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093)
  • Received:1999-11-24 Revised:2000-12-07 Online:2001-01-20 Published:2001-01-20
  • Contact: LIN Yue-Hui

Abstract: It is normally difficult to cut nice sections and prepare good micrographes from the highly_lignified tissues by means of conventional sectioning methods. In this paper, the cryo-sectioning was introduced to overcome the difficulty and it was further proved to be a fast, simple and effective way of section preparation without passing a long process of softening, dehydration and embedding. The crucial steps are to select a proper concentration of glycerin, a suitable temperature of freezing and an appropriate way of section_flatting.