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How to stain plant sections with toluidine blue

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Dr. M. Rehan Siddiqi

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Mar 26, 2008, 7:32:33 AM3/26/08
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In literature I have read that stem and roots section of angiosperms can be stained with toluidine blue stain. Can somebody tell me how to prepare this stain for staining and what is the procedure for staining sections with toluidine blue stain
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Dr. M. Rehan Siddiqi,
Biology Department
Forman Christian College
Lahore, Pakistan


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Mar 27, 2008, 10:35:25 AM3/27/08
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There have been several discussions in this newsgroup about toluidine
blue. They can be found at the following link:

http://groups.google.com/group/bionet.plants.education/search?hl=en&group=bionet.plants.education&q=toluidine+blue&qt_g=Search+this+group

A google search will provide many other sources, such as the
following:

BIOL2053: Hand sectioning and staining of sections
http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/FPAS/bcs/courses/Biology/BIOL2053/2053proj/biol2053sect.htm

Creating Free Hand Sections of Plant Specimens
http://dbs.umt.edu/courses/biol316/freehand.htm

Lux A., Morita S., Abe J. and Ito K. 2005. An improved method for
clearing and staining free-hand sections and whole-mount samples. Ann
Bot (Lond). 96(6):989-96.
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/96/6/989

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