Tissue Printing: A New Way to Look at Plant Structure

 

Graham R. Kent and Philip D. Reid

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1994, Volume 15

Abstract

When plant tissues are pressed onto nitrocellulose membranes with an even force, an imprint of the tissue is made on the membrane. The imprint of the tissue, called a physical tissue print, reveals a great deal of cellular detail that can be viewed with low power magnification. This simple technique for visualizing the anatomy of plant tissues can be used in the laboratory to provide students with a more hands-on laboratory experience in plant structure than is afforded by the usual examination of prepared slides.

Keywords:  plant anatomy

University of Toronto (1993)