Tracheid Length Measurement in Selected Conifer Species

 

W.J. Mullin, K.G. Tidswell, and J. Tidswell

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1988, Volume 9

Abstract

This exercise illustrates the techniques for macerating wood and staining, mounting, and measuring tracheids. Mean tracheid length is different in different species of conifers; therefore, this laboratory can be expanded into a larger scale comparative measurement exercise.

Keywords:  measuring, light microscopy, mounting, staining, tracheids

University of Minnesota (1987)