Cryo-Preservation of Roots for Scanning Electron Microscopy
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Botany
- Vol. 58 (2) , 183-185
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087196
Abstract
Fully hydrated roots can be examined in the scanning electron microscope after cryo-preservation. Shrinkage associated with dehydration by freeze-drying or critical point drying, to which root hairs and secreted mucigel are particularly vulnerable, is avoided.Keywords
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