[Histonet] Microtomy on wood

[Andrea Grantham]

Mark,
Steve Ruzin has a book on plants, Plant Microtechnique and Microscopy, 
which has a lot of info on wood from fixation to sectioning and staining 
and including how to soften it up. Also there is another book - Plant Cell 
Biology edited by Chris Hawes and Beatrice Satiat-Jeunemaitre, where you 
might find some helpful information. I have never had the pleasure of 
processing and cutting wood but I'm working on a project with seeds and 
they are also very hard. I have just completed the processing and microtomy 
awaits!
Good luck!
Andi Grantham



At 04:33 PM 8/28/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>Does anyone have experiencing in performing microtomy  on wood ?
>If so, would you share the specifics with me ?
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>Thanks !
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>Best regards,
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>Mark
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