[Histonet] Embedding Plant Tissue (Mainly, Corn & Soybean)

[Andrea Grantham]

Jerry,
I use regular Paraplast or I have used Richard Allan Type 6 to embed leaves 
and stems from plants like alfalfa and even cactus spines. For seeds you 
might want to use a harder paraffin. I checked in Ruzin's, Plant 
Microtechnique and Microscopy and he doesn't suggest any one brand of paraffin.
Andi Grantham



At 01:13 PM 3/27/2006 -0500, Jerry Helisek wrote:
>What would the best "wax" to use for embedding Plant tissue... mainly
>Corn & Soybean.
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>Thank
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>Jerry Helisek
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