Preparing a slide of plant tissue.
Objective:
1. Using hand cutting method to make thin slice of dicot root.
2. To make slide and stain of plant sample.
3. To observe the plant sample under microscope.
Materials:
1. A young dicot root
2. Compound microscope
3. Slide
4. Cover slip
5. Eosin stain
Method:
1. Place 2 cm of young dicot root on a glass slide or plate.
2. Cut thin slices of the root through the region of maturation.
3. Stain it with Eosin.
4. Fix one or two of the sections in a slide and put a cover slip.
5. To observe the sample under a compound microscope and record the parts of the sample.
