Study question

 

1. What is plant histology?

2. What do you mean by tissue processing?

3. Why fixation required for histology?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of fixation by frozen sections?

5. Give the name of stains used for staining of following:

• A.  Cell wall

B.  Carbohydrate and starch

C.  Cell viability test

D.  Microorganism in plant tissues

E.  Nucleic acid

F.  Lipid

Write short notes on:

• A.  Fixation

B.  Dehydration

C.  Clearing

D.  Sectioning

E.  Staining