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Lab 1 Introduction

Materials for planting the fern spores.

The petri dishes are collected.

A pot of sunflower is planted for every pair of students.

Four seeds for each pot.

Each student plants a scarlet runner (bean) and take it home.

Bush bean plant demo.

Microscope Set Up

Microscope set-up exercise using fern spores.

Fern spores under x10 objectives.

Fern spores under x40 objectives.

Introduction to Plant Tissue Systems

Solutions used for this lab: Toluidine blue, water and IKI.

Corn stems are used.

Cross section of the stem. (x10)

Another cross section of the stem. (x10)

Cross section of the stem stained with Toluidine blue.Cellulose walls turn purple. (x10)

Longitudinal section of the stem stained with Toluidine blue, showing the node where the leaf branches. (x4.5)

Longitudinal section of the stem stained Toluidine blue. Cellulose walls turn purple. Lignified cell walls turns greenish blue to baby-blue. (x10)

Leaf and stem separate. (x10)

Sliver of sweet potato is used.

Section of sweet potato. (x10)

Section of sweet potato, stained with IKI. Starch turn purplish-black.

Welcome to BIOL 210 Vascular Plants

Hello, I am Ong. This blog has been created to post experiments and plants we encounter in the labs of Biology 210 of UBC. The course instructors are Ms. Shona Ellis and Dr. Sean Graham. The birth of this site is inspired by Midy, who is responsible for setting up UBC BIOL324 blog last September.

I will try my best to label all the pictures. If you have any picture or diagram that you would like to share, feel free to e-mail me though the VISTA. I am the only one in the class with this surname. Feel free to leave comments on this blog.

Thank you.