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Science 9 January 1970:
Vol. 167. no. 3915, pp. 172 - 174
DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3915.172
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Scanning Electron Microscopy of Fresh Leaves of Pinguicula

Yolande Heslop-Harrison 1

1 Institute of Plant Development, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706

Moist surfaces of leaves of Pinguicula grandiflora Lamck. can be observed directly by scanning electron microscopy, without metal coating. Samples dry out rapidly in the instrument, but during the first few minutes images can be obtained which must represent the natural state of the leaf surface.


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