• Question: which plant do you like to chop up and look under the microscope

    Asked by anon-223936 to Caragh, Alex on 18 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Caragh Whitehead

      Caragh Whitehead answered on 18 Nov 2019:

      I don’t do much microscope work, but I did enjoy looking at special cells called trichomes that are found on some leaves such as Artemisia. These cells store some of the chemicals it produces.

    • Photo: Alex Batchelor

      Alex Batchelor answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      I only really chop up one type of plant to look at for my job right now but when I was studying at university I looked at quite a few. I think my current plant is my favourite to look at because the microscope I’m using at the moment gives me some really pretty pictures of what the inside of the root looks like. I think I put some pictures on my profile if you’re interested in seeing what it looks like, I have to dye the roots to see them with the microscope so I get really bright colours

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