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Staining Plastids in Chlorophyll-deficient Mutant Plants

Nature volume 190, pages 1029–1030 (1961)Cite this article

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Childers and McLennan1 described collapsed, distorted palisade cells in a viridis-type chlorophyll mutant in alfalfa. A modification of Johansen's2 quadruple stain was used for differentiating the plastids.

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  1. Childers, W. R., and McLennan, H. A., Can. J. Bot. (in the press).

  2. Johansen, D. A., Plant Microtechnique (McGraw-Hill, New York and London, 1940).

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  1. Genetics and Plant Breeding Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Department Agriculture, Ottawa

    W. R. CHILDERS

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CHILDERS, W. Staining Plastids in Chlorophyll-deficient Mutant Plants. Nature 190, 1029–1030 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901029a0

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