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Microtechniques in <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Histopathology</strong> 269Fast Green and Light GreenAlcohol solutionEthyl alcohol 95% 100 mlStain 0.2 or 0.5 g (0.2 g preferred)Clove oil solutionStain 0.2 or 0.5 gEthyl alcohol 95% 50 mlClove oil 50 mlFast green and light green staining is rapid, and thus the process should bequickly completed.Mixed Solution <strong>of</strong> Safranin–Light Green and Safranin–Fast GreenConc. HCl 1.25 mlDistilled water 75 mlEthyl alcohol (95%) 120 mlSafranin 0 1.5 gLight green or fast green 0.5 gPlasma-filled hyphae are stained red while host cells are green (Pedersen, 1956).The authors prefer to use safranin and fast green and light green as separatestains.REFERENCESAgarwal, K., Sharma, J., Singh, T., and Singh, D. 1987. <strong>Histopathology</strong> <strong>of</strong> Alternaria tenuisinfected black-pointed kernels <strong>of</strong> wheat. Bot. Bull. Academia Sinica 28: 123–130.Agarwal, K., Singh, T., Singh, D., and Mathur, S.B. 1985. Studies on glume blotch disease<strong>of</strong> wheat I. Location <strong>of</strong> Septoria nodorum in seed. Phytomorphology 35: 87–91.Aldrich, H.C. and Todd, W.J. 1986. Ultrastructure Techniques for Microorganisms. PlenumPress, New York.Alvarez, M. and Campbell, R.N. 1978. Transmission and distribution <strong>of</strong> squash mosaic virusin seeds <strong>of</strong> cantaloupe. Phytopathology 68: 257–263.Baker, J.R. 1958. Principles and Biological Microtechnique. Methuen, London.Carroll, T.W. 1969. Electron microscopic evidence for the presence <strong>of</strong> barley stripe mosaicvirus in cells <strong>of</strong> barley embryos. Virology 37: 649–657.Gardner, R.O. 1975. An overview <strong>of</strong> botanical clearing technique. Stain Technol. 50: 99–105.Gerlach, D. 1984. Botanische Mikrotechnik, 3rd ed. Thieme, Stuttgart.Glauert, A.M. Ed. 1974. Practical Methods in Electron Microscopy. Vol. 3, Part 1. NorthHolland Publishing Company, Amsterdam.Hunter, D.G. and Bowyer, J.W. 1993. Cytopathology <strong>of</strong> lettuce mosaic virus — infectedlettuce seeds and seedlings. J. Phytopathol. 137: 61–72.

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