Welcome to "Fluorescence Microscopy of Wood". This multimedia CD contains methods for conventional and confocal fluorescence imaging of wood cell walls and will be of interest to wood anatomists, wood technologists, and plant biomaterials researchers. We describe methods for acquiring autofluorescence images and images from stained sections of wood using Arabidopsis, bamboo, Eucalyptus, fern, poplar, radiata pine, tobacco, and wheat xylem as examples. We also provide chemical and spectral information for the following dyes; Acriflavin, basic fuchsin, calcofluor, Congo red, safranine, Schiff’s reagent and toluidine blue. Also included are examples of reflectance imaging and 3D projections including anaglyphs and 3D movies, as well as tutorials on confocal microscopy and digital image processing. The CD includes over 500 Mb of 3D movies and more than 120 high resolution images of wood structure.

“This CD is a great idea, and overall the aims of the CD of educating a primarily wood imaging audience are admirably accomplished.” – Dr Alan Hibbs, Biocon, Melbourne, Australia.

“The contents of this CD represent an enormous amount of careful work, distilling the many years of experience the authors have had using these techniques. The images and information are excellent and will be helpful to researchers who are researching wood structure using confocal microscopy or who are about to begin.” – Prof. Philip Harris, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

More information and examples of content - download FMW_flyer.pdf  [1.1 MB]

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Price NZ$120.
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