An inexpensive alternative equipment for the plant material embedding in the paraffin under the vacuum

The present work describes an equipment constructed using inexpensive material for embedding the plant material in the paraffin under the vacuum, using an oven and a vacuum pump. The equipment was tested using the samples of Rodriguezia venusta (Orchidaceae) buds embedded in paraffin, where half of...

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Main Authors: Carlos André Espolador Leitão, Angelo Luiz Cortelazzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2008-10-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000500018