Question

What are the precautions to be taken while preparing the mount of leaf peel for stomata?

Answer 1

The precautions to be taken while preparing the mount of leaf peel of stomata are:

• The peel should be one cell thick otherwise overlapped cells will be seen.
• Peel should be carefully put on the slide and shouldn't get folded.
• Peel should not be let dry.
• There should be no air bubbles on the glass slide.
• Excess stain should be removed by blotting paper.