I am interested in finding out the protocol for getting leaf skeleton(venation pattern) used  by Booker Morley. Please send the method for making leaf clearings.

Rehan

Take Care,

M. Rehan Siddiqi

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One of my students is conducting a senior thesis project testing the
efficacy of various biocontrol efforts in our greenhouse. Our number
one pests are thrips, mealy bugs, and scale. Can anyone recommend keys
for identifying these pests, literature on biological control in
greenhouses, and literature describing standard methods for determining
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I haven't actually tried this, but the procedure seems sound to me:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Skeleton-Leaves

Olney, Margaret A. wrote:

Does anyone have a good protocol for making leaf "skeletons," that have
just the veins remaining? I have seen some excellent examples of
skeletons and would like to have my students make some in class. We've
tried boiling in sodium hydroxide, but that didn't work very well. One
of my students showed me the work of Booker Morey and Leaflines (a quick
google will show these images) and would like to make some skeletons
showing that kind of detail. Thanks!

Best regards,

Margaret Olney

Biology Department

Saint Martin's University

molney@stmartin.edu

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You may be interested in reviewing Teaching Plant Anatomy Through Creative Laboratory Exercises" by R. Larry Peterson, Carol A Peterson and Lewis H Melville. This book came out last week and is published by National Research Council, Research Press.

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On Jul 25, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Jon Greenberg wrote:

Please pardon the cross-posting.

Can anyone suggest a UV-visible-IR spectrophotometer that could be within the budget of a high school science department? I have no idea how much such things cost nowadays.

Many thanks.

Jon Greenberg
Sci_educ@yahoo.com

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