Small white lesions were noticed on the radish leaves in my kitchen garden. In an attempt to explore the cause, I cut a small portion and teased it gently on a slide. On peeping through a foldscope, I could make out small round conidia in chains. It confirmed an attack of Albugo. I asked the…
Author: Akshima_sd4
Exploring the kitchen garden plants under Foldscope – pollen of radish
Radish, Raphanus sativus is a winter herbaceous annual of family Brassicaceae. The plant has a short hairy stem and a rosette of leaves. The season nearing an end some plants show whitish-pink flowers in corymbose racemes. Stamens bear yellow anthers with short filaments. The pollen isolated from anthers were seen under foldscope. They were oval –…
Observed Almond Peel
Observed almond peel @foldscope workshop at GGDSD College, Chandigarh. It was stained with safranin and cells were observed. This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.