College – Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Erode. Principal Investigator – Dr. S. Sharmila Project Assistant – E.K. Ramya, S.Mownika. With the help of foldscope I have observed the anatomical characters of Rauvolfia serpentina and Acacia caesia stem and also studied the trichome morphology. Anatomy – 1 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. Rauvolfia serpentina commonly called as…
Tag: Plant Anatomy
RECENT APPROACH TO VIEW STOMATAL ANATOMY UNDER FOLDSCOPE
DEFINITION Stomata are minute pores or holes which occur in the epidermis of the plants. Each stoma remains surrounded by two kidneys or bean shaped epidermal cells the guard cells. Here, with the help of Foldscope some of the beautiful stomata are differentiated with specific strains in Dicotyledons plants. They are as follows: TYPES OF…
4x light microscope A.indica 10X light microscope A.indica 40X light microscope A.indica foldscope image of A.indica
SPECIFIC FOCUS ON HISTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION – MEDICINAL PLANTS IN MANNAR RANGE
Anatomy – 1 Nerium odorum L. Family: Apocynaceae Important characters: T.S of Nerium odorum L. leaf shows both upper and lower epidermial with multiseriate hairs. The Wedge shaped vascular bundles are collateral and closed with xylem on the upper side and phloem on the lower sides. Anatomy – 2 Eclipta prostrata L. Family: Asteraceae Important…
PHARMACOGNOSTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TRIDAX PROCUMBENS L. MEDICINAL HERB IN – MANNAR REGION
ANATOMY: Tridax procumbens belongs to the family Asteraceae. In India it is used for Wound healing, Anticoagulant, Antifungal and act as insect repellent. TRICHOME: Important characters: Tridax procumbens consisted of glandular and non – glandular type of trichomes. HISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS:
ONE DAY DBT FUNDED SKILL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP ON FOLDSCOPE ASSEMBLY AND IT’S USAGE
First of all I thank Manu sir and his Foldscope team for providing me a wonderful opportunity to conduct this skill development workshop. I’m Dr. S. Sharmila, Assistant Professor in Department of Botany,Vellalar College for Women, Erode, Tamilnadu. When I attended the foldscope orientation workshop on 17th April 2018 at International Center for Genetic Engineering…
MORPHOANATOMICAL CHARACTERS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN MANNAR REGION
Foldscope is so affordable and can easy to used anywhere, it brings science to our daily life activities. I’m looking forward to work with the foldscope it is very easy to carry and handling a foldsope is innovative learning to me. With the help of foldscope I observed anatomical characters in plant stem and also…