From MOlney from stmartin.edu Fri Sep 5 13:41:37 2008 From: MOlney from stmartin.edu (Olney, Margaret A.) Date: Fri Sep 5 16:13:25 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] leaf skeleton protocol? Message-ID: 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 From ludeanmarvin from gmail.com Fri Sep 5 22:54:03 2008 From: ludeanmarvin from gmail.com (LuDean Marvin) Date: Sat Sep 6 07:48:42 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] leaf skeleton protocol? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48C1FEDB.3080408@gmail.com> 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Plant-ed mailing list > Plant-ed@net.bio.net > http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/plant-ed > From sshumway from wheatonma.edu Sat Sep 6 19:16:19 2008 From: sshumway from wheatonma.edu (Scott Shumway) Date: Sat Sep 6 19:44:52 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] greenhouse pests and biocontrol Message-ID: <48C31D53.7090601@wheatonma.edu> Plant-ed, 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 pest abundance? Thanks, Scott -- Scott Shumway Professor of Biology Wheaton College Norton, MA 02766 http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Faculty/ScottWShumway.html sshumway@wheatonma.edu From mrehansiddiqi from yahoo.com Mon Sep 8 00:51:49 2008 From: mrehansiddiqi from yahoo.com (Dr. M. Rehan Siddiqi) Date: Mon Sep 8 05:17:46 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] Re: Plant-ed Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: <200809061708.m86H8HV28242@net.bio.net> Message-ID: <370873.95273.qm@web36301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> 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 --- On Sat, 9/6/08, plant-ed-request@oat.bio.indiana.edu wrote: From: plant-ed-request@oat.bio.indiana.edu Subject: Plant-ed Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1 To: plant-ed@magpie.bio.indiana.edu Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 10:08 AM Send Plant-ed mailing list submissions to plant-ed@net.bio.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/plant-ed or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to plant-ed-request@net.bio.net You can reach the person managing the list at plant-ed-owner@net.bio.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Plant-ed digest..." Today's Topics: 1. leaf skeleton protocol? (Olney, Margaret A.) 2. Re: leaf skeleton protocol? (LuDean Marvin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:41:37 -0700 From: "Olney, Margaret A." Subject: [Plant-education] leaf skeleton protocol? To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:54:03 -0700 From: LuDean Marvin Subject: Re: [Plant-education] leaf skeleton protocol? Cc: plant-ed@magpie.bio.indiana.edu Message-ID: <48C1FEDB.3080408@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Plant-ed mailing list > Plant-ed@net.bio.net > http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/plant-ed > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Plant-ed mailing list Plant-ed@net.bio.net http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/plant-ed End of Plant-ed Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1 ***************************************