Experiment to demonstrate plasmolysis in Spirogyra
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Tradescantia leaf, water, sugar solution, slides, cover glass, microscope, blade.
Method:
1. From the lower surface of the leaf of Tradescantia, peel off small segments of epidermis by a blade.
2. Put few peelings on a slide, mount in a drop of water, put a cover glass and study under microscope.
3. Mount some of the peelings in the drops of sugar solutions of different concentrations. Study under the microscope.
for conducting an experiment to demonstrate plasmolysis, the following things are required: transdecantia leaf, slides, sugar, microscope and blade.
In the experiment, small parts of the lower epidermis of the leaf is removed by using the blade.
A few of these peelings are put on a slide and mounted with a drop of water and some are mounted with sugar solution.
both slides are observed under a microscope. it is observed that the peelings in sugar solutions show concentration in cells, this is due to plasmolysis.