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Proceedings of Past Forest Nursery Association Meetings:
| Mitotic Index of Conifer Shoot Tips: Processing, Sampling, and Data Interpretation |
| Grob, James |
| 1990: Roseburg, OR |
A standardized methodology does not exist for determining the mitotic index (MI) of conifer shoot tips. A Feulgen staining procedure coupled with horizontal scanning at fixed vertical intervals is proposed as a reliable and
repeatable method to determine MI. Anatomical and cell cycle factors which affect mitotic activity and influence interpretation of MI data are discussed.
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