In this week’s lab, we examined a celery (Apium graveolens)! A celery has many nutritional benefits. It contains antioxidants and beneficial enzymes, in addition to vitamins and minerals such as vitamin K, vitamin C, potassium, folate and vitamin B6. Within the celery stalk contains a left structure called a petiole. A petiole is a small stalk that attaches to the the leaf blade of the plant to the steam. Unstained cross section of celery petiole. (400x) Ground tissues in celery petiole
This is a photo of that vasular bundles, phloem and xylem taken at 100x magnification Lesson of the day! From this lab, I learned that parachyma cells are very easy to locate because they are most abundant in a cell. For some reason, I had a more difficult time locating the vascular bundles. I really enjoyed this lab and can't wait to see what else we get to see!
-Mylinh Nguyen
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