The invention relates to a method for observing microscopic structures
inside plant roots, which is capable of effectively solving the problem of utilizing a
microscope to clearly observe the structures inside the
plant roots. The method comprises the steps of digging out the
plant roots, washing, shearing the
plant roots into small sections, fixing the
plant roots by
methanol, and then embedding by a
sepharose solution, cooling, condensing, trimming into small blocks, after freehand section, placing the small blocks into
distilled water in a container, performing
lactic acid clearing, covering,
dyeing via
berberine or
fluorescein, bleaching by the water, performing poststaining via
toluidine blue O or sarranine O, bleaching by the water, performing water seal, observing and photographing via an inverted
fluorescence microscope, and obtaining a clear image. The method can be used for observing the microscopic structures inside the
plant roots, thereby being effectively used for the research on classification, auxanology,
ecology and
physiology of medical plants. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of simple method, easiness in operation, low cost, low
working capacity, high success rate, and good effect, thereby being capable of being used for the research on morphological
anatomy of the roots. The method is simpler and more effective for the thinner root sections of the plants.