It is my first time visualizing roots under microscope and I am not sure if the staining procedure went well. Field-grown corn roots stored in 75% ethanol were subsampled and boiled in 10%KOH solution for 10 minutes, washed 2-3 times in tap water, and then stained by boiling in 1%ink and 5%vingear solution for 3 minutes then washed 2-3 times in tap water, mounted on slide with glycerol and viewed under microscope at 100x or larger. I am not sure if what I am seeing under microscope is arbuscules of AMF or something else.

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