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Resources: Identification Resources: How To: Chemicals

Pohlstoffe
- a marvellous solution for the softening of dry plant tissue

1% solid "Aerosol OT" 1.6 ml 75% aqueous "Aerosol OT"
74% distilled water 73.4 ml distilled water
25% methyl alcohol 25 ml methyl alcohol

Collecting Plant Material for DNA studies
In general, longer strands of DNA - which makes alignment simpler - are obtained if fresh plant material is collected into a CTAB gel. The link is to a page with complete instructions.