Fig. 5

Sections prepared with the Rapid-Tome by students with no prior sectioning experience. The quality of the sections shows that the learning curve with this tool is low. Students were given a protocol and hands-on demonstration of the operation of the Rapid-Tome and had less than an hour of practice to section and stain various samples with phloroglucinol-HCl. A Giant reed (Arundo donax), B Mint (Mentha piperita L.), C Shore pine (Pinus contorta), and D Apple (Malus domestica). Images collected with a cell phone through the eyepiece of a dissection microscope