Image of the Week - July 8, 2003
Somatic Embryogenesis from Grape Callus
This photograph of cultured grape callus captures the different stages of somatic embryo development. Globular, torpedo, heart, and cotyledon stage embryos are all visible in this sample.
We used the ITG's new Canon EOS-1Ds to capture this image, and minimally adjusted it in Photoshop to provide a slightly better contrast with the background.
Image Courtesy:
- Richard Mulwa - Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
- Dr. Robert Skirvin - Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
- Benjamin Grosser - ITG, Beckman Institute
- Daniel E. Weber - ITG, Beckman Institute
Contact: mulwa@uiuc.edu, skirvin@uiuc.edu, grosser@uiuc.edu, weber@uiuc.edu
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Uploaded Tue Jul 8 18:08:33 2003 by Daniel E. Weber
Updated Thu Jan 28 09:39:28 2010 by Daniel E. Weber