A Guide to the Study of Plant Structure with Emphasis on Living Specimens -- Chemical and Physical Fixation of Cells and Tissues: an Overview -- Paraffin and Polyester Waxes -- The Glycol Methacrylate Embedding Resins - Technovit 7100 and 8100 -- Epoxy Resins for Light and Transmission Electron Microscopy -- LR White Acrylic Resin -- High Pressure Freezing and Freeze Substitution of In vivo and In vitro Cultured Plant Samples -- Three-Dimensional Imaging for Electron Microscopy of Plastic-embedded Plant Specimens -- Fluorescent Staining of Living Plant Cells -- Improved Methods for Clearing and Staining of Plant Samples -- Whole Mount Immunofluorescence Staining of Plant Cells and Tissues -- Protoplast Isolation and Staining -- Guiding Principles for Live Cell Imaging of Plants using Confocal Microscopy.-Immunogold Labeling for Electron Microscopy: Strategy and Problem Solving -- Abscisic Acid Immunostaining -- Plant Chromosome Preparations and Staining for Light Microscopic Studies -- Chromosome techniques and FISH -- Detection of S-phase of Cell Division Cycle in Plant Cells and Tissues by using 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) -- Staining Methods for Programmed Cell Death -- Laser Microdissection of Plant Tissues -- RNA In situ Hybridization -- Microscopic Examination of Wood: Sample Preparation and Techniques for Light Microscopy -- Collecting and Processing Wood Microcores for Monitoring Xylogenesis -- Three-dimensional Imaging of Cambium and Secondary Xylem Cells by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy -- Collection of Plant Remains from Archaeological Contexts -- Archaeological Wood Preparation -- Archaeopalynological Preparation Techniques -- Phytoliths: Preparation and Archaeological Extraction -- Starch Granules: Preparation and Archaeological Extraction -- Plant Collection, Identification, and Herbarium Procedures -- Index.