One of the most frequent questions a Palaeobotanist or Palaeontologist hears concerns the method for dating sediments containing fossil plants and animals. Present knowledge is based on a long series of efforts to date the ages of various rocks. At the present time, the best absolute dating involves the use of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes contained in various minerals that [...]
The below mentioned article includes a list of five experiments on palynology. Aim of the Experiment: 1. To calculate the pollen viability by histo-chemical test in the laboratory. Requirements: A bisexual flower, water, slide, acetocarmine, cover slips, microscope, needle. Method: 1. Separate an anther of a bisexual flower with the help of a needle and sprinkle some of its pollen [...]
In this article we will discuss about the meaning of palynology. The science concerning the study of pollen and spores is called 'palynology", and this term was coined by Hyde and Williams in 1945. "Pollen grains" or microspores are the male reproductive bodies of the flowering plants, while the term "spore" is very loosely applied to several types of reproductive [...]