Cycadophyta Microsporophyll Tissue

BV-2B Longpass Emission (Medium Bandwidth Excitation) Blue-Violet Set

Autofluorescence emission intensity from a palm tree (Cycas pectinata) microsporophyll thin section. Endogenous autofluorescence in plant tissues arises from a variety of biomolecules, including lignins, chlorophyll, carotene, and xanthophyll. In the blue-violet region, chlorophyll has an absorption band with a high extinction coefficient and produces a significant amount of fluorescence when excited with wavelengths between 400 and 440 nanometers. Note the presence of autofluorescence emission intensity in the blue, green and red spectral regions, which is strongly reminiscent of a darkfield image.