Describe the step involved to prepare the temporary slide of onion root tip to study mitosis .

Explanation

1. Take a medium sized onion .
2. Keep it in a conical flask filled with water in such a way that the roots of onion will be in contact with water.
3. Observe the roots of onion after 4-5 days .
4. Cut the tip of some of the roots and put them in a watch glass
5. Pour some drops of iodine in watch glass.
6. Take one of the root tips on glass slide press it with the help of forceps .
7. Add 1-2 drops of water and carefully place cover slip over it in such a way that air will not be trapped in between .
8. Observe the prepared glass slide under the compound microscope
9. Various phases of cell division occuring in root tips of onion are observed , as shown in the picture .