Syto dyes for plant nuclei in living cells

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Do any of the plant biologists out there have experience using the Syto dyes from Molecular Probes to stain nuclei of living cells.  In particular, they list 5 different dyes in the blue emission range (Syto 40-45).  Syto 42 looks good to me on paper.  What do you think.  Thanks, John.
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