An Efficient Methodology for Processing of Herbarium Specimens of Cultivated Plants

Abstract

An efficient method of processing has been developed for depicting diverse range of material represented in the
National Herbarium of Cultivated Plants, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi. This
method is especially suitable for drying herbarium specimens and economic products that are bulky, fleshy, change
quality drastically (colour) or separate into parts on processing. In addition, fungal! insect infection manifested
during processing was also minimized using this method. Thus this method proves to be an efficient one, less time
and labour consuming as compared to traditional processing techniques.