» Syllabus

T1-Herberium: Theory of Herbarium Preparation (15 Hours)
1. Introduction To Herbarium (2 Hours )
Introduction of herbarium, herbarium sheet, history, objective and role of herbarium in research and academics
2. Types of herbarium (1 Hours)
Details of different types of herbaria, acronyms, functions of herbaria and few important herbaria of world and India.
3. Collection of specimen (2 Hours)
Field equipment, field work, field notebook, and details of collection process of specimen for herbarium.
4. Processing of specimen (4 Hours)
Details of poisoning, pressing, drying, mounting, stitching, leballing, identification and determination of plant, incorporation
5. Maintenance (2 Hours)
Introduction to different methods of maintenance of such as fumigation, heating, chemical treatment, etc.
6. Collection, preservation and identification of few important biological species (4 Hours)
Brief discussion on Collection, preservation and identification of few important species such Algae, wild mushrooms, and bryophytes.

P1- Herbarium: Practical’s of Herbarium Preparation (15 Hours)
1. Demonstration of Herbarium Technique (5 Hours)
2. Drying and Pressing (5 Hours)
3. Poisoning (5 Hours)