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Study the following regarding the preparation of herbarium
sheets.
(i) Plant should be collected in flowering stage.
(ii) Every detail regarding the plant such as locality,
ecological conditions, vegetative and floral characters,
etc. should be noted.
(iii) Plants are evenly pressed by unfolding all the plant
parts between blotting papers (or newspapers) with the
help of plant pressers.
(iv) Blotting papers need not be changed until the plant gets
dried.
(v) After drying, the plant specimen is carefully
mounted/pasted on the herbarium sheets.
(vi) The herbarium sheet is labeled on the lower right hand
corner representing the number of plant specimen, date
of collection etc.
Which of the above statement is/are not correct?
sheets.
(i) Plant should be collected in flowering stage.
(ii) Every detail regarding the plant such as locality,
ecological conditions, vegetative and floral characters,
etc. should be noted.
(iii) Plants are evenly pressed by unfolding all the plant
parts between blotting papers (or newspapers) with the
help of plant pressers.
(iv) Blotting papers need not be changed until the plant gets
dried.
(v) After drying, the plant specimen is carefully
mounted/pasted on the herbarium sheets.
(vi) The herbarium sheet is labeled on the lower right hand
corner representing the number of plant specimen, date
of collection etc.
Which of the above statement is/are not correct?
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Correct option: A
(i) only
Option B ((iv) only) is correct because blotting papers need to be changed frequently during the drying process to ensure proper preservation.
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