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Accession Number

18711

Author

Bacci, Mauro; Checcucci, Alessandro; Checcucci, Giovanni; Palandri, Maria Rosa

Author Affiliation

Instituto Ricerca Onde Elettromagnetiche CNR;Instituto Ricerca Onde Elettromagnetiche CNR;Instituto Ricerca Onde Elettromagnetiche CNR;Instituto di Botanica dell'Universita di Firenzi

Title Of Article Chaper

Microwave Drying of Herbarium Specimens

Title Of Journal Book

TAXON

Volume

34

Issue

4

Pages

649-653

Collation

5 p. : ills., 6 figs., 1 table

Reference Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references

Publisher

International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Publisher City

Utrecht

ISSN

0040-0262

Language Of Text

English

Literature Type

Serial

Literature Level

Analytic

Abstract

The authors propose the use of a microwave oven as a new rapid procedure for herbarium specimen drying. A comparison between the new method and the usual procedure is presented and discussed with regard to external appearance and morphological characteristics.

Keywords

microwave;drying;anatomy;plants

pub_id

20304