Abstract
The herbarium collection of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (WIR) contains specimens of cultivated plants, their wild relatives and weedy plants and provides ample opportunities for research. It is a unique special herbarium collection and one of those rare collections having a card index (catalog). For the catalog to be functional, it should reflect the current changes in the taxa names. Only a computerized card file may meet this requirement. The creation of a database for VIR's herbarium was launched in 1995. VIR is carrying out a range of work necessary for providing a wider access to its herbarium and related information for the international scientific community.
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Luneva, N.N., Chukhina, I.G. & Lebedeva, E.G. An information retrieval system for VIR's herbarium, St. Petersburg, Russia, as a tool for cultivated plant research. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 47, 147–152 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008762024513
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