Digital Seed Bank - I

The book includes 100 individuals’ species of Medicinal and Aromatic plants. This produces seeds at the ending of their life in different season of the year. Each plants include in this book were monitored and seeds were collected aimed for seed bank formation as well as for ex-situ conservation in herbal garden. This garden has been developed under a Research project sanctioned from UGC-New Delhi to the author in GGV-(A Central University) Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh in central India. The goal of development of herbal garden is to protect, conserve and propagates the valuable, endangered Medicinal and Aromatic plants of different parts of the Chhattisgarh in central India. The seed bank – I includes digital images and information of 100 collected seeds of Medicinal and Aromatic plants of the state. Imaging of seeds, collection, and storage and alphabetically arrangement followed for clear and easily understanding about each one seeds of Medicinal and Aromatic plants.

Dr. Devendra Kumar Patel,Asstt. Professor in Rural Tech. Deptt.in Guru Ghasidas vishwavidyalaya (A Central University)Bilaspur, C.G., India is working on Ex-Situ Conservation of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and has developed Herbal Garden for the same purpose. His research interest area is plant diversity, Medicinal plants conservation.