GenBank and vouchers

[Jeremy Bruhl]

Another useful reference regarding the value of vouchers and examples of
what can go wrong if you don't have them is:

Hosking, J.R., Sainty, G.R., and Jacobs, S.W.L. (1996). Certainty and
uncertainty in plant identification. In ‘Proceedings of the Eleventh
Australian Weeds Conference (Ed. R.C.H. Shepherd) pp. 464-467. (Weed
Science Society of Victoria: Frankston.)

Dr John Hosking (entomologist and botanist) works for NSW [Government]
Agriculture
hosking at agric.nsw.gov.au

I agree with Mary (see below) and I 'campaign' in this regard with my
colleagues, and 'inform' my students (many of whom will not become
systematists) re the value of vouchers. In addition to requiring
undergraduates (for scientific reports), honours and post-graduate students
(in theses) and colleagues (in journal papers) to list vouchers, we can
also comment on the need for vouchers (and the need for a budget to cover
associated expenses) when assessing grant proposals.

Cheers
Jeremy


At 28/07/2000 05:03 PMFriday-0600, you wrote:
>We are sill talking as if molecular biologists were the only group we need
>to work with on the score but, as someone mentioned earlier, there is also
>a major problem with papers in ecology and plant breeding (and just do not
>know anything about animal breeding - perhaps there too, but ...).

>Possibly the most effective approach is for each of us to persuade as many
>colleagues as possible that, when reviewing proposals (including thesis
>proposals) and papers, we ask for a statement as to where the voucher
>specimens have been deposited - not if they have been made but where they


Dr Jeremy J. Bruhl
Senior Lecturer in Botany
Director, N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium (NE)

Botany
School of Rural Science and Natural Resources
University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351
Australia

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