Under one leaf: An historical perspective on the UK Plant Science Federation

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-13

  Leonelli, Sabina ^a   Charnley, Berris ^a   Webb, Alex R ^b   Bastow, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding practices; Crops; History of biology; Laboratory research; Model organisms; Plant genetics; Plant science

Indexed keywords

BOTANY; BREEDING; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; LETTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOTANY; BREEDING; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANTS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 84861479308     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.4168.x     Document Type: Letter

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