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Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on two papers 'The respiration of barley plants I—Methods for the determination of carbohydrates in leaves' and 'The respiration of barley plants II—Carbohydrate concentration, and carbon dioxide production in starving leaves' by Edmund W Yemm

Reference number: RR/52/138

Date: January 1935

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Sectional committee: Botany

Both papers recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. Some of the word choice is 'ugly' and the author is 'very casual in his use of capitals'. Some of the figure descriptions don't match the figures.

[Both papers published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1935].

Endorsed on verso as received 22 January 1935.

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RR/52/138
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January 1935
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Vernon Herbert Blackman, Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on two papers 'The respiration of barley plants I—Methods for the determination of carbohydrates in leaves' and 'The respiration of barley plants II—Carbohydrate concentration, and carbon dioxide production in starving leaves' by Edmund W Yemm, January 1935, RR/52/138, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_52_138/referees-report-by-vernon-herbert-blackman-on-two-papers-the-respiration-of-barley-plants-imethods-for-the-determination-of-carbohydrates-in-leaves-and-the-respiration-of-barley-plants-iicarbohydrate-concentration-and-carbon-dioxide-production-in-starving-leaves-by-edmund-w-yemm, accessed on 14 August 2026

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