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Referee's report by Walter Stiles, on a paper 'The physiology of incompatibility in plants - I. The effect of temperature' by Debra Lewis

Reference number: RR/68/239

Date: 1942

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Sectional Committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Criticises use of the term 'lethality' and provides an alternative phrase.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

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RR/68/239
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1942
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Standardised form (type E)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Walter Stiles

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Walter Stiles, Referee's report by Walter Stiles, on a paper 'The physiology of incompatibility in plants - I. The effect of temperature' by Debra Lewis, 1942, RR/68/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_239/referees-report-by-walter-stiles-on-a-paper-the-physiology-of-incompatibility-in-plants-i-the-effect-of-temperature-by-debra-lewis, accessed on 19 January 2025

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