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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The differential effect of synthetic plant growth substances and other compounds upon plant species I. Seed germination and early growth responses to a-naphthylacetic acid and compounds of the general formula arylOCH2COOR' by W A Sexton and W G Templeman to Ernest John Maskell

Reference number: RR/69/276

Date: 11 May 1945

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Asks for a suitable referee to be chosen. Asks if he will pass the paper for publication if the report is favourable.

Replies that Dr Salisbury should be asked to act as referee. Salisbury should be asked if he thinks a chemist should be asked to read the paper.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1946].

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RR/69/276
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11 May 1945
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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The differential effect of synthetic plant growth substances and other compounds upon plant species I. Seed germination and early growth responses to a-naphthylacetic acid and compounds of the general formula arylOCH2COOR' by W A Sexton and W G Templeman to Ernest John Maskell, 11 May 1945, RR/69/276, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_276/memorandum-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-the-differential-effect-of-synthetic-plant-growth-substances-and-other-compounds-upon-plant-species-i-seed-germination-and-early-growth-responses-to-a-naphthylacetic-acid-and-compounds-of-the-general-formula-aryloch2coor-by-w-a-sexton-and-w-g-templeman-to-ernest-john-maskell, accessed on 20 March 2025

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