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Plant Breeding

Edited by:
Jens Léon and Frank Ordon

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 23/49 Agronomy; 98/144 Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; 72/155 Plant Sciences
Impact Factor: 1.28

The journal publishes original papers and short communications by internationally recognized scientists, covering all areas of plant breeding, including plant genetics, plant physiology, plant pathology, and plant development. The journal focuses on crop plants and is therefore of interest to seed companies and the plant breeding industry as well as to researchers and teachers in this field.

Fields of interest: Genetics of cultivated plants as well as research in practical plant breeding.

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Digitisation of Plant Breeding
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