Plant science has an important part to play in meeting the global food security challenge. But, advances will be most effective if better coupled with agronomic science and the broader food security agenda.
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Ingram, J., Porter, J. Plant science and the food security agenda. Nature Plants 1, 15173 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.173
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