New Horizons for Plant Translational Research

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In this issue, we launch a new article collection "The Promise of Plant Translational Research," featuring articles from leading plant researchers and call for additional plant translational research to be submitted to PLOS Biology for inclusion in this collection. We also discuss in this Editorial why this field has a vital role to play in meeting the challenges of sustainably feeding a growing world population.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Biol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Biol

Journal ID (publisher-id): plos

Journal ID (pmc): plosbiol

Title: PLoS Biology

Publisher: Public Library of Science (San Francisco, USA )

ISSN (Print): 1544-9173

ISSN (Electronic): 1545-7885

Publication date Collection: June 2014

Publication date (Electronic): 10 June 2014

Volume: 12

Issue: 6

Electronic Location Identifier: e1001880

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[1 ]PLOS Biology, , Public Library of Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

[2 ]Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

[3 ]Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

[4 ]The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom

[5 ]Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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* E-mail: srm4@ 123456cornell.edu

Jeffery L. Dangl is an HHMI-Moore Foundation Plant Science Investigator and is supported by those organizations.

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Publisher ID: PBIOLOGY-D-14-01506

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001880

PMC ID: 4051584

PubMed ID: 24914542

SO-VID: f55c02c7-df52-4ec2-a454-9fd7d1a00a8f

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