Catalogue: Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario, California
Correspondence re Prof. Arnold H Schein, Associate Prof., Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, USA; visiting worker 1963-1964: Letters btw AHS and (mainly) Roy Markham: 2 May, 4, 26 Oct 1961, 28 Sep, 5, 12, 16, 19, 29 Oct, 16 Nov, 5, 11, 18 , 28 Dec 1962, 16 Jan, 6 Feb, 9 May, 21, 23, 24 June 1963, 10, 31 Dec 1964, 25 May, 4, 16, 17, 28 June, 7 July, 5, 15, 21, 28 Oct, 9 Nov 1965 Subjects: funding incl. from the American Public Health Fellowship and the Wellcome Trust (UK), travel, accommodation, manuscript publication, research interests etc. Letter from RM (as sponsor) to Int. Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland, re AHS's proposed research at VRU labs: new methods of splitting nucleic acids, 21 Nov 1962 Letters x 2 btw RM and Miss E M Henley (Agric. Research Council) re flow cells for AHS, 16 Dec 1963, 5 Feb 1964.
Aromatic and Grey Foliage Plants, Wm. Wood & Son Ltd, Taplow, Bucks
The notes and correspondence of Arthur Ernest Watkins regarding the wheat collection gathered from all around the world in the 1920s and 30s for the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge (now held at the John Innes Centre). Also includes files and letters from the 1970s-90s belonging to later curators of the seed collection, Victor Chapman, Terry Miller and Steve Reader. Includes sowing notes and keys to classifications.
Article: 'Experiments with Aphis as vectors of Tulip Breaking' by Phillip Brierley and MB McKay (1937), reprinted from Phytopathology, Feb 1938, Vol. XXVIII
Paper: 'William Bateson's work at Cambridge and the Diffusion of Mendelism' by R D Harvey (JIC Archivist)
Articles and press reports (copies) on biotechnology and GM issues: includes reports on biotech/GM issues by Chris Tapsell on Agnet, the Food Research Association, Unilever, BSPB, Nature Biotechnology magazine, ASI, Farmer's Weekly and Seed World; the Plant Varieties Bill, order for the second reading, 24 June 1997; Conference transcripts: 'Transgenic Herbicide Resistance in Europe' by Tony Houghton (London 1996); 'The Need for International Harmonisation of Data Requirements and regulations of Biopesticides-An Industry's View' by M C Neale (London 1996); 'Registration and Plant Breeder's Rights of Transgenic Varieties', revised text by A A J M Franken (London 1996); EuropaBio letter to President Santer (of the Commission of the European Union) on concerns over changes on technology labelling and segregation of GMOs, 23 June 1997; John Innes Centre Information sheets (Mendel's Garden, Chelsea Flower Show 1997); includes handwritten notes by GCMS
Copies of articles: 'Occurrence of natural infection of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) with pea seed-bourne mosaic potyvirus in the UK', R E Boulton, NPS Dhillon and G J Jellis (PBI), in Plant Varieties and Seeds (1996); 'The Reaction of some varieties of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to pea seed-bourne mosaic potyvirus, O Fagbola, R E Boulton and G J Jellis and N P S Dhillon (PBI), in Plant Varieties and Seeds (1996); 'Isozyme and RFLP mapping of sbm-4, a gene in pea (Pisum sativum) conferring resistance to the P-4 pathotype of pea seed-bourne mosaic virus', R E Boulton, N P S Dhillon, G J Jellis, E A Jackson, P L Jack and C N D Lacey in Adv. Hort. Sci., 9 (1995); 'Pea early-browning tobravirus, R E Boulton (PBI), in Plant Pathology 45 (1996); 'A viral disease of broad bean caused by a non-aphid-transmissible strain of turnip mosaic virus', W Q Hu, Z Q Pu, Z G Xu and Z D Zang in Plant Pathology 45 (1996).
Articles on biotechnology (copies): address by Sir Robert May (President of the Royal Society) on history/future of biotechnology in relation to food production and population; 'The Unfinished Green revolution-The Future Role of Science and Technology in Feeding the Developing World' by N E Borlug and C Dowswell; 'Corporate Change' by Barbara Dinham; The 1997 Brighton Crop Protection Conference-Weeds 'Saving the Planet with Pesticides, Biotechnology and European Farm Reform' by D T Avery; EMBO report: 'Is opposition to GM crops science or politics?' by A J Trewavas and C J Leaver and 'Of Maize and Men' by S Flothmann and J van Aken; 'Health -relevant and environmental aspects of different farming systems: organic, conventional and genetic engineering' by InterNutrition (Zurich); Environment Health News, No. 5 (2001); 'One day electricity will grow on trees' by R Highfield (Telegraph); 'Anglian Bishop Sees Place for Biotech in UK Farming' (Dr Anthony Russell); 'Fight the Blight', articles by Bennett Daviss and Stephen Day: pages from New Scientist Sept 2001; draft paper 'Building Biotechnology Capacity in Africa Case Studies of Ongoing Projects-Relevant Products' by Greg Sage (?); European Molecular Biology Organisation reports; UPOV Press release No 50 (Dec 2001), 40th anniversary; 'Gene Therapy in Plants' by B Hohn and H Puchta, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96 (1999); 52nd Oxford Farming Conference (Jan 1998): 'Tailoring Crops for Tomorrow's World' by Dr N J Poole, 'Bright Prospects for Energy Crops?' by D F S Natusch, 'What's fair?' by R Guebertand, 'My Reactions-UK Farmer' by D J H Butler and speech 'Future Evolution of the Common Agricultural Policy by Dr Franz Fischler (European Commission).