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EDITORIAL
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From the beginning of July 2008 Professor J. S. (Pat) Heslop-Harrison from the University of Leicester (UK) will replace me as Chief Editor of Annals of Botany. Under his guidance the Journal will, I know, continue to respond readily to the publishing needs of plant biology as research with plants, their ecology and commercial exploitation expands and diversifies, especially in Asia and South America. However, while continuing change seems inevitable, some key fundamentals are certain to be retained. These include fair and considerate dealings with authors and maintenance of the highest standards of peer review and publishing integrity.
Now is perhaps an appropriate time to summarize the Journal's development over recent years. If nothing else, such a summing-up may show that a long-established journal such as ours can indeed adapt rapidly to satisfy new needs and exploit the opportunities created by modern technology. The recent past has seen
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