A research associate in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis, Dr Ardeshir Damania has been selected for the Frank N. Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources from the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA). "The award recognizes Damania’s achievements studying wheat, leading crop research and collecting seeds that record the grain’s genetic history,” announced the website www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu.
"The Meyer award will be given to me at the annual meeting of the CSSA on November 9 in Salt Lake City, Utah,” Damania informed Parsiana. The Medal has been instituted in memory of Meyer who served for 13......