Smartt, J(oseph)

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SMARTT, J(oseph)

SMARTT, J(oseph). British, b. 1931. Genres: Agriculture/Forestry, Biology, Botany, Zoology. Career: Colonial Research Service, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), scientific officer to senior scientific officer, 1954-62; North Carolina State University, research assistant; Cambridge University, postdoctoral fellow, School of Agriculture, 1965-67; University of Southampton, Southampton, England, lecturer in botany department, 1967-73, senior lecturer, 1973-90, reader in biology department, 1990-. Publications: Tropical Pulses, 1976; Grain Legumes: Evolution and Genetic Resources, 1990. EDITOR: The Groundnut Crop; (with N.W. Simmonds) Evolution of Crop Plants, 2nd ed, 1995. Address: Department of Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences Building University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO9 3TU, England.

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