Paula Elizabeth Jameson is a New Zealand plant physiologist.

Biography

In 1982, Jameson was awarded a

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from the University of Canterbury, with a thesis titled ''A study on the role of cytokinins in the development of starch accumulating structures''. After working at the

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and serving as head of department at

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, Jameson moved to the

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. Jameson is a Fellow of the

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and a life member of the

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Research

Jameson's work on the genetics of large-seed production has received international coverage. In the 1980s, Jameson gave evidence of her research findings in a controversial case involving the fertiliser

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. Fertiliser company Bell-Booth Ltd contended that Jameson was on the verge of a major breakthrough of great significance to New Zealand. However, Jameson's results were challenged by international scientists appearing for the

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, who determined that the fertiliser would have to be applied at the rate of 98,000 litres/ha to elicit a response. The case was decided against the Ministry because even though the product was likely worthless, no legal basis existed to prevent its marketing. Interviewed later about the case, Jameson said that she was not keen to revisit "ancient history nd the casetaught me to stand on my own two feet and taught me who my friends were."

Honours and awards

In 2019, Jameson was awarded the Marsden Medal by the

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for her work on plant cytokinins, among other work, over her scientific career. In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Jameson was appointed an

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, for services to plant science.

Selected works

* ''Controlled cytokinin production in transgenic tobacco using a copper-inducible promoter''

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PE Jameson Paula Elizabeth Jameson is a New Zealand plant physiologist. Biography In 1982, Jameson was awarded a PhD from the University of Canterbury, with a thesis titled ''A study on the role of cytokinins in the development of starch accumulating ...

Plant Physiology Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Closely related fields include plant morphology (structure of plants), plant ecology (interactions with the environment), phytochemistry (bi ...

116 (3), 969–977. 1998 * ''Cytokinins and auxins in plant-pathogen interactions–an overview''

Plant Growth Regulation Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...

32 (2-3), 369–380. 2000 * ''Changes in the activities of antioxidant enzymes in response to virus infection and hormone treatment''

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114 (2), 157–164. 2002

References

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