Agriculture and Science

Prof Richard Beckett is Emeritus Professor of Botany at the School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Prof Beckett’s research interest is the stress physiology of lichens, bryophytes, poikilohydric higher plants and seeds. He has published well over 100 journal research articles, including major review articles and chapters in books. He has an “h” score of 31 (ISI Knowledge). He is currently associate editor of the Journal of Bryology, The Lichenologist and the Bryologist, the leading journals in his discipline.