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Tobacco protoplasts. © INRA, PELLETIER Georges

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08 Jun 2006

Shedding light on cytoplasmic male sterility

Georges Pelletier was the first winner of INRA’s Agricultural Research Award in 2006. When asked to describe his most significant contributions, he starts by citing cytoplasmic male sterility: "The research took over 15 years, starting in the 1980s, and was riddled with technical challenges. But when you compare what we thought then and what we know now, you really see how scientific understanding has progressed”.