Indeed, the cover letter IS important. This is the place to explain to the editors why your work is important and relevant to the journal. Simply repeating the abstract is not useful. The abstract is often enough a summary for the specialist/expert, not for the bigger picture.
Just accepted an appointment as Monitoring Editor @PlantPhys. Looking forward to serving the plant science community. Don’t hesitate to send interesting manuscripts about plant-herbivore interactions, plant volatiles and plant secondary metabolites my way!
This Thursday (July 25th) MariaElena Zavala, Vincent Asiago, Erin Dolan and Laura Wayne will join us online for a panel discussion about how to be an effective #plantsci#mentor. Register now for this free #webinar https://t.co/lqy6dJSq0s