That Arabidopsis thaliana became the reference/model flowering plant was not a foregone conclusion.
Sometimes in the face of opposition from scientists and funders, early practitioners persevered to help establish it firmly in the halls of academia and industry.
The Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee has tracked modern Arabidopsis history in the form of community reports since the late 1980s
Article about George Rédei, heralded as a founder of Arabidopsis genetics- By Erik Potter, Mizzou (Univ. Missouri-Columbia) Click image for pdf of the article