An International Journal for Plant Biology
Welcome to the Sixth Plants & Peoples webinar -a joint venture between Physiologia Plantarum and the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) The focus is “Trends in Crop Improvement and Development” Register and watch the prerecorded presentations here. The live event will take place on November 29, 2023 11:30 CET and 18:30 Beijing time PROGRAM 11:30 Welcome by … Read more
Climate change, energy use and food security are the main challenges that our society is facing nowadays. The impact of carbon dioxide on the Earth´s climate forces us to investigate possibilities for using sustainable energy resources. One potential approach to address this problem is to recycle carbon dioxide to fuel- or chemical production using photosynthesis. Photosynthetic … Read more
Physiologia Plantarum is looking for PhD students or postdocs in plant science who are willing to learn how to communicate science simply and in a relatable context for the general public. With guidance from the editorial office and associate editors, you will deliver popular science short pieces. We welcome written text as well as digital … Read more
Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that the global human population will reach approximately 9 billion by 2050. The world farming system must produce 50% more food than the current production to meet growing food demands. Plant breeding-based technologies have contributed significantly to hunger reduction during the last few decades. However, the global food requirements … Read more
DEADLINE CHANGED TO 31st MARCH 2024. Pathogenic microbes are responsible for enormous crop loss during pre and post-harvest storage conditions and, thus, are one of the major threats to sustainable crop production. In particular, fungal pathogens cause some of the most devastating diseases of staple crops, including blast disease of rice and leaf rust, Fusarium … Read more
NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 2024 This special issue focuses on data resources and computation approaches for non-model organisms. In the past decade, there has been a revolution in high throughput methods. This has liberated studies from the need to use model systems, as evidenced by the explosion in available genome assemblies, multi-omics and population genomics … Read more
Welcome to the Fifth Plants & Peoples webinar -a joint venture between Physiologia Plantarum and the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) The focus is “Recent breakthroughs in lignin chemistry and phenoloxidases for plant development and response to stresses”. Register and watch the prerecorded presentations here. The live event will take place on May 11, 2023 … Read more
Some 500 million years ago plant life on land started to flourish and diversify. This transformative event required the ability to resist to earth’s challenges—abilities hard-wired in extant plants today. Some prerequisites for terrestrial life already evolved in streptophyte algae, thus offering building blocks and networks that enabled adaptation to land; during evolution of the … Read more
Welcome to the fourth Physiologia Plantarum joint seminar with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS). The focus is ” Recent Highlights in Plant Nutrition“. You can register and check the recorded talks here. The live event will be on November 24, 2022. Stockholm 12:30; Beijing 18:30; New York 6:30 Here is the program (all times … Read more
We gladly present the winners of the SPPS Prizes of 2022 that are given during the 29th SPPS conference! Several prizes have been given: the Physiologia Plantarum prize, Early career prize, PhD prize, Innovation prize and SPPS prize. For some, the jury could not decide and 2 prizes were given! Physiologia Plantarum Prize The Physiologia … Read more
Yuling Jiao takes over our “Development, growth and differentiation” area after Ykä Helariutta. Yuling Jiao’s lab combines multidisciplinary approaches to study plant development, in particular shoot lateral appendage formation and patterning. In combination with mathematical simulation, they study the 3D form acquisition of leaves, the primary aerial organ. In addition, they study how a stem … Read more
This focus collection brings together articles dealing with the effects of cold on plants: from cold sensing to how plants tolerate frost and the impact of temperature on plant physiology.
Welcome to the third Physiologia Plantarum joint seminar with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS). The focus is ” Cold Tolerance and Adaptation”. You can register and check the recorded talks here. The live event will be on May 19, 2022. Here is the program (all times are shown as Stockholm … Read more
Since January, Ykä Helariutta is the new Editor-in-chief of Physiologia Plantarum. He is currently sharing the position with Vaughan Hurry for a smooth transition. A word from Ykä Helariutta – PPL new Editor-in-Chief I initially trained as a plant molecular biologist and obtained my PhD at the University of Helsinki, Finland, under the guidance of … Read more
We are happy to announce the 2021 Reviewer award winners! Soichi Kojima Dr Soichi Kojima did his PhD at Tohoku University, Japan, under Prof. Tomoyuki Yamaya, studying the gene expression of glutamate synthase in rice. As a post-doc, he worked with Prof. Nicolaus von Wiren at the University of Hohenheim, Germany, on the transport of … Read more
Plant-specialized metabolites, including anthocyanin and carotenoids, and floral volatiles such as terpenoids, phenylpropanoids/benzenoids, and fatty acids play crucial roles in plants. Importantly, they are features of flowers’ colors and fragrance, which are essential traits in maintaining the ecological linkage between flowers and a diverse range of visitors, such as pollinators, florivores and pathogens, hence playing … Read more
