Functional Plant Biology
Scope
Functional Plant Biology publishes high quality papers about plant functions and their regulation, especially on adaptation to abiotic and biotic stress.
FPB encourages papers on emerging concepts and new tools in plant biology, and studies on the functional biology of plants at all scales from the molecular through whole plant to community.
Recent Special Issues
The Evolution of Plant Functions series
'This virtual special issue contains reviews on major plant funtions and is ideal for lecturers and senior students. All papers are free on-line.
' Plant Phenomics Symposium: from Gene to Form and Function'
FPB Best Paper Award
Functional Plant Biology offers an award for the best paper published by an early-career scientist in the Journal in each calendar year. The winner of the award is invited to present an oral paper at the ComBio conference in the year of the award and registration will be funded by the ASPS.
The award also carries a prize of a one-year print + online subscription to FPB and a certificate presented by the president of ASPS To be eligible for the prize, the first author must be:
1. A member of ASPS or NZSPB
2. A PhD candidate or no more than 10 years post-PhD
Papers eligible for the award will be judged by the Council of ASPS. The winner of the award will be announced in a mid-year issue of the Journal.
Previous Winners
2008 : Joanne Tilbrook
Cell death in grape berries: varietal differences linked to xylem pressure and berry weight loss PDF 2.4 MB
2007 : Abby Cuttriss
Regulation of lutein biosynthesis and prolamellar body formation in Arabidopsis PDF
2006: Rebecca Miller
Cyanogenesis in the Australian tropical rainforest endemic Brombya platynema (Rutaceae): chemical characterisation and polymorphism PDF
2005:Nick Gould
Phloem hydrostatic pressure relates to solute loading rate: a direct test of the Münch hypothesis PDF
2004 : Dr Megan Lindsay, CSIRO Plant Industry
A locus for sodium exclusion (Nax1), a trait for salt tolerance, mapped in durum wheat PDF
Special offer for ASPS and NZSPB members
ASPS and NZSPB members are eligible for a special reduction on personal subscriptions to FPB. Save up to $50 on a yearly subscription! See FPB website for more details: http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/107/aid/813.htm
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