Plant Science Today Blog
- ASPB Member Spotlight — Lucas Vanhaelewyn
- ASPB Member Spotlight – John Boyer
- President’s Letter—The Value of Our ASPB Community
- NIFA Extends Deadlines for Proposal Submission to AFRI Programs
- Journal Flexibility in the Troubling Times of COVID-19
- ASPB Member Spotlight – Beverly Agtuca
- Society Civic Science Initiative: Advancing Collective Support for Civic Science Activities
- Welcome New Ambassadors
- ASPB Member Spotlight – Deborah Delmer
- Plant Biology 2020 – COVID-19 STATEMENT
- Announcing our 2020 Class of Plantae Fellows
- ASPB Welcomes Our New Members Who Joined in January/February 2020
- ASPB Member Spotlight – Charles Arntzen
- ASPB Welcomes Our New Members Who Joined in 2019
- Policy Update – Department of Agriculture Releases Five-Year Science Blueprint
Plantae Blog
- A Roadmap Toward Large-Scale Genome Editing in Crops
- Tools to unravel the mystery of why some tomatoes are hairier than others
- Plantae Presents – A New Global Plant Science Talk Series
- Twin-Positive Motifs Function as Specific Plastid Targeting Signals
- Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Na Li
- Exosome-Deficient Mutants Reveal Rare Promoter Upstream Transcripts (PROMPTs) in Arabidopsis
- Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Peng Zhou
- RNA polymerase II transcription: cleave to elongate
- Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Yunliu Zeng
- Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Lucas McKinnon
- Review. Signalling pathways underlying nitrogen-dependent changes in root system architecture: from model to crop species (J. Exp. Bot.)
- Hornwort genomes (Nature Plants)
- Roles for CHROMATIN REMODELING 4 in Arabidopsis floral transition (Plant Cell)
- The embryo sheath is an anti-adhesive structure that facilitates cotyledon emergence during germination in Arabidopsis ($) (Curr. Biol.)
- “The secret is how to die!”: CPK1 controls cell death via phosphorylation of ORE1 (Plant Cell)
Highlights from the Plantae Community
Policy Updates
- Society Civic Science Initiative: Advancing Collective Support for Civic Science Activities
- Policy Update – Department of Agriculture Releases Five-Year Science Blueprint
- Policy Update – NASA Releases Early Career Solicitation Towards Plant/Food Production Technologies
- Policy Update – FFAR Releases 2020 New Innovator Award, Eliminates Match Requirement
- Policy Update – Agencies Release Website for Biotechnology Regulation
- Policy Update – DOE Releases Sustainable Bioenergy Crops Solicitation
- Policy Update – ASPB Nominee Named to BIO AC
- Policy Update – Administration Nominates National Science Foundation Director
- Policy Update – House Agriculture Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Implementation of Farm Bill Research Programs
- Policy Update – NSF Announces Next Phase of Reintegrating Biology Initiative
- Policy Update – NIFA Relocation
- Action Alert – America Grows Act
- Press Release – ASPB Names 2019 Recipient of Leadership in Science Policy Public Service Award
- PSRN Updates – Inclusivity in the Plant Sciences and Plant Summit 2019
- Policy Update: Shutdown Outlook and Impacts for Higher Education and Research
Press Releases
- Press Release – Blake Meyers Appointed Next Editor of The Plant Cell
- Press Release – Gene Responsible for Lutein Esterification in Bread Wheat Identified
- Press Release – ASPB Names 2019 Recipient of Leadership in Science Policy Public Service Award
- Genetic Variant Linked to Cucumber Fruit Length
- Robotic device tracks plant growth at the cellular level
- A crucial gene controls stem juiciness in sorghum and beyond
- ASPB Wins The 2018 Gold EXCEL award for the Plantae podcast, The Taproot, from Association Media and Publishing
- A pretty plant of summer produces a promising anti-diabetes compound
- ASPB Wins 2018 Excellence in New Communications Award for Plantae
- Gene Boosts Rice Growth and Yield in Salty Soil
- New approach to improve nitrogen use, enhance yield, and promote flowering in rice
- Fanconi Anemia: Insight From a Green Plant
- Scholarly Publishers Join Forces to Launch Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA) Initiative Aims to Promote Awareness and Support of Society-Sponsored Journals
- ASPB Press Release: White House Announces Proposed Update to the Regulatory System for Biotechnology Products
- A Breakthrough in Genetic Modification of Grains