American Society of Plant Biologists

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American Society of Plant Biologists
Founded1924
FounderRodney Beecher Harvey [1] [2]
Type501(c)(3) organization [3]
PurposeSharing information about Plant biology
Headquarters15501 Monona Drive, Rockville, MD 20855 [4]
Location
  • International membership
President [5]
Kent Chapman (2025-2026) [6]
Website aspb.org
Formerly called
American Society of Plant Physiologists

The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is a non-profit professional society for research and education in plant science [1] with over 4,000 members world-wide. [7] It was founded in 1924, as the American Society of Plant Physiologists (ASPP). [1] [2] [8] [9] The name was changed to the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) as of 2001. [10] [11] Membership in the society is open to any person from any country who deals with physiology, molecular biology, environmental biology, cell biology and plant biophysics or related issues. [12]

The society publishes the peer-reviewed journals Plant Physiology (1926-) [13] and The Plant Cell (1989-) [14] as well as ASPB News. [15] The American Society of Plant Biologists also has partnered with the Society for Experimental Biology, and Wiley to publish an online-only science journal Plant Direct. [16] In 2000, it published the first edition of the textbook Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants. [17] [18]

The society has given the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award since 1925. [19] It established the Stephen Hales Prize in 1927. [20] As of 2007, the society began to designate Fellows of the ASPB for "long-term contributions to plant biology". [21] ASPB Fellows are distinct from ASPB's "Plantae Fellows", who are selected from a variety of countries and backgrounds for their work as science communicators. [22]

The first President of the Society was Charles Albert Shull (1924–1925), with founder R. B. Harvey as Secretary-Treasurer. [5] [1] Other presidents of the Society include Harry Beevers (1961–1962) [23] [24] and Aubrey Naylor (1960–1961). [25] [5] The first woman to be president of the society was Elisabeth Gantt (1988–1989). [26] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "In Memoriam: Rodney Beecher Harvey May 26, 1890—Nov. 4, 1945". Plant Physiology. 21 (1): vi–x. 1946. PMC   437713 .
  2. 1 2 Hanson, J. B. (1989). History of the American Society of Plant Physiologists (PDF). American Society of Plant Physiologists. ISBN   0-943088-16-X.
  3. ↑ "American Society Of Plant Biologists - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ "About". ASPB. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Past Presidents". American Society of Plant Biologists. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Leadership". American Society of Plant Biologists. Retrieved January 17, 2026.
  7. ↑ Sacks, Luke (August 19, 2022). "Leeann Thornton named president-elect of the American Society of Plant Biologists | News". TCNJ News. The College of New Jersey. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  8. ↑ Shull, Charles A. (January 1, 1955). "Address to the American Society of Plant Physiologists". Plant Physiology. 30 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1104/pp.30.1.1. PMC   540587 . PMID   16654719.
  9. ↑ Munns, DPD (2021). "The age of biology: When plant physiology was in the center of American life science" . History of Science. 59 (4): 492–521. doi:10.1177/0073275320954123. PMID   32927976. S2CID   221724381.
  10. ↑ "ASPP Broadens Remit as ASPB". www.cabi.org. September 14, 2001.
  11. ↑ "Chandler to Head American Society of Plant Biologists". University of Arizona News. November 9, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Back Matter". The Plant Cell. 3 (1). 1991. ISSN   1040-4651. JSTOR   3869205.
  13. ↑ Aoyagi, William Shurtleff; Akiko (July 19, 2021). History of Soybean Physiology and Botany Research (250 BCE to 2021): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Lafayette, CA: Soyinfo Center. pp. 243–244. ISBN   978-1-948436-44-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ Meyers, Blake C. (January 2020). "New at the Helm of The Plant Cell, a Journal for the Plant Science Community". The Plant Cell. 32 (1): 1–3. Bibcode:2020PlanC..32....1M. doi:10.1105/tpc.19.00900. PMC   6961624 . PMID   33792701.
  15. ↑ Schmidt, Diane (April 14, 2014). Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition. CRC Press. p. 217. ISBN   978-1-4665-5857-1.
  16. ↑ "Plant Direct". SEB Journals. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Biochemistry & molecular biology of plants". Choice Reviews Online. 38 (7): 38–3895–38-3895. March 1, 2001. doi:10.5860/choice.38-3895 (inactive July 1, 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
  18. ↑ "ASPP Publishes Maior Plant Biology Textbook" (PDF). ASPP News. 27 (5): 12. 2000.
  19. ↑ "Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award | Instrumentl". www.instrumentl.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  20. ↑ Shull, Charles A.; Livingston, Burton E. (December 9, 1927). "The Stephen Hales Prize Fund of the American Society of Plant Physiologists" . Science. 66 (1719): 561–562. Bibcode:1927Sci....66..561S. doi:10.1126/science.66.1719.561. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   17820507.
  21. ↑ "Fellow of ASPB". American Society of Plant Biologists.
  22. ↑ "Announcing the 2023 ASPB Plantae Fellows". Plantae. November 17, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  23. ↑ Chrispeels, Maarten J. (2005). "Harry Beevers January 10, 1924–April 14, 2004". Biographical Memoirs. Vol. 86. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. pp. 16–35. doi:10.17226/11429. ISBN   978-0-309-09304-0.
  24. ↑ Stephens, Tim (April 19, 2004). "In Memoriam, 04-19-04". UC Santa Cruz Currents. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  25. ↑ Gibbs, Martin (June 1999). "Educator and editor" . Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology. 50 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1146/annurev.arplant.50.1.1. ISSN   1040-2519. PMID   15012201.
  26. ↑ "Elisabeth Gantt". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
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