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 Agricultural economics
Headquarters15501 Monona Drive, Rockville, MD 20855 [4]
Location
  • International membership
President [5]
Gustavo Macintosh (2022-2023) [6] [7]
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. [8] It was founded in 1924, as the American Society of Plant Physiologists (ASPP). [1] [2] [9] [10] The name was changed to the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) as of 2001. [11] [12] 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. [13]

The society publishes the peer-reviewed journals Plant Physiology (1926-) [14] and The Plant Cell (1989-) [15] as well as ASPB News. [16] 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. [17] In 2000, it published the first edition of the textbook Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants. [18] [19]

The society has given the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award since 1925. [20] It established the Stephen Hales Prize in 1927. [21] As of 2007, the society began to designate Fellows of the ASPB for "long-term contributions to plant biology". [22] 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. [23]

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) [24] [25] and Aubrey Naylor (1960–1961). [26] [5] The first woman to be president of the society was Elisabeth Gantt (1988–1989). [27] [5]

References

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  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.
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  7. Macintosh, Gustavo (2022). "Well, How Did I Get Here? (Once in a Lifetime)". ASPB News. Vol. 49, no. 4. American Society of Plant Biologists. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
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  12. "Chandler to Head American Society of Plant Biologists". University of Arizona News. November 9, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  13. "Back Matter". The Plant Cell. 3 (1). 1991. ISSN   1040-4651. JSTOR   3869205.
  14. 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)
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  17. "Plant Direct". SEB Journals. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  18. "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)
  19. "ASPP Publishes Maior Plant Biology Textbook" (PDF). ASPP News. 27 (5): 12. 2000.
  20. "Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award | Instrumentl". www.instrumentl.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  21. 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.
  22. "Fellow of ASPB". American Society of Plant Biologists.
  23. "Announcing the 2023 ASPB Plantae Fellows". Plantae. November 17, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  24. 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.
  25. Stephens, Tim (April 19, 2004). "In Memoriam, 04-19-04". UC Santa Cruz Currents. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  26. 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.
  27. "Elisabeth Gantt". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 30, 2023.