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]

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