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Marc Carriquí has done his PhD at the University de les Illes Balears with Jaume Flexas (@JaumeFlexas73) and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Tasmania working with Tim Brodribb. His research focusses on the evolution of plant physiology, particularly on the CO2 diffusion and hydraulics. Marc has been reviewing many different articles … Read more

The whole structure of peer-reviewed journals lies on the shoulders of expert reviewers. They are the key to scientifically sound articles and yet, they are doing the job for free on the basis that other fellow scientists will do the same for them. As a result, scientists have a service benefitting the whole scientific community. … Read more

A lot of people are involved from the submission to the online acceptance of an article. To let you meet who is handling your publications at Physiologia Plantarum (PPL), we started an interview series about the people working for the journal. We will kick-off this series with our Editor-in-Chief, Vaughan Hurry! Vaughan is a professor … Read more

In the proposed Special Issue, we are looking for original research articles and reviews focusing on transporter proteins (minerals, sugar, hormone, growth regulator…) and their role in stress tolerance mechanisms in plants. Sensing stress signals and quick responses are crucial for plants to overcome the stress and minimize metabolic losses. In this regard, solute transporters … Read more

Beginning January 2019 each issue of Physiologia Plantarum will feature a new kind of article called ‘In the spotlight’. The spotlight articles will shine a light on a selected article of the issue; essentially, they are intended to be a short commentary to the main paper. Spotlight articles will be open access and of easy … Read more

Quickly described your scientific path I did my PhD in Umeå, working with chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins, and continued with this as assistant professor after a postdoc in Copenhagen. Later, I also started working with tree genetics and genomics, in particular aspen phenology. Since 2002, I am professor in Umeå. Quickly described your GMO and gene editing … Read more

We are starting a new series of virtual issues gathering the latest publications of Physiologia plantarum in a specific topic. In that sense, we are creating a virtual special issue allowing our readers to have a quick and exhaustive idea of what is going on in a particular field over the last 2 years. Our … Read more

The Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB) organises every two years a large international Plant Biology Europe (PBE) congress, located in a different European country. This year, the conference is held in Copenhagen, Denmark from June 18th-21st 2018.  PBE is jointly organized by FESBP and EPSO, as a result of a merger between the previous individual … Read more

Special Issue on “Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide signals integration and plant development under stressed/non-stressed conditions” Physiologia Plantarum is inviting original research and review papers for a Special Issue on “Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide signals integration and plant development under stressed/non-stressed conditions”, that will cover topics on roles of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and/or nitric … Read more

In her editorial, Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi explains that a group of Early-Career Principal Investigators (ECPI) from the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) established a network of next generation scientists to ensure the continuity of excellent plant sciences in the Nordic region. She also wrote that “the main scientific objectives of SPPS-ECPI include resolving timely challenges arising … Read more

It is a fact that without all the reviewers, who have spent hours thinking and reflecting over manuscripts, our journal would not exist. This is how peer-to-peer review works, trying to maintain scientific integrity by filtering and validating each other’s efforts. Therefore, we owe a BIG THANKS to all reviewers working behind the scene and … Read more