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Physiologia Plantarum’s travel grant to Josè M Torres Ruiz

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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

Call for articles – H2S and NO signals integration

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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

Special Issue: 70 Years of SPPS – outlook by Early-Career Principal Investigators

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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

Thank you to all reviewers of 2017

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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

Physiologia Plantarum celebrates 70 years

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During the latter part of the 19th century, the experimental sciences were dominated by Germany. In 1946, Professor Hans Burström at the Botanical Laboratory in Lund sent letters to plant physiologists in the Nordic countries to explore interest in forming a Scandinavian society for plant physiology (SPPS). The aim of the Society would be to promote research in plant physiology in the Nordic countries. The response was positive and in October 1947 a meeting was held in Copenhagen to constitute the Society. The meeting was attended by almost fifty people from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

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