| Founded | 1924 |
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| Founder | Rodney Beecher Harvey[1][2] |
| Type | 501(c)(3) organization[3] |
| Purpose | Sharing information about Agricultural economics |
| Headquarters | 15501 Monona Drive, Rockville, MD 20855[4] |
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President[7] | Gustavo Macintosh (2022-2023)[5][6] |
| Website | aspb |
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.[7][1] Other presidents of the Society include Harry Beevers (1961-1962)[24][25] and Aubrey Naylor (1960-1961).[26][7] The first woman to be president of the society was Elisabeth Gantt (1988-1989).[27][7]
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