Plant physiology. The next 5 years.

A Tribute to Late Professor Mahlagha Ghorbanli

This edition of IJPP celebrates ten years of steady publication of Iranian Journal of Plant Physiology. The story of IJPP is that of a journey that started from a local forum where the researchers and scholars mainly from the Islamic Azad University could share findings of their studies, gradually developing into an international peer-reviewed jour...

A Rapid Increase in Spinach Leaf Fructose 2,6-Bisphosphate Occurs during a Light to Dark Transition.

Spinach leaf fructose 2,6-bisphosphate levels increase rapidly during the first 15 minutes of a normal dark period followed by a gradual decline during the next 5 hours. The regulatory mechanism responsible for the dark-induced rise in fructose 2,6-bisphosphate levels can be counteracted by a brief exposure to light intensities greater than 1 microeinstein per square meter per second.

Transitioning to the Next Phase: The Role of Sugar Signaling throughout the Plant Life Cycle.

Editor's choice series: the next generation of biotech crops.

Impact factors and citation rates in plant physiology.

Ever since the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) developed the large database from which it could extract information about the frequency at which published articles were being cited, ISI’s “impact factor” has been widely used by young scientists to try to target their research articles to specific journals and by administrators to evaluate the scientific achievements of scientists. Th...