Plant Cell Technology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501–1193, Japan (Y.O., H.I., Y.K., H.K.); Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422–8529, Japan (T.I., A.M.); Experimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba 305–0074, Japan (M.K., S.I.); Life Science Research Center, College of BioResource Sciences, Nihon Univers...

State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China (S.Y., H.Z., H.G., W.F., T.C., D.K., H.K., Z.Z.); State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China (L.L., Q.X.); and Department of Plant, Soil, and ...

As plant scientists we are increasingly aware and concerned with the accelerating rate of change of our planet and our societies. In our lifetimes we have witnessed major alterations in the structure and make-up of land, water, and the atmosphere, in use of natural resources and agricultural practices, in migration of plants, animals, and people, in rates of urbanization, and in the rise and sp...

1 State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China 2 Key Lab of Southwestern Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Innovation Ministry of Agriculture, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources, Yunnan Academy of Agr...

Joshua Linn, Meiyan Ren, Oliver Berkowitz, Wona Ding, Margaretha J. van der Merwe, James Whelan, and Ricarda Jost Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Sciences, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, VIC 3083, Australia College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211 Zhejia...

Research in plant biology has contributed much to our understanding of fundamental biological processes and will factor importantly in our ability to feed a growing population. However, a global view of funding for the plant sciences suggests a mixed outlook, with some success stories at individual institutions, but a general neglect in terms of national funding priorities. Cyrus Martin reports...

BRAD HANSON, UC Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis; ALBERT FISCHER, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis; ANIL SHRESTHA, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, California State University, Fresno; MARIE JASIENIUK, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cali...

1 State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics & National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China, 2 Institute of Crop Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China, 3 Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China, 4 Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chine...

1 Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Sciences, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Neuherberg, Germany 2 Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Sciences, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Neuherberg, Germany *...