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Physiologia Plantarum

Published on behalf of the Scandinavian Society for Plant Physiology

Edited by:
Vaughan Hurry

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 31/155 Plant Sciences
Impact Factor: 2.334

Physiologia Plantarum is an international journal committed to publishing the best full-length original research papers that advance our understanding of the primary physiological, molecular and genetic mechanisms governing plant development, growth and productivity; including plant interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. The journal also publishes Minireviews and Technical Focus papers, with the aim of providing a forum for the exchange of information on recent breakthroughs and technical advances.

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Physiologia Plantarum is indexed by MEDLINE

2008 IMPACT FACTOR: 2.334

Physiologia Plantarum 137:4 - special issue featuring articles on Alternative Oxidase
For a list of special issues, see below.

Physiologia Plantarum is using the latest version of ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central)

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Reviewer Guidelines - Helps reviewers make decisions on how to score a manuscript

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TopHighlights

Current Issue Highlights

• Towards a structural elucidation of the alternative oxidase in plants
• Aox gene structure, transcript variation and expression in plants
• Alternative oxidase: a target and regulator of stress responses
• Alternative oxidase: a defence against metabolic fluctuations?
• Plastic and adaptive responses of plant respiration to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration
• Genetic and genomic approaches to assess adaptive genetic variation in plants: forest trees as a model

Recent Issue Highlights

• Identification of regulatory elements involved in expression and induction by sucrose and UV-B light of the Arabidopsis thaliana COX5b-2 gene, encoding an isoform of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5b
• Association mapping of cadmium, copper and hydrogen peroxide tolerance of roots and translocation capacities of cadmium and copper in Arabidopsis thaliana
• Identification of Arabidopsis subtilisin-like serine protease specifically expressed in root stele by gene trapping
• Phytochrome-mediated growth inhibition of seminal roots in rice seedlings

Special Issues

Physiologia Plantarum publishes regular special issues covering all aspects of plant physiology. Click on the links below to view some of the published special issues from 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009:

Special Issue: Alternative Oxidase
Physiologia Plantarum special issue(137:4) published December 2009 features articles on Alternative Oxidase

Special Issue: Special Topics in Potassium and Magnesium Research
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (133:4) published August 2008 features articles on Special Topics in Potassium and Magnesium Research

Special Issue: The Carbon Concentrating Mechanism
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (133:1) published May 2008 features articles on The Carbon Concentrating Mechanism

Special Issue: Plant Metabolomics
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (132:2) published February 2008 features articles on Plant Metabolomics

Special Issue: Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (130:3) published July 2007 features articles on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants.

Special Issue: Plant Respiration
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (129:1) published January 2007 features articles on Plant Respiration.

Special Issue: Seasonally Dry Environments
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (127:3) published July 2006 features articles on Seasonally Dry Environments.

Special Issue: Focus: Korea
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (126:4) published April 2006 features articles on Plant sciences in Korea.

Special Issue: Nutreomics and Biofortification
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (126:3) published March 2006 features articles on Nutreomics and Biofortification.

Special Issue: Abiotic Stress
Physiologia Plantarum special issue (126:1) published January 2006 features articles on Plant Abiotic stress.

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