About this journal

Plant Signaling & Behavior includes new research on signal perception and transduction, integrative plant physiology, and information acquisition and processing.

Plant Signaling & Behavior fosters an understanding of complex plant communications. The journal examines different levels of biological organization through the integration of molecular biology with physiology, phenomenology, and plant behavior. Topics may address:

• Molecules, protein complexes, membranes, organelles, cells, and organs
• Whole plants and plant communities
• Communication with viruses, bacteria, nematodes, fungi, insects, and animals
• Pathogenic, symbiotic, or predatory interactions

Plant Signaling & Behavior publishes original research papers, reviews, short communications, technical reports, commentaries, and meeting reports.

The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.

Editors-in-Chief
Frantisek Baluska - University of Bonn, Germany
Satish C Bhatla - Delhi University, India
Stefano Mancuso - University of Florence, Italy
Gustavo Souza - Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

Associate Editors
Showkat Ahmad Ganie - Division of Genomic Resources, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, IN
Alexander A. Bulychev - Moscow State University, Moscow, RU
Vitaly Citovsky - State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Seth J. Davis - Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, DE
Gian Pietro Di Sansebastiano - University of Lecce, Lecce, IT
Jurgen Engelberth - University of Texas at San Antonio,San Antonio, Texas, USA
Ming-Jun Gao - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA
Manuela Giovannetti - University of Pisa, Pisa, IT
Mirza Hasanuzzaman - Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, BD
Zheng-Hui He - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA
Ann M. Hirsch - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Yuxuan Hou - China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, CN
Praveen Kumar Kathare - University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Tomonori Kawano - The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, JP
U. Kutschera -I-Cultiver, San Francisco, California, USA
Benoit Lacombe - Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Montpellier, FR
Simcha Lev-Yadun - University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon, IL
Alex Levine - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IL
Jianfeng Li - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusets, USA
Zhiyong Li - State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, CN
Jinxing Lin - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN
Hideaki Matsumoto - Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, JP
Soumya Mukherjee - University of Kalyanu, West Bengal, IN
Teun Munnik - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
Ariel Novoplansky - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Negev, IL
Sanjib Kumar Panda - Assam University (a Central University), Silchar, IN
Andrej Pavlovic - Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, CZ
Vijay Pratap Singh - C.M.P Degree College, University of Allahabad,Prayagraj, IN
Deyong Ren - State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute,Hangzhou, CN
Jozef Samaj - Palacky University, Olomouc, CZ
Sanwal Singh Sengar - S.V.P. University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, IN
Durgesh KumarTripathi - Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, IN
Narendra Tuteja - Amity University,Noida, IN
Dominique Van Der Straeten - Ghent University, Ghent, BE
Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
David Wendehenne - INRA University of Bourgogne, Dijon, FR
Ken Yokawa - Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, JP
Viktor Zarsky - Charles University, Prague, CZ

Editorial Board
Ramakrishna Akula - Monsanto Crop Breeding Station, Karnatalka, IN
Mohammad Wahid Ansari - Department of Botany, ZHDC, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
Emmanuel Baudouin - Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, FR
Nicolas Bouché - Institut Jean Pierre Bourgin,Versailles, FR
François Bouteau - Universite Paris, Paris, FR
Gladys I. Cassab - National Autonomous University of Mexico, Morelos, MX
Daniel A. Chamovitz -Tel Aviv University,Tel Aviv, IL
Ruiqiang Chen -North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA
Sylvie Coursol - Universite´ Paris XI, Gif-sur-Yvette, FR
Qiaohong Duan -University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
Kevin M. Folta - University of Florida,Gainesville, Florida USA
Yingying Han - University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
Bettina Hause - Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie,Halle, DE
Gabor Jakab - University of Pecs, Pecs, HU
Jean-LouisJulien - The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute , Toronto, Ontario, CA
Pradeep Kachroo - University of Kentucky , Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Nabil Killiny - University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Jagadis Gupta Kapuganti - University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Rupesh Kariyat - ETH Zurich , Zurich, CH
Xiaobo Li - Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA
Chengliang Wang - Anhui Normal University, Anhui, CN
Lai-Hua Liu - Universitat Hohenheim , Stuttgart, DE
Tingsong Liu - The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, Oklahoma, US
Jutta Ludwig-Mueller - Technical University, Dresden, DE
Wei Ma - Nanyang Technological University, SG
Yi Ma - University of Connecticut, Storrs,Connecticut, USA
Rui Malhó - FCL, Bloco Cl, Lisboa, PT
Tony Miller - John Innes Centre,Norwich, UK
Bernd Mueller-Roeber - University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, DE
Ralf Oelmüller - Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, DE
Emily Palm - University of Florence , Sesto Fiorentino, IT
Girdhar Pandey - University of Dehli,New Dehli, Delhi, IN
Imara Perera - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Christoph Plieth -Universität Kiel, Kiel,DE
A.S.N. Reddy - Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Luciana Renna - Michigan State University,East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Michael Rostás - Lincoln University , Lincoln,NZ
Shinichiro Sawa - Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, JP
Vaidurya Sahi - Charles University, Prague, CZ
Adriano Sofo - University of Basilicata , Potenza, IT
Ji Sun - The Rockefeller University, New York City, New York, USA
Richa Tyagi -Johns Hopkins University Schoolof Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Vadim Volkov -University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Feng Wang - Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
MingYang - Oklahoma State University ,Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Tianbao Yang - Washington State University ,Pullman, Washington, USA
WeicaiYang - Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology , Beijing, CN
Weili Yang -Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Ken Yokawa - University of Bonn, Bonn, DE
Wenguang Zheng - Iowa State University,Ames, Iowa, USA
JianhuaZhu - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Sabine Zimmermann - CNRS UMR5004, Montpellier cedex 1, FR

Our Mission

The Society of Plant Signaling and Behavior serves the community of scientists interested in sensory plant biology, signaling, and communicative ecology in plants.

It fosters transdisciplinary interactions among plant molecular biologists, cell biologists, plant physiologists and plant ecologists.

The goal of this field is to illuminate the structure of the information network that exists within plants. Plants are dynamic and highly sensitive organisms that actively and competitively forage for limited resources both above and below ground. Plants accurately compute inputs from the environment, use sophisticated cost-benefit analysis, and take action to mitigate diverse environmental insults. Plants are also capable of refined recognition of self and non-self, and are territorial in behavior. This view sees plants as information processing organisms with complex, long-distance communication systems within the plant body and extending into the surrounding ecosystem. Our Society was originally founded in 2005 as the Society for Plant Neurobiology to reflect these views of plant function. In May 2009 the Society voted to expand its view and change its name accordingly.

One goal of establishing a community for Plant Signaling and Behavior is to provide a venue for all interested biologists to explore complex plant behavior utilizing all levels of experimental approach. Among our symposia participants have been molecular geneticists, biochemists, electrophysiologists, physiological ecologists, community ecologists, mathematical modelers, plant designers, and even philosophers. Plant Signaling and Behavior will use the lens of integrated signaling, communication, and behavior to integrate data obtained at the genetic, molecular, biochemical and cellular levels with physiology, development and behavior of individual organisms, plant ecosystems and evolution.