Teaching Tools in Plant Biology, published by the American Society of Plant Biologists, combines up-to-date peer-reviewed research-based content with flexible presentation components that can be used alone or integrated into your lesson plans so that you can confidently present these exciting topics in your classroom. We've addressed the stress and pressure busy educators face when devising course material by providing a short essay introducing each topic, PowerPoint slides, and suggested readings. An editorial innovation of The Plant Cell, one of the most trusted names in plant biology.
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Computational microscopy: Revealing molecular mechanisms in plants using molecular dynamics simulations (By Jiangyan Feng, Jiming Chen, Balaji Selvam, and Diwakar Shukla) Posted December 10, 2019
Computational image analysis for microscopy (By Adrienne Roeder) Posted October 8, 2019
Molecular control of plant shoot architecture (By Agustin Zsögön and Lázaro Eustáquio Pereira Peres) Posted January 15, 2019
A bioinformatics pipeline to explore transcriptional regulation in plants (By Kranthi Varala, Mary Williams, and Amy Marshall-Colon) Posted October 17, 2018
Small and mighty: Peptide hormones in plant biology (By Sonali Roy, Peter Lundquist, Michael Udvardi and Wolf-Rudiger Scheible) Posted August 17, 2018
Genetics of Floral Development (By Christine Fleet) Posted December 11, 2017
Phenomics of root system architecture: Measuring and analyzing root phenes (By Larry York and Guillaume Lobet) Posted September 20, 2017
It's not easy being not green: the making of a parasitic plant (By Caitlin E. Conn and David C. Nelson) Posted April 30, 2017
Carbon-Fixing Reactions of Photosynthesis Posted July 31, 2016
Rhythms of Life: The Plant Circadian Clock (By Katharine Hubbard and Antony Dodd) Posted April 30, 2016
Light-Dependent Reactions of Photosynthesis Posted November 30, 2015
Plant Nutrition 3: Micronutrients and metals Posted May 28, 2015
Plant Nutrition 2: Macronutrients (N, P, K, S, Mg, and Ca) Posted December 30, 2014
Plant Nutrition 1: Membrane Transport and Energetics, Potassium Nutrition, and Sodium Toxicity (With Michael Blatt) Posted September 25, 2014
Plant-Water Relations (2): How Plants Manage Water Deficit and Why It Matters (With Stephen Pallardy and Mel Oliver) Posted May 31, 2014
Plant-Water Relations (1): Uptake and Transport (With Mel Oliver and Stephen Pallardy) Posted January 31, 2014
How to Be a Plant Posted July 16, 2013, revised September 13, 2017
Plant-Plant Interactions (With Ariel Novoplansky) Posted May 31, 2013
Medicinal Plants: Past, Present and Future (With Jane Ellis) Posted January 28, 2013
A Really Useful Pathogen, Agrobacterium tumefaciens(With Ze-Chun Yuan) Posted October 23, 2012, revised December 24, 2014
Fighting for their lives: Plants and pathogens (With Maryann Herman) Posted June 27, 2012, revised February 27, 2015
Plants, food and human health: You are what you eat? (With Mike Lean, Barry Pogson and Cathie Martin) Posted May 11, 2012, revised November 26, 2014
The End: Senescence and Cell Death (With Yuan Zhong and Jared Taylor) Posted January 11, 2012, revised June 30, 2014
Intimate Alliances: Plants and their Microsymbionts (With Ulrike Mathesius) Posted November 7, 2011, revised November 26, 2013
Plants and Arthropods: Friends or Foes? (With Merijn Kant) Posted August 31, 2011, revised December 31, 2013
Plants Are Not AlonePosted June 16, 2011, revised April 2, 2013
Genetic Improvements in AgriculturePosted May 31, 2011, revised October 31, 2013
Strigolactones (With Shinjiro Yamaguchi) Posted April 25, 2011, revised November 2, 2015
SalicylatesPosted February 28, 2011, revised August 14, 2012
JasmonatesPosted January 28, 2011, revised September 16, 2015
Abscisic AcidPosted December 22, 2010, revised June 12, 2015
Ethylene (With Caren Chang) Posted October 28, 2010, revised March 11, 2016
BrassinosteroidsFirst posted September 30, 2010, revised November 26, 2014
Gibberellins (With Christy Fleet) First posted August 6, 2010, revised April 30, 2014
CytokininsFirst posted June 23, 2010, revised October 10, 2013
The Story of AuxinFirst posted April 27, 2010, revised April 2, 2013
Introduction to PhytohormonesFirst posted March 30, 2010, revised June 16, 2011
The Small RNA WorldFirst posted February 26, 2010, revised November 30, 2016
EpigeneticsFirst posted January 29, 2010, revised March 11, 2016
Leaf Development 2 (Genetic Control of Leaf Development)First posted December 30, 2009, revised January 4, 2013
Leaf Development 1 (Evolutionary and Developmental Origins of Leaves)First posted November 30, 2009, revised October 23, 2012
Why Study Plants?First posted October 21, 2009, revised February 25, 2011
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RECOMMENDED CITATION STYLE:
Author(s). (date revised (or first posted)). Title. Teaching Tools in Plant Biology: Lecture Notes. The Plant Cell (online), doi/10.1105/tpc.xxx.ttxxxx.
Example:
Williams, M.E. (October 23, 2012). Evolutionary and Developmental Origin of Leaves. Teaching Tools in Plant Biology: Lecture Notes. The Plant Cell (online), doi/10.1105/tpc.109.tt1109.
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Teaching Tools in Plant Biology are written and edited by Professor Mary Williams, a leader in plant biology education and the 2011 recipient of ASPB's Excellence in Education award. Mary received her BS in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and her PhD from Rockefeller University with Nam-Hai Chua. She carried out postdoctoral research with Ian Sussex at Berkeley. She was a professor for 14 years at Harvey Mudd College, a highly respected undergraduate institution, and spent several years as a member and chair of the ASPB Education Committee. Mary is an Honorary Senior Research fellow in the Plant Science Research Group at the University of Glasgow. Mary accepted the challenge of developing The Plant Cell Teaching Tools because she wanted the opportunity to share her passion for plant biology with a larger audience of students.
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