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Teaching Tools in Plant Biology

                                                                                      

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.


CURRENT TOPICS --

Three-way interactions between plants, microbes, and arthropods (PMA): Impacts, mechanisms, and prospects for sustainable plant protection  (By Maria J. Pozo, Benedicte R. Albrectsen, Eduardo R. Bejarano, Eduardo de la Peña, Salva Herrero, Ainhoa Martinez-Medina, Victoria Pastor, Sabine Ravnskov, Mary Williams and Arjen Biere) Posted July 6, 2020

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.


We are very happy to receive feedback on all aspects of this groundbreaking feature. Please send your comments to Mary Williams, Features Editor, The Plant Cell mwilliams@aspb.org.

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.

Click here to view the editorial announcing the launch of Teaching Tools  


Teaching Tools in Plant Biology has won a Gold Award in the Association TRENDS 2010 All-Media Contest, receiving top honors in the Educational Programs category. The TRENDS All-Media Contest is an annual competition held exclusively for associations, recognizing the most creative and effective communication vehicles developed in the industry over the prior year. The 2010 competition included more than 470 entries in 27 categories of association communications.

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