Functional Plant Biology is a monthly scientific journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 published by CSIRO Publishing

CSIRO Publishing

CSIRO PUBLISHING is an Australian-based science and technology publisher. CSIRO PUBLISHING is the publishing branch of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. They cover a range of scientific disciplines including agriculture, chemistry, plant and animal sciences, natural...

. It covers all aspects of plant physiology

Plant physiology

Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Closely related fields include plant morphology , plant ecology , phytochemistry , cell biology, and molecular biology.Fundamental processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition,...

, including biochemistry

Biochemistry

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, biophysics

Biophysics

Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that uses the methods of physical science to study biological systems. Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms and ecosystems...

, developmental biology

Developmental biology

Developmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, differentiation and "morphogenesis", which is the process that gives rise to tissues, organs and anatomy.- Related fields of study...

, cell

Cell biology

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 and molecular biology

Molecular biology

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, and plant-environment and plant-microbe interactions, and the integration of all of these areas. The journal publishes full papers on experimental or theoretical work, review articles, Viewpoints, Research Notes, Methodological papers, and Comments.

The current editor-in-chief is Rana Munns.