Below is an archive of ASPB Press releases from 2004 through May 4, 2011.  View Latest Press Releases

• ASPB Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences (posted 5/4/2011)
• ASPB helps kids make their own garden at White House Easter Egg Roll (posted 4/25/2011)
• A study published in The Plant Cell furthers our understanding of lignin formation in the model plant Arabidopsis (posted 3/30/2011)
• ASPB Member Testifies in Support of National Science Foundation (posted 3/16/2011)
• Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell have new features on HighWire Press’s H2O (posted 3/16/2011)
• ASPB members assume leadership positions in AAAS (posted 2/23/2011)
• ASPB Statement on Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request (posted 2/14/2011)
• Plant Biologist Sue Wessler Elected as NAS Home Secretary (posted 2/14/2011)
• Release: Former ASPB President Leading Sustainable Bioenergy Education Project (posted 2/8/2011)
  ASPB Release: State of the Union focuses on research, education, and innovation (posted 2/2/2011)
• 28 ASPB Members Elected as AAAS Fellows (posted 1/27/2011)
• Teaching Tools in Plant Biology receives Gold Award for association educational program (posted 1/11/2011)
• ASPB Applauds Passage of America COMPETES Reauthorization (posted 12/28/2010)
• ASPB encourages members to apply to serve as Principal Scientist for four new USDA/NIFA institutes (posted 12/15/2010)
• ASPB members Bergmann and Bezanilla named as Presidential Early Career Scientists (posted 11/11/2010)
• ASPB Congratulates Danforth Center on Selecting Jim Carrington as Next President (posted 11/0/2010)
• ASPB Members Lead New Plant Genome Research Program Awards (posted (11/5/2010)
  ASPB Welcomes New Leaders for 2010-2011 (posted 10/5/2010)
• The Plant Cell - The Using cassava to address vitamin A deficiency (posted 10/4/2010)
• HHMI-GBMF Investigator Competition in Plant Sciences (posted 9/29/2010)
• Plant Biologists Lead Biobased-Fuel Research Projects (posted 9/15/10)
• The Plant Cell - Arsenic hyperaccumulating ferns: How do they survive? (posted 6/8/10)
• The Plant Cell - Convergent Evolution in Lignin Biosynthesis: Tools for Re-Engineering Biomass Composition (posted 4/6/10)
• The Plant Cell Launches "Teaching Tools in Plant Biology" (posted 10/21/09)
• A Global Plant Council has been formed as part of an historic and groundbreaking summit of major plant science societies from around the world (posted 7/27/09)
• Evolution of Fruit Size in Tomato: Mapping the genes that control fruit size in tomato and other Solanaceae (posted 9-2-08)
• Sex4, starch, and phosphorylation: Molecular mechanisms of starch breakdown in plants (posted 9-2-08)
• The 21st Century Tomato: Using systems biology to model the metabolic networks in tomato fruit development (posted 9-2-08)
• Mate Choice in Plants: A newly-identified self-incompatibility factor in tobacco helps maintain genetic diversity (posted 9-2-08)
• Genome Communication: Alleles of homologous genes can silence one another through paramutations (posted 9-2-08)
• Ancient Mexican Maize Varietie:Sequencing of ancient corn landraces to ensure genetic diversity and resources (posted 9-2-08)
• Early Origins of Maize in Mexico: Paleobotanical evidence pushes back the time of domestication (posted 9-2-08)
• Drought Tolerance in Potatoes: Hunting for drought tolerance genes in ancient Andean landraces (posted 9-2-08)
• To Branch or Not to Branch: RAMOSA gene network influences grain architecture and yield in maize (posted 9-2-08)
• How to Build a Plant: Plant architecture from the genomics toolbox (posted 9/2/08)
• Sayre Leads Most Ambitious Plant Genetic Engineering Project Ever Attempted (posted 7/16/08)
• ASPB engages Latin America colleagues at Annual Meeting in Merida, Mexico June 26-July 1 (posted 5/28/08)
• Pan American Congress on Plants & BioEnergy Encourages cooperative efforts to attain greater energy security (posted 5/28/08)
• Maize Exhibit Will be Featured at U.S. Botanic Garden Beginning in February (posted 2/6/08)
• ASPB Statement on James Watson Opinions (posted 10/30/07)
• Illinois-based Study of Energy Crops Finds Miscanthus More Productive than Switchgrass (posted 10/02/07)
• First All-African Produced Genetically Engineered Maize Is Resistant to Maize Streak Virus (posted 10/02/07)
• Successful Biocontrol of Invasive Water Hyacinth Contributes to Socioeconomic and Health Improvements in Africa's Lake Victoria Region (posted 10/02/07)
• High Diversity of Defense Genes in Plants May Produce Hybrid Incompatibility, Leading to Speciation in Plant Populations (posted 10/02/07)
• Elevated CO2 in Atmosphere Weakens Defenses of Soybeans to Herbivores (posted 10/02/07)
• Illinois Researchers Presenting at ASPB Annual Meeting in Chicago, July 7-11, 2007 (posted 10/02/07)
• Size and Positioning of Floral Anthers Facilitates Pollen Collection by Bees (posted 10/02/07)
  
• Research Identifies Protein That Signals Flowering in Squash Plants (posted 5/30/07)
• Plants Tag Insect Herbivores with an Alarm (posted 5/11/2007)
• Lessons in Wood Formation From Arabidopsis (posted 2/28/2007)
• California State University Professor Brusslan Appointed Chair of American Society of Plant Biologists Women in Plant Biology Committee (posted 10/26/06)
• Duke University Professor and Vice Provost Siedow Chairs American Society of Plant Biologists Education Foundation (posted 10/26/06)
• Harvey Mudd College Professor Williams Appointed Chair of American Society of Plant Biologists Education Committee (posted 10/26/06)
• University of Wisconsin Professor Amasino Voted President of American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/16/06)
• Dartmouth College Professor McClung Voted President-Elect of American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/16/06)
• Plant Physiology Open Access Benefit for ASPB Members (posted 9/26/06)
• Turning Green into Yellow; Improving plants for use as home-grown fuels (posted 5/15/06)
• ASPB supports the President's research initiatives (posted 2/17/06)
• Mutation in a Single Gene Switches a Fungus-Grass Symbiosis from Mutualistic to Antagonistic (posted 3/17/06)
• The Evolution of Food Plants: Genetic Control of Grass Flower Architecture (posted 1/19/06)
• Trapping Genes That Control Flower Development (posted 7/29/05)
• Scientists Find MicroRNAs Regulate Plant Development (posted 4/27/05)
• ASPB Presents Award to Senator Bond for Outstanding Contributions to Science (posted 10/28/04)
• Passage of Marin County GMO ban would encourage widespread use of harsh pesticides (posted 10/28/04)
• ASPB Opposes Jailing Farmers, Researchers Under Humboldt County Ballot Measure (10/21/04)
• ASPB urges defeat of San Luis Obispo ballot measure Q (10/21/04)
• ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D (10/12/04)
• Genetic Modification of Oilseed Plants Produces Healthier Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids (9/20/04)