SECTION	SCOPE
Agriculture & biotechnology	GM food issues Novel applications Systems approaches in functional genomics Technical advances that impact biotechnology Trait development
Plant biochemistry & physiology	Carbohydrates: import, breakdown, catabolism, energy metabolism, synthesis & function (starch, sugars, fructans & cell wall components, including glycoproteins) Compartmentalisation of metabolism Interaction & regulation of metabolism with cellular processes (cell cycle, cytokinesis, cell expansion, secretion, developmental programming, plastid-nucleus signalling, differentiation) Lipid metabolism Long distance transport of metabolites & macromolecules Membrane & calcium signaling Metabolism, development & growth of storage organs Metabolomics Nitrogen & sulfur metabolism & regulation Nutrients (especially P, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, minor nutrients): uptake, transport, function Photosynthesis: light reactions, dark reactions, physiology, ecophysiology Plant ion channels Protein regulation: protein turnover, modification & allosteric regulation Protein structure & function: enzymes, properties and engineering Protein structure & function: protein machines Protein synthesis & proteolysis Regulation & integration of metabolism with developmental & growth processes Regulation & integration of metabolism with responses to biotic & abiotic challenge Secondary metabolism: pathways, regulation & function, ecology Water relations (especially movement, turgor regulation, stomata)
Plant cell biology	Cell cycle, mitosis & cell division Cell death Cell differentiation at a cellular level Cell wall Cytokinesis Cytoskeleton Intracellular transport Ion transport Membranes Organelles Plasmodesmata Protein localization Signal transduction
Plant genetics & gene expression	Chromatin Chromosomes, including telomeres, centromeres & cytogenetics Genetics: mapping, meiotic segregation, population genetics, & QTL mapping RNA turnover Silencing & epigenetics Splicing Transcription factors Translation regulation
Plant genomes & evolution	Evolution of developmental genes & morphology Genome evolution Genomics Organelle genomes Phylogeny of genes Phylogeny of taxa Transposons
Plant growth & development	Control of cell division, cell expansion & cell shape Embryogenesis Environmental controls on development Hormone signal transduction Meristem function Organ differentiation Pattern formation Reproductive biology & pollination
Plant-biotic interactions	Bacteria Disease recognition & response Ecology - population biology Fungi Galls Herbivores Mycorrhizae Nematodes Plant to plant signalling Pollination Symbiosis Viruses
Plant-environment interactions	Abiotic stress - heat, cold, light (+UV), salt, water, oxygen, & metals Floral transition Mineral uptake Photoperiod/circadian rhythms Photoreception/photomorphogenesis Phototropism/gravitropism Vernalization

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