International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research (IASPRR)

The purpose of the IASPRR is to stimulate scientific research in the field of plant reproduction and related subjects, and to promote the application of the results of such research in agriculture and forestry. The IASPRR was founded on 6 July 1990 in Leningrad during the XI Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction. The Association promotes contact between scientists undertaking research in sexual plant reproduction and related subjects through conferences, congresses, workshops, databases, and by the exchange of information concerning the entire range of activities in the field of plant sexual reproduction research. The IASPRR is affiliated with the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS).

Officers: (2006-2010)

President (2006-2010):
S.D. Russell (Norman, USA)
Vice President (2006-2010):
Erhard Kranz (Hamburg, Germany)
Past President (2006-2010):
Anna Koltunow (Adelaide, Australia)
Secretary-General (2006-2010):
Ewa Szczuka (Lublin, Poland)
Treasurer (2006-2010):
Christian J. Keijzer (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Members of Executive Council (2006-2010):
G. Titova (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Rui Malho (Lisbon, Portugal)

More Information is available about:

• IASPRR Congresses (held in even-numbered years):
  • Future Meeting:
    • 21st ICSPR, Bristol, UK, 2-6 August 2010
      • Provisional programme sessions: Evolution of plant reproductive development; Meiosis; Male and female gametophyte development; Flowers: form and function; Pollen-pistil interactions and regulation of pollen tube growth; Self-incompatibility; Fertilization; Seed and endosperm development; Apomixis; New horizons in plant reproductive biology research. This is our first conference in the UK, coinciding with the centenary of the University of Bristol's royal charter.
      • Website: http://www.sebiology.org/management/meetings/ICSPR/SexualPlantReproduction.html
  • Past Meetings:
    • 20th ICSPR, Brazil, 4-8 August 2008
      • We were pleased to hold our first conference in South America in Brasilia, the modern and beautiful capital of Brazil
      • Website: http://www.cenargen.embrapa.br/XXICSPR/
  • Past, Past Meetings
• Sexual Plant Reproduction Message Board
• Membership Renewal / New Memberships
  • An Invitation to Join the IASPRR
  • Mail-in Membership Form
  • *Online payment of dues is no longer available.
• Constitution and Bylaws of the IASPRR
• Sexual Plant Reproduction - A journal published by Springer-Verlag devoted to cellular and molecular aspects of plant sexual reproduction
  • Editorial Board
  • Information about Sexual Plant Reproduction:
    • Indexed in Pubmed, beginning soon
    • Published rapidly online with a stable, citable DOI (digital object identifier) number
    • Free color in the online version! Submit illustrations in color & view in color on PDF. (Print color does cost money)
    • Springer Open Choice - full open access in exchange for payment of a basic fee ('article processing charge')
    • Available also via e-mail LINK Alert upon publication
    • Instructions for Authors are online. More at the manuscript submission site (upon login)
    • Articles from volume 1 to the present are available online at the Sexual Plant Reproduction web site
    • Manuscript Central manuscript submission site
  • Most recent Table of Contents at IASPRR site (v22n4 added 6 March 2010) and at the SPR site
  • Personal Subscriptions - see special rate for IASPRR members below
  • Tables of Contents
  • Special issue: Deciphering Double Fertilization - celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sexual Plant Reproduction is available free online for this issue. Please inquire about printed issues. For more information, email SPR
  • Sign-up for a LINK Alert - e-mail notification whenever new issues or articles are posted.
  • Special personal subscription rates: Members of the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research (IASPRR) are entitled to a greatly reduced subscription rate (plus carriage charges). The price for the subscriptions by members is substantially discounted, even after adding carriage charges (for overseas subscribers this may add 25%). Click here for further information about special SPR subscription rates.
• Other conferences, courses and workshops
  • "Cell-cell communication in plant reproduction" — 14-16 September 2009 — University of Bath, UK
    • The conference will be organized by James Doughty and Rod Scott. Topics to include Communication in post-fertilization development, Gamete interactions, Guidance and gamete delivery, Pollen-stigma recognition, Reproductive organ development and gametogenesis.
    • Speakers will include: Arp Schnittger, Colin Brownlee, David Twell, Elizabeth Lord, Hugh Dickinson, James Doughty, Kay Schneitz, Ravishankar Palanivelu, Rod Scott, Scott Russell, Thomas Dresselhaus, and Ueli Grossniklaus.
    • Website: http://www.biochemistry.org/Conferences/AllConferences/tabid/379/ModuleID/2545/ItemID/2246/Filter/40FC/view/GeneralInfo/Default.aspx
• Links to other sites on the Internet:
  • Educational Links:
    • Introductory level:
      • Why Do Plants Have Flowers - An explanation of sexual reproduction in plants for kids and Worksheet
    • Intermediate level:
      • Overview:
        • FLOWERING PLANT REPRODUCTION: Flower Structure
        • FLOWERING PLANT REPRODUCTION: Fertilization and Fruits
      • Detailed sites:
        • Pollination Adaptations
        • Flower Morphology
        • Honeybee Biology
        • Fruit Growth and Ripening
        • Fruit Growth and Fruit Types
        • Seeds and Fruits
        • Seeds and Seed Germination
        • Flower Structure
        • Pollen and Embryo Sac
    • Advanced level:
      • Deciphering molecular mechanisms of fertilization in seed plants - a *free* special issue of Sexual Plant Reproduction available online. Review papers on
        • synergids
        • attraction of pollen tubes
        • in vitro fertilization
        • control of fertilization
        • polyspermy barriers
        • zygote and embryo activation
        • male gamete genetic repertoire (all posted 14 March 2008)
      • Sexual Reproduction in Lily (Lilium) - pollen, embryo sac development and fertilization
      • Confocal Microscopy of Double Fertilization in Lily (Lilium) - stereorotation of sectioned material
      • In vitro Befruchtung mit isolierten Gameten von Angiospermen - In vitro fertilization with isolated gametes of angiosperms (in German)
      • Central cell fertilization and endosperm development in vitro - test tube endosperm
      • Three classical papers on double fertilization - historical literature from ~100 years ago
  • Research Links:
    • Bellagio Apomixis Declaration - result of the conference on "Designing a Research Strategy for Achieving Asexual Seed Production in Cereals" held at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Conference and Study Center (Italy), April 27th - May 1st, 1998 For information about apomixis:
      • What is apomixis?
      • Methods for Stabilizing and Controlling Apomixis
    • Apomixis Research in Europe
    • Australasian Pollination Ecologists Society
    • Pollination Links
    • Link to: PLANT-SIGNAL-TRANSDUCTION Newsgroup archives
    • Link to: bionet.plants Newsgroup archives
    • Botany-related WWW sites
    • Botany-related Usenet Newsgroups
    • Exploring Internet Resources - A general reference guide on the Internet
    • CIMMYT Home Page International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
    • Apomixis Research in Europe

Thanks for visiting our site....

This page is maintained by the Secretary of the IASPRR:

Dr Ewa Szczuka
Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology UMCS
Akademicka 19
20-033 Lublin, Poland
Phone: + 48 81 537-5061
E-mail: aszczuka@hektor.umcs.lublin.pl

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