Botanical Soceity of America
 

Visitors, welcome to the Botanical Society of America web site!

The Society was founded in 1893. We represent professional botanists, plant scientists, educators, students and amateur plant science enthusiasts around the world. Our primary purpose is to promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.

Albert Einstein once said, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." You're right, he wasn't a famous botanist, but his thinking is right on. More than ever, the world needs creative minds going into the plant sciences... Explore career options in the plant sciences through the Careers in Botany section and visit “BOTANY” - science from the students' perspective to find out more about the path to becoming a scientist.

 
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BSA Members

USDA Announces $28.4 Million in Funding for Specialty Crop Research

  Special Announcements

» JULY eNEWSLETTER
» Renew Membership / Join BSA
» SUMMER Plant Science Bulletin

  BOTANY 2008

» BOTANY 2008 Website
» Minority Undergraduate Participation Grants
» Exhibitor Information
» View Abstracts and Build
      Your Custom Schedule
» Using the Custom Schedule Tool
» Conference Registration

» 2008 COUNCIL MEETING REPORTS

  Students' Corner

» JULY STUDENT UPDATE
      from Mackenzie, Andrew and Jim
» Why should you join the Society as a student?

  BOTANY IN THE NEWS   Botany in the News RSS

» Konza Prairie could take on new importance
» Mars Teams Up with USDA
      to Improve Cacao Genetics
» Fargo researchers collect sunflowers
» Racing Toward Super Seeds
» Tiny bug threatens California citrus industry
» UK research identifies coastal plants
      capable of producing edible oil and diesel
» Scientists take part in Carolina
      Vegetation Survey
» Cotton farmers face a formidable foe
» Grain sorghum yields slightly above average
» Pollination habits of endangered Texas rice
      revealed to help preservation
» Botanist wins NZ's premier conservation award
» Biotechnology to determine female
       palmyrah plant in nursery
» The Rebirth of Catalina Islands Plants
      from 2007 Fire

  Plant Science Bulletin Updates

In Memoriam
» R. C. Jackson (1928-2008)
» Arthur Galston (1920-2008)
» Charles Schexnayder (1926-2008)

» ANNOUNCEMENTS
» BOOKS REVIEWED
» BOOKS FOR REVIEW     Book Reviews RSS
» POSITIONS AVAILABLE

  Featured Educational Resources

» BOTANY - the students' perspective
    • Uromi, Yale University
    • Nathan, University of Maryland
    • Tatiana, University of Missouri
    • Janelle, Cornell University
    • Cheng-Chiang, Harvard University
    • Julia, University of British Columbia

Planting Science Project
Women in Science American Journal of Botany Plant Science Bulletin Careers in Botany BSA Image Collection www.PlantingScience.org

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