The Botanical Society of America

Our Mission: To inspire and promote an inclusive global community committed to advancing fundamental knowledge and innovation in the botanical sciences for the benefit of people and the environment.

Strategic Priorities

Human Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 
Research and Scholarly Excellence 
Organizational Impact and Visibility 
Professional Development

To see the BSA Strategic Plan click here (PDF).

Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Botanical Society of America. Click here to read BSA's 2020 Response to Racism Against our Black Colleagues and Community. Click here to read our 2021 Statement Against AAPI Racism.

To provide feedback to the Society on ways we can make improvements in relation to DEI, please use this form.

Society Publications & Research Journals

APPS SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS: “Resilient botany: Innovation in the face of limited mobility and resources”
Proposal Submission Deadline: September 16, 2022

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences, “Resilient botany: Innovation in the face of limited mobility and resources.” This special issue aims to showcase a collection of articles describing how botanists have creatively leveraged resources at hand to continue their research in the face of restricted mobility, limited funding, and disrupted supply chains. Our intent is for the issue to span diverse topics and scales across botanical research; we welcome novel laboratory, field, herbarium techniques, new software, and mini-reviews.

Click here for more information (or click here for a PDF).
 

APPS SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS: “Advances in Plant Imaging across Scales”
Proposal Submission Deadline: August 5, 2022

Applications in Plant Sciences (APPS) is accepting proposals for a special issue: "Advances in Plant Imaging across Scales." The goal of this special issue is to explore how new imaging technologies are enabling novel research into plant form and function, genomics, ecology, and evolution. The issue will highlight novel imaging and image processing techniques targeted to plants at any scale of organization. We encourage the submission of new tools, techniques, protocols, software/pipelines, and reviews of imaging techniques or image processing.

For more information click here, or click here for a PDF.

PlantingScience.org

PlantingScience is a free online resource to teachers and schools. The program provides volunteer scientists, resources, and activities to support innovation in teaching, learning, and mentoring. To learn more, or to get involved, click here.