Functional Plant Biology publishes papers of a broad interest that advance our knowledge on mechanisms by which plants operate and interact with environment. Of specific interest are mechanisms and signal transduction pathways by which plants adapt to extreme environmental conditions such as high and low temperatures, drought, flooding, salinity, pathogens, and other major abiotic and biotic stress factors. FPB also encourages papers on emerging concepts and new tools in plant biology, and studies on the following functional areas encompassing work from the molecular through whole plant to community scale. FPB does not publish merely phenomenological observations or findings of merely applied significance.

Focus areas:

Environmental physiology
Stress and adaptation
Plant cell biology
Plant growth and development
Photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism
Nutrient uptake, transport and metabolism
Effective resource utilisation (water; assimilates; nutrients)
Root – rhizosphere biology
Reproduction, seed and fruit biology
Defence and protection
Emerging science