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Plant Environmental Physiology Group

The Plant Environmental Physiology Group (PEPG) is one of the special interest groups (SIGs) within the British Ecological Society and the Society for Experimental Biology.

Plant environmental physiology represents the study of short-term acclimation and long-term adaptation of plants to changing environmental conditions. Our traditional goal has been to integrate leaf and plant- level responses to biotic and abiotic stress under field and laboratory conditions. Increasingly, our focus has been either to set molecular physiology in an ecological context, or to provide a basis for scaling root and shoot level responses to canopy, ecosystem and region in the context of climate change, whether for crops or natural vegetation. Our remit is to:

1. Advance and promote the science and practice of plant environmental physiology
   
2. Integrate the plant environmental physiology community and research opportunities within and outside the BES and SEB
   
3. Support, train and liaise with young plant environmental physiologists

To access more of the group's information on the Sheffield University website, please click here and for details of the Society for Experimental Biology, click here.

Secretary

Dr Howard Griffiths
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3EA
UK

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