Applications in Plant Sciences Call for Papers www.bioone.org/loi/apps www.botany.org/APPS/
The editorial board of Applications in Plant Sciences (APPS), the Botanical Society of America’s open access, online journal, invites submissions of the following article types: • Protocol Notes, describing new methods and technological advancements for the visualization or quantification of biological information • Genomic Resources Articles, characterizing the development and demonstrating the usefulness of newly developed genomic resources, including transcriptomes • Software Notes, detailing new software applications with examples of how they are used and how results are interpreted • Application Articles, illustrating the application of a new protocol, method, or software application within the context of a larger study • Review Articles, evaluating available techniques, methods, or protocols within any area of the plant sciences • Primer Notes, reporting novel genetic markers within a taxon or taxa with evidence of wide applicability
Launched in January 2013, APPS is indexed in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Average time to first decision: 24 days. Impact factor: 0.911.
See the latest issue at: http://www.bioone.org/loi/apps. Details on submission requirements are available in the Instructions for Authors: http://www.botany.org/APPS/APPS_Author_Instructions.html.
Support your Society by contributing your research to APPS! APPS Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Theresa Culley Associate Editors: Diane Byers, Richard Cronn, Mitch Cruzan, Matthew Gitzendanner, Kent Holsinger, Jeff Maughan, Mike Moore, Pam Soltis, J. Ryan Stewart, Lisa Wallace, Norm Wickett Please contact the editorial office with questions: Beth Parada, Managing Editor, apps@botany.org Recent article highlights: •
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HybPiper: Extracting exons and introns for phylogenetics from high-throughput sequencing reads using target enrichment (July 2016) Johnson et al. ColectoR, a digital field notebook for voucher specimen collection for smartphones (July 2016)
Maya-Lastra
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A new resource for the development of SSR markers: Millions of loci from a thousand plant
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Microbead encapsulation of living plant protoplasts: A new tool for the handling of single plant cells
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An ecological approach to measuring the evolutionary consequences of gene flow from crops to
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The use of laser light to enhance the uptake of foliar-applied substances into citrus (Citrus sinensis)
transcriptomes (June 2016) Hodel et al. (May 2016)
Grasso and Lintilhac
wild or weedy relatives (March 2016)
Campbell et al.
leaves (January 2016) Etxeberria et al.
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