历史沿革
日本植物生理学会（Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists，简称 JSPP）于 1959 年 4 月 4 日在东京学士会館由 208 名发起人召开成立大会，首任会长为东京大学应用微生物学研究所的芦田譲治教授，理事机构下设干事长与干事，发行和文会报《日本植物生理学会报》及英文期刊 Plant and Cell Physiology（PCP）第一卷第一号。学会以国际植物生理学联合会对口机构为定位，融合理学、农学与药学等领域从事植物生理研究的学者，2014 年 1 月 6 日依据日本一般社团法人法完成法人登记，由任意团体改制为一般社团法人（非营利型），PCP 自 2014 年起改由 Oxford University Press 出版并切换到 Profit Share 体制，1966 年起年会开启全国巡回，2009 年名古屋年会期间举办创立 50 周年纪念式典及 Perspectives of Plant Science in the 21st Century 国际研讨会。
组织体系
学会现有 19 名理事与 2 名监事构成的执行机构，2026 年度代表理事（会长）为名古屋大学·生命农学的榊原均，会长代理为东北大学·生命科学的经塚淳子，干事长为打田直行，编辑长为东京大学·理学系的东山哲也，机关下设编辑、男女共同参画、国际、选举管理、宣传、性别平等、Plant Science New Technology Working Group、MIRAI 2030 国际化推进等专门委员会，并在北海道、东北、关东、东京、北陆、中部东海、近畿、中国四国、九州九大区设有代议员（2026 年任期代议员共 107 名，覆盖全国 71 所主要研究机构）。会员总数于 2022 年达到 6,003 名（其中国内名誉会员 11 名、永年会员 51 名、个人会员 1,837 名、赞助会员 11 个口数、国外个人会员 52 名），赞助单位包括王子制纸、可果美、坂田种子、资生堂、岛津制作所、麒麟控股、住友化学、日产化学、日本烟草产业、滨松光子等 19 家日本代表性企业。
学术活动与年会
学会每年春季举办一次年会，由举办地年会委员会主持，从第 1 回 1959 年东京起历经 67 届 60 余年，第 67 回年会（2026 年 3 月 13–15 日，神户）、第 66 回年会（2025 年 3 月 14–16 日）、第 65 回年会（2024 年 3 月 17–19 日，神户）均采用线上线下混合方式，年会设有一般口述发表、专题研讨会、授赏仪式与讲演、高校生研究发表会等多个板块，平均参会人数逾千人，是日本国内植物科学领域规模最大的综合学会年会。第 68 回年会将于 2027 年 3 月 6–8 日在京都龙谷大学深草校区举行，由京都大学理学研究科的中野雄司担任年会会长，实行完全英语化的发表模式；学会另设国际研讨会（IAPP 1975 年首次在德国召开）、TJPB 2017（台北·中央研究院）、TJPB 2023（与台湾植物生物学会合办）、Plant Biology 2003/2009（与 ASPB 合办）等多项国际学术活动，并与 ASPB、TSPB 签订会员互惠协议。
期刊出版与学术表彰
Plant and Cell Physiology（PCP）是学会的旗舰英文期刊，1959 年创刊，由 Oxford University Press 出版运营，2024–2033 年延续 Profit Share 体制，海外投稿占比已超过半数，是国际植物科学领域被引最高的亚洲期刊之一。学会另出版《日本植物生理学会会报》（和文志）、《JSPP Newsletter》（英文电子刊物）、《《植物通识丛书》》（共 5 卷，2007–2008 年监修）、讲谈社 Bluebacks《这就是植物的奥秘》《这就是植物的奥秘 Part 2》《新植物激素科学》等科普书籍，并设立日本植物生理学会赏（2004 年第 1 回）、功劳赏（2005 年第 1 回）、奖励赏·论文赏（1994 年第 1 回）、特别赏（2001 年第 1 回）、JSPP Award、Young Investigator Award、PCP 论文赏等多个奖项，于每年年会期间表彰杰出研究者。
国际合作与社会贡献
学会是 Global Plant Council（GPC）的发起会员之一，PCP 与 Annual Review of Plant Biology 等国际期刊建立共同声明，主办《公开植物广场》植物 Q&A 公开问答平台，与日本学术会议、日本植物学会共同担任男女共同参画学协会连络会干事学会（2014–2015 年期间），发行《关于基因重组植物》等公开科普资料，定期向内阁府、文部科学省及 MEXT 提交植物科学研究预算与政策意见书，并通过植物科学新技術 Working Group 跟踪 NPBT（New Plant Breeding Techniques）动向。学会的国际化推进以 MIRAI 2030 项目为核心，提供若手会员海外旅费补助、PCP 论文投稿激励、Senior 会员制度等多种支援，2024 年起与 ASPB、TSPB 进一步推动会员互惠与英文发表奖励机制，致力于构建亚洲植物科学共同体的研究网络。
Historical Evolution
The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (JSPP) was founded on 4 April 1959 in Tokyo at the Hakushi Kaikan, with an inaugural general assembly attended by 46 of the 208 founding members; Joji Ashida of the Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, became the first president, and the society launched two journals simultaneously — the Japanese-language Bulletin and the English-language Plant and Cell Physiology (PCP). Conceived as a counterpart to the International Association for Plant Physiology, the society brought together researchers in agriculture, pharmacology and basic biology who worked on plant physiology. In 2014 it incorporated as a general incorporated association (ippan shadan hōjin, non-profit type) under the Japanese General Incorporated Associations Act, and from 2014 PCP has been published in cooperation with Oxford University Press under a profit-share agreement. The annual meeting has toured Japan since 1966, and the 2009 Nagoya congress marked the 50th anniversary with a commemorative international symposium titled Perspectives of Plant Science in the 21st Century.
Organizational Structure
The society is governed by a board of 19 directors and 2 auditors; for the 2026 term Hitoshi Sakakibara of Nagoya University serves as president, Atsuko Kyozuka of Tohoku University as vice-president, Naoyuki Uchida as executive secretary and Tetsuya Higashiyama of the University of Tokyo as editor-in-chief. Standing committees cover editing, gender equality, international affairs, election management, public outreach, plant science new technologies and the MIRAI 2030 initiative; 107 delegates elected for the 2026–2027 term represent the society across nine regional constituencies covering Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Tokyo, Hokuriku, Chubu-Tokai, Kinki, Chugoku-Shikoku and Kyushu, drawing members from 71 research institutions. Total membership reached 6,003 in 2022 (11 honorary, 51 life, 1,410 regular and 427 student members in Japan plus 50 overseas regular and 2 overseas life members), supported by 19 corporate sustaining members including Oji Paper, Kagome, Sakata Seed, Shiseido, Shimadzu, Kirin HD, Sumitomo Chemical, Nissan Chemical, JT and Hamamatsu Photonics.
Annual Meetings and Scientific Activities
The society hosts an annual spring congress that has rotated across Japan for more than 60 years; recent editions include the 67th meeting in Kobe (13–15 March 2026), the 66th in 2025 and the 65th in 2024, all delivered as hybrid on-site/online events with general oral sessions, symposia, award lectures and a high-school student poster session that regularly attract more than 1,000 participants. The 68th congress will be held 6–8 March 2027 at the Ryukoku University Fukakusa campus in Kyoto under the chairmanship of Yuji Nakano of Kyoto University, with English as the default presentation language. Beyond its domestic meetings the society co-hosts international symposia including the first IAPP conference in Germany (1975), Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2023, and the joint Plant Biology 2003/2009 congresses with the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB); reciprocal membership agreements have been signed with ASPB and the Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists (TSPB).
Journals, Publications and Awards
Plant and Cell Physiology, the society’s flagship English-language journal, has been published continuously since 1959 and is now produced in partnership with Oxford University Press under a profit-share framework that runs through 2033, with overseas submissions accounting for more than half of all papers and an impact factor that places it among the most cited Asian journals in plant science. Complementary publications include the Japanese-language Bulletin, the JSPP Newsletter, the five-volume Plant Marukajiri Sosho supervised by the society (2007–2008), the Kodansha Bluebacks series “Natto-ku! The Mystery of Plants”, “Natto-ku! The Mystery of Plants Part 2” and “The Science of New Plant Hormones”, and an annual high-school biology textbook. Awards presented each year at the annual meeting include the JSPP Award (since 2004), the Distinguished Service Award (since 2005), the Encouragement Award and Paper Award (since 1994), the Special Award (since 2001), the Young Investigator Award and the PCP Paper Award.
International Collaboration and Social Outreach
JSPP is a founding member of the Global Plant Council, has endorsed the joint PCP statement alongside leading international plant-biology journals, and operates the public Q&A platform Minna no Hiroba. Together with the Botanical Society of Japan it has served as a trustee society of the Inter-Society Liaison Committee for Promoting Equality of Male and Female Scientists (2014–2015), publishes public information materials on genetically modified crops, and submits policy recommendations on plant-science funding to the Cabinet Office, MEXT and other ministries. Through the MIRAI 2030 initiative the society expands international support for early-career researchers with overseas travel grants, English-publication incentives and a new senior membership track; closer ties with the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists are being deepened through reciprocal membership benefits and a shared commitment to building an integrated Asian plant-science research community.
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