Welcome to your August update from The New Phytologist Foundation. Find our more about our free webinar with 2025 Tansley Medal winner Camille Delavaux, calls for papers on extreme heat and green cities, a Virtual Issue on grapes, and policy impact at Plants, People, Planet.
Hear from 2025 New Phytologist Tansley Medal winner Camille Delavaux
Join us on 4 September to hear from the 2025 Tansley Medal winner, Camille S. Delavaux, in the latest edition of New Phytologist Now, hosted by New Phytologist Editor-in-Chief Maarja Öpik.
Camille will discuss the research behind her Tansley insight ‘On the role of mutualisms in plant biogeography: consequences for ecology, evolution, and invasion’.
The New Phytologist Tansley Medal is awarded annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution to research in plant science by an early career researcher.
📅 Friday 4 September 2026
⌚ 14:30 BST (UTC+1)
Calls for papers
News
Call for papers: Extreme Heat – extending the thermal limits of life
We're pleased to announce a call for papers for a joint Special Collection of New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet.
Abstract submission deadline: 5 September 2026
News
Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet
We are calling for submissions to a Special Collection on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities.
Submission deadline for manuscripts: 15 November 2026
Latest Virtual Issue
Grape (Vitis L.) biodiversity: historical uses, current status, and future potential
Plants, People, Planet is proud to present Grape (Vitis L.) biodiversity: historical uses, current status, and future potential, a new Virtual Issue edited by Colin K. Khoury, Anne Y. Fennell, Zoë Migicovsky, Allison J. Miller and Jun Wen.
Grapes (Vitis L. - Vitaceae) are among the most important fruit crops globally, consumed in the form of wine, fresh fruit, raisins, and in many products.
Avant-garde research is offering needed insights into grape taxonomy and evolutionary history, biology, physiology and development, ecological interactions, and more.
This special collection of papers in Plants, People, Planet documents historical and current contributions, assesses research and conservation priorities, and outlines the future potential of grape biodiversity.
Vitis science will continue to evolve, and we at Plants, People, Planet welcome future submissions on these topics to add to this collection as an evolving resource for the community.
Publishing an impactful journal: Plants, People, Planet
Plants, People, Planet’s Managing Editor Bennett Young recently spoke with Overton about how the journal uses their tool to track the journal’s policy impact.
‘Overton gives us the data we need to be able to see the level of policy impact that the journal's articles are having. We can then support journal initiatives and our authors.’
48th New Phytologist Symposium
Forest interactions: selected speakers and posters announced
48th New Phytologist Symposium
Forest interactions
Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.
Registration is now full, and we have a waiting list to attend.
The full programme, including 53 speakers and over 70 poster presenters, is now available.
The New Phytologist Foundation is pleased to award over 20 travel grants and fee waivers to help facilitate attendance at the symposium. Providing travel grants and fee waivers for our symposia is just one of the ways The New Phytologist Foundation supports the research community.
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
Recordings now available to view on-demand
Recorded talks from the 47th New Phytologist Symposium, Extreme Heat: Extending the thermal limits of plant life, are now available to view for free on-demand.
Catch up on the latest issues of New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet
Plants, People, Planet
Vol 8, Iss 5, September 2026
New Phytologist
Vol 251, Iss 4, August 2026
New Phytologist
Vol 251, Iss 5, August 2026
New Phytologist Symposia in 2027
49th New Phytologist Symposium
Biological timing in photosynthetic organisms
The meeting will focus on the importance of biological timing across all scales of plant biology, from molecules to organisms, communities, and ecosystems
50th New Phytologist Symposium
Evolution of plant reproductive strategies
Explore the diversity of plant reproductive strategies through integration of perspectives across evolutionary biology, genetics, ecology, physiology, and developmental biology.
51st New Phytologist Symposium
The past and future of plant domestication
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