The Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia Vegetal, renamed Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia de Plantas (SPBP) (Portuguese Society of Plant Biology) in 2019, was founded in 1977 as an affiliated Society of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica (SPB) and brings together scientists and graduate students within the field of Plant Biology, including Physiology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Evolution and Ecology, ranging from basic research to applications in fields such as Agriculture, Phytopathology, Biotechnology, and Environmental Management..
The main aims of SPBP are to lay the groundwork for cooperation and dissemination of information in this scientific field, by welcoming thematic scientific events, such as courses and workshops, as well as to promote and support meetings in collaboration with other plant science societies, in particular the Sociedad Española de Biología de Plantas (SEBP, Spanish Society of Plant Biology). The SPBP and the SEBP share three working groups, the Water Relations Group, the Plant Nutrition Group, and the Post-Harvest Group.
In addition to the scientific community, the SPBP also aims to reach the general public, seeking to foster an appreciation and interest in plants by promoting activities for all ages.
The SPBP is affiliated with the Federation of the European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB) and is a founder member of the Global Plant Council (GPC) established in 2009 and of the Federação Iberoamericana de Sociedades de Biologia de Plantas (Iberoamerican Federation of Plant Biology Societies), established in 2019.
The regular meetings in which SPBP participates are the SPB National Congress, the Iberian Plant Biology Congress, and the FESPB Congress, which are held every two years.
The Journal of Plant Physiology is an official journal of the SPBP. The publisher, Elsevier, offers individual subscriptions at a reduced rate. The journal Plants is also an official publication of SPBP, and the publisher, MDPI, offers reduced publication fees to SPBP members who wish to publish in this journal. The SPBP supports the journal Theoretical and Experimental Plant Biology.