The IPPS website currently features 50 photos, primarily of parasitic plants, all freely available for download to IPPS members. Please remember to credit the source when using these images. To access these photos, sign in to your IPPS account, go to “Photos”, and click “Free – Purchase.” Then select “Checkout” to email the photos […]
Dear IPPS members, I hope you are all doing well. As the president of the International Parasitic Plant Society, and on behalf of the whole Executive Committee, I want to share my very best New Year wishes to all of you, through this means. I hope the year 2026 will be another year of exciting […]
To all parasitic plant enthusiasts/IPPS members: please note that both the date and the venue for 18th World Congress on Parasitic Plants (WCPP) in Brazil, 2026, have changed. The new date is 31 May until 5 June 2026 and the new venue is the Maresias Beach Hotel in São Sebastião, São Paulo State. Please update your calendars! Information […]
We are pleased to announce the speakers for our December IPPS seminars. First talk: Prof. Natalia Pabón Mora from the University of Antioquia, Colombia, will talk about “From hidden bodies to normal flowers: The limits of developmental reprogramming in holoparasitic plants” Second talk: Dr. Huiting Zhang, from the Washington State University, USA, will talk about […]
We are delighted to announce the publication of the 88th issue of Haustorium! Please follow the link below to download Haustorium 88. This edition features, among other highlights, a message from the IPPS President with updates on the upcoming WCPP in Brazil; lively discussions of recent literature by Jonathan Gressel, Jeanmaire Molina, and Chris Thorogood; […]
We are pleased to announce the speakers for our November IPPS seminars. First talk: Dr. Guillaume Brun from Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, will talk about “Seed metabolites headstart haustoriogenesis and potentiate aggressiveness of parasitic weeds” Second talk: Dr. Martina Leso, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, will talk about “Regulating haustoria numbers […]
The IPPS October Seminar will again feature two talks: Guojing SHEN from the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will talk about: ‘Unraveling Cuscuta-host interactions: hormone/receptor-mediated host resistance and dual-functional resin glucosides from Cuscuta’ and Laia JENÉ from the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Spain, will talk about: […]
The IPPS September Seminar will feature two talks: Prof. Ai-Rong Li from the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will talk about: “Unlocking the Cultivation Secrets of a Valuable Root Hemiparasitic Plant Malania oleifera (Olacaceae): From Ecological Adaptation to Molecular Regulation” and Run-Xian Yu from the from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy […]
Prof. Steven Runo from Kenyatta University has been elected to the board of the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI). His appointment will help to bring more attention to parasitic plant research within the scientific community. Congratulations, Steven, on this well-deserved achievement! […]
The IPPS July Seminar will feature two talks on broomrapes:: Prof. Bing Wang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences will talk about: “Manipulation of a strigolactone transporter in tomato confers resistance to the parasitic weed broomrape” and Prof. Tao Chen from the Hangzhou Normal […]