The latest issue of Haustorium (86), edited by Chris Parker, is now available for download! You can find it here: Haustorium 86. A huge thank you to Chris Parker, Lytton Musselman, and everyone else who contributed to this edition! Here is the link to all issues of Haustorium on the IPPS webpage: https://www.parasiticplants.org/haustorium/ […]
We’re thrilled to announce the relaunch of the IPPS Seminar Series to make the wait for the next WCPP a little bit more bearable. We will kick off on January 8th, 2025, with an exciting new format and continue with our familiar first Wednesday-of-the-month schedule throughout the year. The new format will feature a 25-minute […]
RAFFLESIA is a parasitic plant that spends most of its life cycle within its host, a tropical vine, emerging only to bloom. Its flowers are the largest in the world, spanning up to a metre. Despite this, little is known about its life cycle, and it is almost impossible to grow. Half of the Rafflesia […]
The prestigious Pustovoit Award from the International Sunflower Association has been awarded to Begoña Pérez Vich from the IAS-CSIC in Córdoba, Spain. Begoña Pérez Vich is well-known in our society for her work on resistance in sunflowers to the #parasiticplant Orobanche cumana. […]
The IPPS is looking for a person who can help with the maintenance of the IPPS website that runs under WordPress. Activities will include: – technical maintenance of the website – ad hoc trouble shooting – implementing novel features in collaboration with the IPPS Editorial team We anticipate that on average these activities will take […]
As part of a campaign to promote Japan as venue for international meetings a video was made about the 17th World Congress on Parasitic Plants in Nara, Japan See here for the website where the video is posted. […]
As part of a campaign to promote Japan as venue for international meetings a report was made about our last World Congress on Parasitic Plants in Nara: The location was almost ideal for a gathering of international researchers on parasitic plants: the green, garden-like setting of the ancient city of Nara. The venue, the fully-equipped […]
The Society is pleased to announce the results of its recent elections for the Executive Committee that will start its service to the IPPS from 1 August 2024: The position for Treasurer was not up for election, and Prof. dr. Renate Wesselingh (University of Louvain, Belgium) will continue her service to the IPPS in that […]
The International Parasitic Plant Society (IPPS) has the tradition to award prizes for the best three posters at the World Congress for Parasitic Plants. This year at the 17th WCPP in Nara, poster prizes were awarded to: 1st Poster Prize (500 EUR): Akiyoshi Yoda, Tohoku Univ: Regulation of strigolactone as a symbiotic rhizosphere signal in […]
The 17th World Congress on Parasitic Plants (WCPP) took place in Nara, Japan, from 3-7 June, 2024. About 160 participants from all continents (except Antarctica) attended the meeting, 140 of which on site. The meeting was superbly organised by a local organising team, led by Satoko Yoshida (Chair; NAIST), Atsushi Okazawa (Vice chair; Osaka Metro. […]