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Druid Drone – a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with multifunctional manipulator for mistletoe research and tree care – was patented in Ukraine

Yuliya Krasylenko • July 14, 2021

International Druid Drone team (Ukraine-Czech Republic) developed a novel small unmanned aircraft vehicle equipped with a multifunctional manipulator designed for sampling and observation of trees and tree-dwelling organisms such as mistletoes, as well as for assistance in tree care. This lightweight backpack-size system joins an off-the-shelf unmanned aircraft system, or drone platform based on DJI […]

Endoparasitic plants and fungi show evolutionary convergence across phylogenetic divisions

Chris Thorogood • July 13, 2021

Endoparasitic plants are the most reduced flowering plants, spending most of their lives as a network of filaments within the tissues of their hosts. Despite their extraordinary life form, we know little about their biology. Research into a few species has revealed unexpected insights, such as the total loss of plastome, the reduction of the […]

IPPS seminar #3 by Vivian Bernal-Galeano and Natalia Pabón-Mora, 07 July 2021, 3:00 PM GMT

IPPS Admin • July 4, 2021

The International Parasitic Plant Society is pleased to host the third round of talks of the IPPS Online Seminar Series on July 07, 2021 at 3:00 PM GMT (8:00 AM Los Angeles, 10:00 AM Bogota/Brasilia, 11:00 AM New York/Santiago, 4:00 PM Abuja/London, 5:00 PM Amsterdam/Berlin/Cape Town, 6:00 PM Nairobi/Tel Aviv, 11:00 PM Beijing, 12:00 AM Tokio, […]

IPPS seminar: Natalia Pabón-Mora – Natural history and genomics in Pilostyles (Apodanthaceae), the smallest endoholo-parasitic plants on Earth

IPPS Admin • July 3, 2021

IPPS Online Seminar Series July 07, 2021 at 3:00 PM GMT (8:00 AM Los Angeles, 10:00 AM Bogota/Brasilia, 11:00 AM New York/Santiago, 4:00 PM Abuja/London, 5:00 PM Amsterdam/Berlin/Cape Town, 6:00 PM Nairobi/Tel Aviv, 11:00 PM Beijing, 12:00 AM Tokio, 01:00 AM (next day) Canberra) The Apodanthaceae comprises two genera and eleven endoholoparasitic species. The exclusively […]

IPPS seminar: Vivian Bernal-Galeano – An artificial host system for growing and studying Cuscuta

IPPS Admin • July 3, 2021

IPPS Online Seminar Series July 07, 2021 at 3:00 PM GMT (8:00 AM Los Angeles, 10:00 AM Bogota/Brasilia, 11:00 AM New York/Santiago, 4:00 PM Abuja/London, 5:00 PM Amsterdam/Berlin/Cape Town, 6:00 PM Nairobi/Tel Aviv, 11:00 PM Beijing, 12:00 AM Tokio, 01:00 AM (next day) Canberra) Cuscuta campestris is an obligate parasitic plant that requires a host […]

Imazapic Herbigation for Egyptian Broomrape (Phelipanche aegyptiaca) Control in Processing Tomatoes- Laboratory and Greenhouse Studies

Yaakov Goldwasser • June 26, 2021

Our recently published paper: ‘Imazapic Herbigation for Egyptian Broomrape (Phelipanche aegyptiaca) Control in Processing Tomatoes—Laboratory and Greenhouse Studies’, is a summary of preliminary studies in the lab and greenhouse investigating the science and practicality of utilizing the imidazolinone ALS-inhibiting herbicide Imazapic for selective Phelipanche aegyptiaca control in processing tomato. These studies led to field trials […]

Royal Society Africa Prize Lecture 2020 with Dr Steven Runo

IPPS Admin • June 17, 2021

Dr Steven Runo in a crop field with parasitic weed Striga. Image credits: Joel Masanga […]

3D structure of the haustorium in two parasitic plant species in the Orobanchaceae

Songkui Cui • June 16, 2021

Parasitic plants use haustorium to absorb parts or all of nutrient resources required for their growth from host plants. As a multicellular organ, the haustorium consists of different cell types, yet the knowledge on their spatial arrangement is largely limited and far lagging from that of other organs such as root and shoot. This paper […]

IPPS Online Seminar #2 by Songkui Cui and Jianqiang Wu on 2 June 2021 at 3.00 pm GMT

IPPS Admin • May 30, 2021

The International Parasitic Plant Society is pleased to host the second round of talks of the IPPS Online Seminar Series on June 2, 2021, at 3:00 PM GMT (8:00 AM Los Angeles, 10:00 AM Bogota/Brasilia, 11:00 AM New York/Santiago, 4:00 PM Abuja/London, 5:00 PM Amsterdam/Berlin/Cape Town, 6:00 PM Nairobi/Tel Aviv, 11:00 PM Beijing, 12:00 AM […]

IPPS seminar: Songkui Cui – Host infection is mediated by ethylene signaling in the parasitic plant P. japonicum

IPPS Admin • May 29, 2021

IPPS Online Seminar June 2, 2021, at 3:00 PM GMT (8:00 AM Los Angeles, 10:00 AM Bogota/Brasilia, 11:00 AM New York/Santiago, 4:00 PM Abuja/London, 5:00 PM Amsterdam/Berlin/Cape Town, 6:00 PM Nairobi/Tel Aviv, 11:00 PM Beijing, 12:00 AM Tokio, 01:00 AM (next day) Canberra). Development of haustorium in parasitic plants involves intimate signaling interaction between host […]