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30 June – 5 July 2019
15th World Congress on Parasitic Plants
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
15th World Congress on Parasitic Plants
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The WCPP2019 program and abstract book is complete and can be downloaded here
On behalf of the International Parasitic Plant Society (IPPS), we invite you to the 15th World Congress on Parasitic Plants (WCPP) to be held from Sunday June 30 (arrival and registration) until Friday July 5 (morning departure) 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This meeting is organized by The University of Amsterdam (UvA) in collaboration with the IPPS and the European Weed Research Society (EWRS).
WCPP 2019 will continue the long tradition of regular meetings of experts on parasitic plants from all over the world that started in 1973 in Malta. With these meetings we stimulate the exchange of information and ideas among researchers from around the world and working on a wide spectrum of disciplines and perspectives around the common theme of plant parasitism. Conference sessions will be designed to find common interests and create synergy among the different disciplines. They will include presentations on cutting edge parasitic plants research and will cover weedy and non-weedy species, management technologies and evolution of parasitic plants.
We are looking forward to meeting researchers from all over the world for an exciting and varied scientific program. In addition to an engaging scientific program, there will be time for social events including a visit to beautiful Amsterdam. We hope you will attend the 15th World Congress on Parasitic Plants and mark the date in your calendar. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, and the IPPS and EWRS, we are looking forward to meeting you in Amsterdam.
Local organising committee
Harro Bouwmeester, Teun Munnik,
Laura Wind, Benjamin Thiombiano,
Mehran Rahimi, Jos Raaijmakers,
Aimee Walmsley
Invited speakers
Tadao Asami, Michael Axtell,
Hanan Eizenberg, Kirsten Krause,
Shelley Lumba, Damaris Odeny,
Julie Scholes, Thomas Spallek, Jakub Tesitel,
Mike Timko, Yuichiro Tsuchiya,
Susan Wicke, Jianqiang Wu, Satoko Yoshida
Scientific advisory committee
Salim Al-Babili, Harro Bouwmeester,
Claude dePamphilis, Airong Li, David Nelson, Steven Runo, Julie Scholes, Ken Shirasu, Philippe Simmier, Mike Timko, Maurizio Vurro, Jim Westwood, Susann Wicke, Satoko Yoshida, John Yoder, Jianqiang Wu
Program
WCPP2019 offers an exciting and varied scientific program. In addition to this engaging scientific program, there will be time for social events.
Venue
The meeting will be held in Hotel Casa Amsterdam. Consider to spend some more time in Amsterdam as it is a fantastic city to visit!
The 15th WCPP is proudly sponsored by the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC). CRP-GLDC is a global partnership that harnesses the potential of crops to alleviate poverty, improve food security, nutrition, climate change resilience, and boost incomes in the semi-arid and sub-humid dryland agroecologies of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Congratulation to the candidates that have been selected for the WCPP2019 fellowship program.
Pradeepa Chandani, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Willy Kiprotich Kibet, Kenyatta University, Kenya
Imarhiagbe Odoligie, Edo University, Nigeria
Jhonny Rabefiraisana, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Samuel Adewale, IITA, Nigeria
European Weed Research Society offers a number of fellowships for young scientists attending the WCCPP
The recipients of the EWRS fellowships are:
Ivana Imerovski, Canada
Amir Arellano Saab, Canada
Nicholas Flanders, USA
Estelle Billard, France
Sabine Tourneur, France
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John Yoder
WCPP 2019 session chair John Yoder is professor of Plant Biology at UC Davis. He investigates molecular genetic mechanisms governing plant-plant interactions. He is specifically interested in understanding how molecules released by the roots of some plants effect the growth and development of nearby plants and intends to translate these findings into developing crops that are “self-weeding”. Probably the most robust model for investigating chemical signaling between plants are parasitic plants in the Orobanchaceae because these root parasites use molecules released into the rhizosphere by host roots as chemical cues to initiate the development of invasive haustoria. Haustorium development can be monitored in vitro by adding host-derived chemicals to aseptically grown parasite seedlings and visualizing haustorium development under a dissecting microscope within hours of treatment. His lab uses a combination of genomics, biochemistry, and plant biology approaches to identify bioactive molecules in host root exudates, learn how their release into the rhizosphere is regulated, and understand how the parasite recognizes and responds to molecular signals from other plants.
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professor of Plant Biology at UC Davis
https://www.wcpp2019.org/testimonials/john-yoder/
