9th World Congress on Parasitic Plants - June 3-7, 2007 - Omni Charlottesville Hotel

9th World Congress on Parasitic Plants - June 3-7, 2007 -Charlottesville, Virginia

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I am pleased to invite you to the 9^th World Congress on Parasitic Plants, June 3-7, 2007 at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Congress continues a long tradition of regularly assembling the world's experts on parasitic plants for professional and scientific meetings, which started in 1973 with the first international meeting in Malta. The venue was chosen to be in Virginia, thanks to the long tradition of parasitic plants research in this state, and its significant contribution to the understanding of plant parasitism.

The Congress will bring together scientists representing a wide spectrum of disciplines, research approaches, and geographical representation of parasitic plant research. Assembling specialists with different perspectives, all focused around the common theme of plant parasitism, provides a stimulating environment for learning, exchanging ideas, and connecting with old and new colleagues. The Congress will include presentations of the cutting edge of parasitic plants research and of management technologies of parasitic weeds. A major emphasis in the Congress will be the fostering of interaction among participants.

Please seriously consider attending the 9^th World Congress on Parasitic Plants. Mark the date in your calendar and register for the Congress. On behalf of the Organizing Committee and Society, we are looking forward to meeting you at the Congress.

Danny Joel
IPPS President

9^th World Congress on Parasitic Plants Featured Speakers Include:

Maria Harrison (Cornell University, USA) Special cross-disciplinary lecture: "The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis; genomics approaches to dissect development and function"

Fred Kanampiu (CIMMYT, Kenya) "Striga weed management options under smallholder agriculture in Africa"

Jeffrey Palmer (Indiana University, USA) "Horizontal gene transfer gone wild in parasitic and other flowering plants"

Alejandro Perez de Luque (IFAPA-CICE, Spain) "Mechanisms of resistance to parasitic plants: from field screenings to laboratory microscopic studies"

Julie Scholes (University of Sheffield, UK) "Host gene expression in response to parasitism"

Koichi Yoneyama (Utsunomiya University, Japan) "Qualitative and quantitative differences of strigolactone exudation determine host specificity of root parasites Orobanche and Striga."