14th World Conference on Parasitic Plants:
>From the Genome to the Field
June 25-30, 2017
Asilomar Conference Center // Pacific Grove, California
http://www.wcpp14.org/
You are warmly invited to the 14th World Congress on Parasitic Plants. This
congress, first convened in 1973 in Malta, brings together re-searchers from
all parts of the world to discuss their latest findings in parasitic plant
biology. Topics to be discussed this year include parasitic plant genes and
genomes, ecology and evolution, and the biochemistry and physiology of host
plant-parasitic plant interactions.
Parasitic plants provide exceptional opportunities to investigate organismal
interactions, plant development and angiosperm evolution. Parasitic plants also
include some of the world's most devastating agricultural pests, affecting the
food security of millions, primarily in lesser developed countries, so the
study of parasitic plants has both scientific and translational value.
The World Conference on Parasitic Plants will bring together about one hundred
scientists from all parts of the globe to discuss their latest research on the
biology, consequences and control of parasitic plants.
Keynote speakers include:
Peter McCourt, University of Toronto
Stéphane Muños, INRA, Toulouse
Claude DePamphilis, Penn State University
Markus Albert, University of Tuebingen Steven Runo, Kenyatta University
Philippe Delavault, University of Nantes
Salim Al Babili, King Abdullah University
David Nelson, University California, Riverside
Jonne Rodenburg, Africa Rice Center, CGIAR
Hanan Eizenberg, ARO Volcani Center
Abstract deadline: April 14, 2017
Registration deadline Jun 1, 2017
