Program

As of now you can register as a participant of the 15th World Congress on Parasitic Plants. You can submit an abstract for a poster or presentation to share your research.

 
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
16.00 - 20.00 Registration
18.00 - 21.00 Welcome mixer with snacks sponsored by Trends in Plant Science | Cell Press
Monday Jul 01, 2019
09.00 - 09.20 Welcome by Julie Scholes and Harro Bouwmeester
09.20 - 12.40 Steve Runo
(session chair)		 Host plant resistance
09.20 - 09.55 Jianqiang Wu The parasite Cuscuta australis with a streamlined genome mediates inter-plant systemic signals
09.55 - 10.30 Michael Axtell Cuscuta microRNAs target host mRNAs involved in defense and vascular function
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 11.25 Koh Aoki Interspecific long-distance movement of Cuscuta small RNAs control biological processes in host-parasitic plant complex
11.25 - 11.50 Markus Albert A peptide motif of a parasitic plant cell wall protein is recognized by the receptor protein CuRe1 and induces defense in tomato
11.50 - 12.15 Neelima Sinha Molecular basis for tomato resistance to the parasitic plant Cuscuta
12.15 - 12.40 Dana Sisou Characterization of resistance to sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana W. ) in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. )
12.40 - 12.50 Stephane Munos & Begoña Pérez-Vich International consortium on sunflower broomrape resistance
12.50 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 18.00 Claude DePamphilis
(session chair)		 Ecology, phylogeny and evolution
14.15 - 14.50 Susan Wicke Eco-evolutionary causes and consequences of parasitism in plants
14.50 - 15.25 Claude dePamphilis Novel genetic code and record-setting AT-richness in the highly reduced plastid genome of the holoparasitic plant Balanophora
15.25 - 15.50 Airong Li A neglected alliance in battles against parasitic plants: AM and rhizobial symbioses alleviate damage to a legume host by root hemiparasitic Pedicularis species
15.50 - 16.20 Coffee break
16.20 - 16.45 Peter Toth When the same is not the same
16.45 - 17.10 Luyang Hu Genetic diversity of Orobanche cumana (sunflower broomrape) populations at the world level revealed by SSR markers
17.10 - 17.35 Lammert Bastiaans Facultative parasitism: an evolutionary precursor of complete parasitism or an effective strategy in its own right?
17.35 - 18.00 Renate Wesselingh Fitness of reciprocal F1 hybrids between Rhinanthus minor and R. major
18.00 - 19.30 Poster viewing with drinks
19.30 - 21.00 Dinner
21.00 - Bar conference centre open
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
09.00 - 12.45 Jim Westwood
(session chair)		 Genes and genomes
09.00 - 09.35 Kirsten Krause Cuscuta campestris: A plant genome under the influence of a parasitic lifestyle
09.35 - 10.10 Satoko Yoshida Genetic basis for host and parasitic plant communication
10.10 - 10.35 Daniel Steele Exploring the evolutionary origin of haustorium development in root parasitic plants
10.35 - 11.05 Coffee break
11.05 - 11.30 Elizabeth Kelly Where the action is: gene expression at the parasite-host interface
11.30 - 11.55 Claude dePamphilis Convergent horizontal gene transfer and crosstalk of mobile nucleic acids in parasitic plants
11.55 - 12.20 James Bradley The identification of candidate pathogenicity-related genes from the genome of Striga hermonthica
12.20 - 12.45 Benjamin Anderson Lack of evidence for horizontally transferred genes in mitochondria of Cuscuta species
12.45 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 18.10 David Nelson
(session chair)		 Molecules and Biochemistry
14.15 - 14.50 Tadao Asami CHEMICALS that control Striga germination
14.50 - 15.25 Shelley Lumba Signalling pathways in Striga hermonthica germination
15.25 - 15.50 Salim Al-Babili Complementary hormone-based approaches for Striga Control
15.50 - 16.20 coffee break
16.20 - 16.55 Yuichiro Tsuchiya A femto-molar range suicide germination stimulant for the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica
16.55 - 17.20 Amir Arellano Saab Structural and biochemical characterization of strigolactone parasitic receptors, understanding their functionality and how to inhibit them
17.20 - 17.45 Atsushi Okazawa Identification and characterization of α-galactosidase capable of hydrolyzing planteose in Orobanche minor as a target for control of root parasitic weeds
17.45 - 18.10 Jean-Bernard Pouvreau Cannalactone: a new non-canonical strigolactone exuded by Cannabis sativa roots with a pivotal role in host specialization within French broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa) populations
18.10 - 19.30 Poster viewing with drinks
19.30 - 21.00 Dinner
21.00 - Bar conference centre open
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
09.00 - 12.45 Maurizio Vurro
(session chair)		 Control and Management
09.00 - 09.35 Damaris Odeny Striga research on finger millet: protocols, GWAS and RNA sequencing
09.35 - 10.10 Hanan Eizenberg Parasitic weed management – opportunities and ‎challenges
10.10 - 10.35 Binne Zwanenburg Advances in parasitic weed control in the field
10.35 - 11.05 Coffee break
11.05 - 11.30 Jonathan Gressel Correctly multi-targeted Host-Induced Gene Silencing (HIGS) should allow full and sustainable control of parasitic weeds
11.30 - 11.55 Boubacar Kountche Realizing the suicidal germination strategy to control Striga hermonthica in rain-fed agriculture of sub-Saharan Africa
11.55 - 12.20 Jonne Rodenburg How do fertilisers affect the facultative parasitic weed Rhamphicarpa fistulosa ?
12.20 - 12.45 Evgenia Dor Development of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) mutant resistant to imidazolinone herbicides for broomrape management
12.45 - 13.45 Lunch
14.00 - 23.00 Conference tour + Conference dinner
Thursday Jul 04, 2019
09.00 - 12.45 Airong Li
(session chair)		 Parasitic plant biology
09.00 - 09.35 Julie Scholes Understanding the arms race: host resistance and parasite virulence in the Striga -cereal interaction
09.35 - 10.10 Jakub Tesitel Native parasitic plants: a solution of plant invasions worldwide?
10.10 - 10.35 Pradeepa Bandaranayake Transcriptomics to farmer field: a system biology approach for commercializing root parasitic Santalum album (Sandalwood)
10.35 - 11.05 Coffee break
11.05 - 11.30 Guilin Chen Reproductive biology and pollination of Cynomorium songaricum (Cynomoriaceae)
11.30 - 11.55 Yaxin Wang Triphysaria controls vegetative self-recognition by restricting release of HIFs in roots
11.55 - 12.20 Mamadou Cissoko Analysis of genetic variation in pre and post attachment resistance mechanisms in maize inbred lines to the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica ; implications for control
12.20 - 12.45 Desalegn Etalo Impact of the soil microbiome on Striga -sorghum interaction
12.45 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 18.00 John Yoder
(session chair)		 Parasitic plant-host interaction
14.15 - 14.50 Mike Timko War and peace – the molecular dynamics of compatible and incompatible Striga -host plant associations
14.50 - 15.25 Thomas Spallek What model plants can tell us about parasitic plants
15.25 - 15.50 James Westwood Message received: Evidence for translation of mobile mRNAs in Cuscuta -host interactions
15.50 - 16.20 Coffee break
16.20 - 16.45 Songkui Cui The roles and functions of lignin in parasitic plant-host interaction
16.45 - 17.10 Min-Yao Jhu A receptor and pathways discovered in the lignin-based resistance to Cuscuta campestris in Heinz hybrid tomato cultivars
17.10 - 17.35 Estelle Billard Cytokinins act as signaling molecules within the rhizosphere to trigger haustorium formation in the holoparasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa
17.35 - 18.00 Luiza Teixeira-Costa Striking vegetative developmental convergence in endoparasitic angiosperms
18.00 - 19.30 Poster viewing with drinks
19.30 - 21.00 Dinner
21.00 - Bar conference centre open
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Departure participants
Poster viewing 18.00 - 19:30
Board
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Invited Speakers

Shelley Lumba
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2019-03-25T12:04:31+01:00

Assistant Professor

University of Toronto

WCPP 2019 invited speaker Shelley Lumba is an Early Career Researcher who joined the Department of Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Toronto as Assistant Professor in September 2016. The aim of the Lumba lab is to elucidate the signalling networks underpinning germination of the parasitic witchweed, Striga. Her group is integrating bioinformatics, high-throughput proteomics and functional approaches to discover functions of genes involved in Striga germination and construct StrigaNet, the first Striga protein interaction network. Shelley received her B.Sc. Honours and Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Genetics from the University of Toronto, where she also conducted post-doctoral studies. Overall, Shelley’s collective research has been cited over 2000 times. Due to the potential of her research to become world leading, she was awarded an NSERC Accelerator Supplement, which aims to support researchers with superior, highly innovative and original research programs. Shelley has served on the International Plant Growth Substances Association (IPGSA) Conference Organizing Committee, the International Plant Molecular Biology (IPMB) Scientific Board and is currently on the International Strigolactone Meeting Organization Committee.
Damaris Achieng Odeny
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2019-01-23T08:47:29+01:00

Genomics scientist
ICRISAT

WCPP 2019 invited speaker DAMARIS ACHIENG ODENY (PhD) is a genomics scientist currently in charge of molecular breeding activities of all ICRISAT mandate crops in eastern and southern Africa. Prior to this, she worked as a senior researcher at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), South Africa (2009 – 2013), where she played a key role in establishing the underutilized vegetable genomics group. Damaris is particularly passionate about mentoring of upcoming young scientists and ties most of her research activities to capacity building of African scientists.
Claude dePamphilis
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2019-03-18T15:09:38+01:00

Professor of Biology Penn State University

WCPP 2019 session chair and invited speaker Claude dePamphilis is a Professor of Biology at Penn State University.  He earned his undergraduate degree in Biology at Oberlin College and graduate degrees at the University of Georgia, where he studied population genetics, pollination biology, and evolution. After thinking about parasitic plants as fascinating oddities for many years, his “aha moment” with parasitic plants came in 1986 when he realized that parasitic plants were powerful “evolutionary mutants” for the study of plant genomes and gene function.  He secured a postdoctoral fellowship in 1988 to study the evolution of the plastid genome of the non-photosynthetic parasite Epifagus, in the lab of Jeff Palmer, and has continued to research parasitic plants with a passion ever since, including molecular analyses of every major group of parasitic plants. For the last 11 years, with the initiation of the Parasitic Plant Genome Project and other collaborations, his focus has largely been to generate and leverage comparative genomic data in the search for and experimental testing of ‘genes that matter’ in parasitic plant – host plant interactions.
Jakub Těšitel
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2019-02-27T08:57:48+01:00

Associate Professor
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University

WCPP 2019 invited speaker JAKUB TĚŠITEL is a plant ecologist interested in a broad scope of ecological topics ranging from ecophysiology and population ecology to community and ecosystem processes. Since his PhD studies, he has specialized in the biology and ecology of root-hemiparasitic Orobanchaceae. He investigated heterotrophic organic carbon uptake by hemiparasites as well as the adaptive value of the hemiparasitic life strategy. In recent years, Jakub studied the use of hemiparasitic plant species in grassland restoration and conservation to suppress competitive grasses threatening biodiversity.
Jianqiang Wu
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2019-02-27T08:51:03+01:00

Professor
Kunming Institute of Botany

WCPP 2019 invited speaker JIANQIANG WU is a Full Professor from the Kunming Institute of Botany, of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He spent a big part of his career at the Max Plank Institute as a group leader in the Department of Molecular Ecology. His research interests gather defence mechanisms of maize against insects and plant-parasitic plant interactions.
Julie Scholes
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2019-02-27T08:59:02+01:00

Professor of Plant and Microbial Sciences
Sheffield University

WCPP 2019 invited speaker JULIE SCHOLES obtained her PhD in Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology at the University of Wales in 1986 and then moved to Sheffield University she now is Professor of Plant and Microbial Sciences. Prof Scholes’ research is focused on understanding the physiological and molecular interactions between plants and their symbionts particularly the root parasitic witchweeds of the genus Striga. She exploits genomic, comparative genomic, quantitative genetic and molecular approaches to identify genes underlying resistance in cereals to different genetic ecotypes of Striga species and to identify virulence/avirulence genes in the parasite to understand the molecular basis of host-parasite specificity.
Kirsten Krause
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2019-02-27T08:53:06+01:00

Head of the Microbes & Plants Research Unit
The Arctic University of Norway

WCPP 2019 invited speaker KIRSTEN KRAUSE Head of the Microbes & Plants Research Unit (The Arctic University of Norway) will be one of the keynote speakers at the WCPP19. Her research is focused on molecular sensing and signaling at the cellular and organismic level, its evolution and its role in parasitic plants, with a particular emphasis on the genus Cuscuta.
Michael Axtell
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2019-02-27T08:55:04+01:00

Professor
Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University

 

WCPP 2019 invited speaker MICHAEL AXTELL earned a B.A. in Biology from Ithaca College in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from The University of California, Berkeley, in 2003. From 2003 to 2006 he was a postdoctoral researcher at The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, where he studied microRNAs and short RNAs. In 2006 he joined the Department of Biology at The Pennsylvania State University where he is Professor now. Dr. Axtell’s research focuses on the analysis, evolution and function of regulatory small RNAs in plants including parasitic plants.
Satoko Yoshida
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2019-01-23T08:43:57+01:00

Assoc. Prof. Plant Symbiosis
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan

WCPP 2019 invited speaker SATOKO YOSHIDA is Associate professor in the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan. She obtained her Ph. D in plant science from the University of Tokyo. She worked as a post-doctoral scientist on plant symbiosis in the Sainsbury Laboratory, UK and as a faculty member at the University of Munich, Germany. She started her research on parasitic plants in RIKEN, Japan with Prof. Ken Shirasu in 2006, and started her own laboratory in 2016. Her research focus is molecular mechanisms of haustorium formation and parasitic plant-host interaction in Orobanchaceae, especially in Striga spp and Phtheirospermum japonicum.
Susann Wicke
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2019-01-23T08:45:10+01:00

Independent Research Group Leader
Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity of the University of Münster, Germany

WCPP 2019 invited speaker SUSANN WICKE is an Independent Research Group Leader from the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity of the University of Münster, Germany. Her research centers on causes and consequences of heterotrophy in plants. Her overall goal is to understand the evolutionary-ecological and functional-genomic bases of organismal interaction between parasitic plants and their environment. Her group studies molecular adaptations associated with parasitism in plants to obtain fundamental insights into trophic specialization and the emergence of agricultural pests.
Tadao Asami
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2019-03-20T22:09:27+01:00

Professor

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences

WCPP 2019 invited speaker TADAO ASAMI had his first experience with plant drug discovery research in Nobutaka Takahashi’s lab while he was an undergraduate at the University of Tokyo. He continued to work with Nobutaka Takahashi, earning his PhD in Drug Discovery in 1987. After working for Japan Bayer Crop Sciences Co. Ltd., Tadao became a researcher at RIKEN in 1991. In 2006, Tadao moved to the University of Tokyo, where he is now Professor. His lab’s research is focused on the design and synthesis of chemical regulators of karrikin and strigolactone signaling.
Tsuchiya Yuichiro
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2019-02-27T08:49:51+01:00

Designated associate professor
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules of Nagoya University

WCPP 2019 invited speaker TSUCHIYA YUICHIRO is a Designated associate professor at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules of Nagoya University. Prior to this position, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow in different highly ranked institutes including the Department of Cell and Systems Biology of the University of Toronto, the Plant Science Center of the Yokohama Institute. He is interested in elucidating the Mechanism of strigolactone signal transduction in Striga, Evolution of parasitic plants Development of small-molecule probes for understanding plant parasitism.
Hanan Eizenberg
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2019-03-28T10:04:53+01:00

Adjunct Professor of Weed Science

Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

WCPP 2019 invited speaker Hanan Eizenberg is a senior scientist in the Agricultural Research Organization, Israel (Head of the Newe Yaar Research Center), and an adjunct Professor of Weed Science at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. His research focuses on biology and management of parasitic plants using advanced technologies. During the past 20 years, Prof. Eizenberg supervised more than 20 students on topics related to parasitic plants and published more than 50 research papers, reviews and book chapters. In Israel, Prof. Eizenberg recently led multi-regional projects to alleviate broomrape damage in tomato, sunflower and carrot, the results of which are now implemented on a national scale. In these studies, broomrape management was achieved using an integrated approach, based on parasitism dynamics models, precise chemical management and decision support systems.
MICHAEL P. TIMKO
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2019-06-30T15:24:09+02:00

Chair Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia and Professor of Public Health Science at the UVA School of Medicine

MICHAEL P. TIMKO is the Lewis and Clark Chair Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia and Professor of Public Health Science at the UVA School of Medicine. A graduate of Rutgers University, College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences (B.S., with High Honors), he earned his PhD from Rutgers University in Botany in 1980.  He subsequently held postdoctoral appointments at Brandeis University and Rockefeller University, before joining the faculty at UVa. His current research focuses on the biochemistry, molecular genetics and functional genomics of host-parasite interactions and the improvement of grain legume crops for sub-Saharan Africa. He also is involved in the development of novel plant and microbial based strategies for the production of human nutraceuticals and therapeutics including high value cannabinoid and terpenoid extracts from Cannabis species.
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