I have started a series of factsheets on parasitic weeds of European agriculture.

We are conducting an online survey among farmers to get a better idea on the current situation. Help us reaching out to farmers in Europe to stimulate their participation to this survey! tinyurl.com/parasiticweeds

The Special Issue of Weed Research on "Biology, ecology and management of parasitic weeds: Current status and new insights" is now complete. In our* editorial we present a contextual overview of the papers: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

* Editors: Maurizio Vurro & Jonne Rodenburg

¡Nuestra encuesta sobre plantas parásitas ahora está disponible en español!

18th World Congress on Parasitic Plants - June 2026 - International Parasitic Plant Society We are excited to share that the 18th World Congress on Parasitic Plants will be held at the Instituto Bahia dos Vermelhos in Ilhabela, Brazil, from June 14 to June 20, 2026. Join us for a week of pre...

Save the date - the WCPP is coming to Brazil in June 2026!
www.parasiticplants.org/2025/04/18th...

Our survey is now also available in German!

Achtung für deutsche, österreichische und schweizerische Ackerbauern: Ab heute ist unsere Unkrautumfrage auch auf Deutsch verfügbar!

Vacancy — PhD Candidate Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience Are you an early-career researcher with a passion for plant science? Would you like to apply your enthusiasm to a highly relevant project in the field of plant-microbiome interactions? Then we have th...

Want to work in the forefront of plant root microbiome research? Join our @UVA Plant Hormone Biology group for a PhD on microbiome host specificity with Kathrin Wippel
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Please help us distribute this online survey to the farming community! Thank you

*** Survey on parasitic weeds in Europe [EN/FR/NL]***
Are you a European farmer or working with European farmers? Please do our online survey on parasitic weeds: tinyurl.com/parasiticweeds

IPPS Online Seminar on February 5th, 2025, by Prof. Saima Shahid and Jiacheng Ji - International Parasitic Plant Society (1) Prof. Saima Shahid from The University of Sheffield (UK) will talk about: “The interplay of mobile small RNAs and DNA methylation in Cuscuta parasitism” (2) Jiacheng Ji, PhD student, Inner Mongoli...

**Parasitic Plants Alert!**

Today at 12 PM GMT: our 2nd online IPPS seminar of season 3, with Jiacheng Ji (on Cynomorium somgaricum) & Prof. Saima Shaid (on Cuscuta parasitism)

IPPS members can find the meeting link here: www.parasiticplants.org/2025/01/ipps...
@parasiticplants.bsky.social

New paper on tailoring fertilizer rates to catena positions to improve nutrient use efficiency of rice in inland valleys of West Africa, published in Field Crops Research. Lead-authored by our* former PhD student Guy Marius Assogba:
doi.org/10.1016/j.fc...
* @kengiller.bsky.social, Gerrie van de Ven

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Het statement van MinOCW deel 2

"Frustratie"???

Volstrekt onacceptabel statment van @eppobruins.bsky.social

Deze bezuinigingen hebben een zeer hoge prijs voor de toekomst van dit land. Als je het dan toch over die docenten en studenten hebt, dan kun je beter noemen dat dit ongelijkheid, uitval, en burnouts gaat veroorzaken.

We have a PhD vacancy on parasitic weeds in African cereal production systems! Application deadline: 18 November
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...