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HAUSTORIUM Parasitic Plants Newsletter Official Organ of the International Parasitic Plant Society July 2008 Number 53 Message from the IPPS President Dear IPPS Members, I am pleased to announce the results of the recent IPPS elections. But first, I want to thank everyone who participated in this important process, including anyone who made a nomination, agreed to be nominated, or voted in the election. Judging by the high level of interest and the quality of the nominees, we should feel very good about the health of our society. Congratulations to Koichi Yoneyama, Hanan Eizenberg, and Julie Scholes for being elected to office. As described in the last issue of Haustorium, we have moved to a system in which we replace only half of the Executive Committee every two years in order to maintain continuity within the leadership. Thus, the full list of IPPS officers is now: President – Jim Westwood (continuing) Vice President – Koichi Yoneyama (newly elected) Secretary – Hanan Eizenberg (newly elected) Treasurer – Philippe Delavault (continuing) Editor – Diego Rubiales (continuing) Member at Large – Julie Scholes (newly elected) I also want to express deep gratitude to Fred Kanampiu and Grama Dhanapal for their service to the society as Members at Large. Thanks also to Koichi Yoneyama for his work as Secretary, and we look forward to his continued involvement as Vice President. With this new administration in place, I hope we can continue to build the society membership and activities. As you will notice from the articles and literature in this issue, the quantity and quality of work on parasitic plants is constantly increasing, and research on these organisms has never been more exciting. Please plan now to attend the 10th World Congress on Parasitic Plants, to be held in Kusadasi, Turkey June 8-12, 2009 (See the separate announcement in this issue). This conference is being organized by Diego Rubiales (Chair of the Scientific Steering Commi