The Parasitic Plant Connection

Parasitic Plant Specialists

This list is organized according to plant families. To go quickly to a particular family, select from the following list: Balanophoraceae s. lat. (incl. Cynomoriaceae), Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta), Hydnoraceae, Krameriaceae, Lauraceae (Cassytha), Lennoaceae, Loranthaceae, Misodendraceae, Olacaceae, Opiliaceae, Rafflesiaceae s. lat. (incl. Cytinaceae, Apodanthaceae, Mitrastemonaceae), Santalaceae s. lat. (incl. Eremolepidaceae), Scrophulariaceae s. lat. (incl. Orobanchaceae), Viscaceae


Olacaceae

Valéry Malécot
UMR A-462 SAGAH & Dept. Sciences Biologiques
Botanique - Ecologie - Malherbologie
Institut National d'Horticulture
2, rue Le Nôtre
49045 Angers Cedex 01
France
Tel: 02.41.22.55.79
Fax: 02.41.22.54.78
Valery.Malecot at inh.fr

Steven P. Teo
Department of Botany
Universiti of Malaya
59100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
MA 39845
603-756-6343 - fax

Opiliaceae

Paul Hiepko
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum
Berlin-Dahlem
Königin-Luise-Strasse 6-8 D-1000
Berlin 33, Germany
p.hiepko at bgbm.org

Loranthaceae

Laurence Barea – Mistlete seed dispersal, frugivore behavior, nutritional content, mistletoe specialists
School of Environmental Sciences
Charles Sturt University
Thurgoona Campus
Off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive
P.O. Box 789
Albury NSW 2640
Australia
 +61 2 6051 9779
 +61 2 6051 9897 (fax)
Lbarea at csu.edu.au
webpage

Bryan Barlow (retired)
Division of Plant Industry
CSIRO, P.O. Box 1600
Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
(062) 46-4911
email via Val Oliver at: val.oliver at pi.csiro.au

Peter Bernhardt -- Mistletoes
Plant Cell Biology Centre
School of Botany
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3052
Australia

Malcolm Calder -- Loranthaceae, Viscaceae
School of Botany
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3052
Australia

Ainsley Calladine -- Loranthaceae systematics
Plant Sciences
James Cook University
4811, Australia
ainsley.calladine at jcu.edu.au

Clyde Calvin -- anatomy of mistletoes
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-3157
clyde.calvin at cgu.edu

Miguel Chazaro -- mistletoes for Flora of Veracruz, Jalisco
Instituto de Botanica
Universidad de Guadalajara
Apartado Postal 139
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

Paul O. Downey -- Host-mistletoe interactions, biogeography and phytogeography Loranthaceae and Viscaceae
CRC for Weed Management Systems
CSIRO Entomology
GPO Box 1700
Canberra City
ACT 2601
(02) 6246 4253
(02) 6246 4177 - fax
paul.downey at ento.csiro.au

Brian A. Finneran - Santalales anatomy
Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences
University of Canterbury
Christchurch 1 New Zealand
0064 3 364 2784
b.fineran at botn.canterbury.ac.nz

Gerhard Glatzel -- Physiologial ecology of mistletoes
Institute of Forest Ecology
UNI BOKU Vienna
Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82
A-1190 Vienna, Austria
+43-1-47654-4101
glatzel at woek.boku.ac.at
webpage

Donald Kirkup - Floral biology of Loranthaceae
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK
d.kirkup at rbgkew.org.uk

Job Kuijt. -- Viscaceae, Loranthaceae, all parasitic plants
Department of Biology
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3020
Victoria, BC Canada
V8W 3N5
250-721-8865
250-721-7120
jkuijt at uvic.ca

Byron Lamont -- Loranthaceae
West Australia Institute of Technology
School of Biology
GPO Box U 1987
Perth, Western Australia 6102

M. Ndjele -- Loranthaceae and Viscaceae of Central Africa
Laboratoire de Botanique
Universite Libre
28 Avenue P. Heger
CP 169
1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

David Norton ­ Conservation and ecology of mistletoes
Conservation Research Group
School of Forestry
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
64-3-364-2116
64-3-364-2124 - fax
david.norton at canterbury.ac.nz
webpage

Hector Oliva -- Mistletoes for Flora of Veracruz
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas
Universidad Veracruzana
Apartado Postal 177
Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico

Roger Polhill -- Loranthaceae (esp. Africa)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB U.K.
polhill at FreeNet.co.uk

Mohan Prasad Devkota -- Loranthaceae of Asia
Institute of Forest Ecology
Univ. f. Bodenkultur
Peter Jordan-Strasse 82
1190 Vienna, Austria
43-1-47654-4117
43-1-4797896 - fax
mdevkota at woek.boku.ac.at
webpage

Nick Reid -- Loranthaceae, population biology
School of Envirnomental Sciences and Natural Resources Management
University of New England
Armidale, New South Wales
Australia
61-2-6773-2759 or
61-2-6773-5230
nrei3 at metz.une.edu.au
webpage

Carla Restrepo - pollination, seed dispersal in Loranthaceae (South American)
University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras Campus
Po Box 23360
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3360
(787) 764-0000 Ext. 2853
crestre at goliath.cnnet.clu.edu
webpage

A. N. (Tony) Start -- biogeography and ecology of Loranthaceae
Department of Conservation and Wildlife
Wildlife Research Center
P.O. Box 51
Wanneroo
Western Australia 6065
(08) 9405 5100
(08) 9306 1641 (fax)
tonys at calm.wa.gov.au

Hugh Tan -- Loranthaceae and Viscaceae of Singapore and W. Malaysia
Department of Botany
University of Singapore
KentRidge, Singapore 0511

Kushan Tennakoon -- Olacaceae, Loranthaceae, Santalaceae, Hydnoraceae
Department of Biological Sciences
Old Dominion University
110 Mills Godwin Building, 49 th. Street
Norfolk, VA 23529 -0266
(757 ) 683 3610
(757) 683 5283 (fax)
ktennako at odu.edu

Hans Christian Weber -- Mistletoes, broomrapes, dodder, heterotrophs, etc.
Fachbereich Biologie
Philipps-Universität
D-350-32, Germany
49-(0)6421-282091
49-(0)6421-282057
weberh at mailer.uni-marburg.de
webpage

Jan Wieringa -- Plants in general (Loranthaceae, Olacaceae, etc.)
Plant Sciences - Biosystematics Group
Building number 351
Gen. Foulkesweg 37
6703 BL
Wageningen, The Netherlands
Jan.Wieringa at wur.nl

Carol Wilson -- mistletoe systematics
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-3157
carol.wilson at cgu.edu

David M Watson -- Loranthaceae
School of Environmental and Information Sciences
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst NSW 2795 Australia
(02) 6051 9621
Fax: (02) 6051 9897
dwatson at csu.edu.au
webpage

Misodendraceae

Jorge Crisci -- Misodendraceae
Museo de Ciencias Naturales
Universidad nacional de La Plata
1900 La Plata, Argentina
crisci%lasbe.org.ar at uunet.uu.net

Romina Vidal-Russell -- Misodendraceae phylogeny
Departament of Plant Biology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-6509
(618) 453-3823
romina at siu.edu

Carlos A. Zavaro -- Misodendraceae
Departamento de Plantas Vasculares
Instituto de Ecologia Sistematica
Academia de Ciencias de Cuba
Carretera de Varona Km 3.5
C.P. 10800, A.P. 8010
Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

Opiliaceae

Paul Hiepko -- Opiliaceae
Freie Universitat Berlin
Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Konigin-Luise-Strasse 6-8
D-14191 Berlin, Germany
8 30 06-152
p.hiepko at bgbm.org

Santalaceae (including Eremolepidaceae)

Alexander S. George - Australian Santalaceae
Perth, Western Australia
alextris at iinet.net.au

B.J. Lepschi - Santalaceae - Leptomeria
Australian National Herbarium
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
GPO Box 1600
Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA
61 (02) 6246 5167
61 (02) 6246 5249 (fax)
B.Lepschi at pi.csiro.au

Jill Macklin - Ph. D. student; aerial parasites of Santalaceae of tribe Amphorogyneae.
Department of Botany
Trinity College
Dublin 2, Ireland
353 1 608-1421
353 1 608 1147 (fax)
jillymacklin at hotmail.com

Michael Nee -- Santalaceae of S. America
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
mnee at nybg.org

Wendy Seel - Physiology & ecology of host-parasite interactions in Scrophulariaceae & Santalaceae
University of Aberdeen
Department of Plant and Soil Science
Cruickshank Building
St. Machar Drive
Aberdeen AB24 3UU
Scotland
+44 (0)1224 272691
+44 (0)1224 272703 (Fax)
bot134 at abdn.ac.uk

Kushan Tennakoon -- Olacaceae, Loranthaceae, Santalaceae
Department of Botany
University of Peradeniya
Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
+ 94 (0)8 389130 / 389151
+ 94 (0)8 388018 / 389027 - fax
kushan at botany.pdn.ac.lk

Viscaceae

Vanessa E. T. M. Ashworth -- Phoradendron molecular systematics
Editor-in-Chief, ALISO
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-3157
vanessa.ashworth at cgu.edu

Juliann E. Aukema -- spatial ecology and seed dispersal of mistletoes (Viscaceae).
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Jardín Botánico Sur
1201 Calle Ceiba
Río Piedras PR 00926-1119
Telephone:787-766-5335 x316, fax:787-766-6302
jeaukema@ncsu.edu

Clyde Calvin and Carol Wilson -- anatomy of mistletoes
Department of Biology
Portland State University
Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
(503) 725-3859
calvinc at pdx.edu

Pilar Catalan -- Arceuthobium
Departamento de Agricultura y Economia Agraria
Facultad de Veterinaria
Zaragoza 50013
Spain
976-41-6693
pcatalan at posta.unizar.es

Paul O. Downey -- Host-mistletoe interactions, biogeography and phytogeography Loranthaceae and Viscaceae
CRC for Weed Management Systems
CSIRO Entomology
GPO Box 1700
Canberra City
ACT 2601
(02) 6246 4253
(02) 6246 4177 - fax
paul.downey at ento.csiro.au

Kristy Duran -- host race formation and phylogeography of Arceuthobium divaricatum
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
CB 334
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
(303)443-1742
kristy.duran at colorado.edu

Brian Geils -- Arceuthobium
USDA Forest Service SW Forest Complex
2500 S. PineKnoll Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(520) 556-2076
bgeils at fs.fed.us

Elizabeth A. Kellogg -- Phoradendron of the Caribbean
Department of Biology
University of Missouri
St. Louis, MO
tkellogg at umsl.edu

Job Kuijt -- Viscaceae, Loranthaceae, all parasitic plants
Department of Biology
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3020
Victoria, BC Canada
V8W 3N5
250-721-8865
250-721-7120
jkuijt at uvic.ca

Jose Antonio Lopez Saez -- Viscum (ecology and biogeography) and Cistanche
Laboratorio de Arqueobotanica
Departamento de Prehistoria
Centro de Estudios Historicos CEH, CSIC
Duque de Medinaceli, 8
28014 Madrid, Spain
(34)-1-4290626 ext. 4008
cehl149 at ceh.csic.es

Robert Mathiasen -- Arceuthobium, Psittacanthus
School of Forestry
Box 15018
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
(928) 523-0882
Robert.Mathiasen at nau.edu
webpage

M. Ndjele -- Loranthaceae and Viscaceae of Central Africa
Laboratoire de Botanique
Universite Libre
28 Avenue P. Heger
CP 169
1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

Jean-François Olivier - Distribution, frequency, hosts, and cartography of Viscum album in Belgium
L'Euphore A.S.B.L.
Avenue de la Chevalerie 9
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
32 2 734 40 98
32 2 734 40 98 (fax)
lasaga at village.uunet.be

Simon Francis Shamoun -- Viscaceae, Biological and Genetic Control Approaches for Management of Dwarf Mistletoes, Tissue Culture of Arceuthobium spp
Research Scientist
Adjunct Professor- UBC, Forest Sciences
Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre
506 West Burnside Road
Victoria, BC V8Z 1M5
Canada
(250) 363-0766
(250) 363-0775 (fax)
SShamoun at PFc.Forestry.CA
webpage

David Shaw -- Viscaceae: Arceuthobium tsugense (ecology)
Site Director, Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility
University of Washington
1262 Hemlock Road
Carson, Washington 98610 (509) 427-7028
dshaw at u.washington.edu
webpage

Balanophoraceae s. lat.

Roland K. Eberwein -- Balanophoraceae - inflorescence/flower ontogeny
Carinthian Botanic Center
Prof.-Dr.-Kahler-Platz 1
A-9020 Klagenfurt
Austria
Tel.: ++43 (0)463 502715 11
Fax: ++43 (0)463 502715 14
roland.eberwein at landesmuseum-ktn.at

Chris Ecroyd -- Dactylanthus taylorii
Scion, National Forestry Herbarium
Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park
49 Sala Street
Private Bag 3020
Rotorua
New Zealand
chris.ecroyd at ensisjv.com

Bertel Hansen -- All Balanophoraceae
Curator of Phanerogams
Botanical Museum
University of Copenhagen
Gothersgade 130, DK-1123
Copenhagen K, Denmark

Avibhakta (Avi) S. Holzapfel -- Dactylanthus biology
Conservancy Advisory Scientist
Waikato Conservancy, Private Bag 3072
Hamilton, New Zealand
Ph: (0064) 07 8383363 / 8581033, Fax: (0064) 07 8381004
aholzapfel at doc.govt.nz

Shu-Chuan Hsiao -- Balanophoraceae anatomy, Mitrastema biology
Department of Botany
National Chung-Hsing University
250 Kuo-Kuang Rd.
Taichung, Taiwan 402
schsiao at dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Jan Schlauer -- Balanophoraceae, Rafflesiaceae, etc.
Department of Chemistry
University of Tuebingen
Germany
schlauer at chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de

Hugh Tan -- floral developmental genes in holoparasitic plants
Dept of Biological Sciences
National University of Singapore
14 Science Drive 4
Singapore 117543
65162717
67792486 (fax)
hughtan at nus.edu.sg or dbsttw at nus.edu.sg
webpage

Rafflesiaceae, Apodanthaceae, Cytinaceae, Mitrastemonaceae

Hans Bänziger -- Rafflesia, Rhizanthes pollination Department of Entomology
Faculty of Agriculture
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai, Thailand 50200
sangda.h at chiangmai.ac.th

Todd Barkman
Biological Sciences
Western Michigan University
3437 Wood Hall
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
tbarkman at wmich.edu
Webpage

Piero G. Delprete - Apodanthaceae and Balanophoraceae (particularly anatomy)
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Campus II, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB-1
Depto. Biologia Geral/Botânica,
74001-970, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
pdelprete at hotmail.com

Clara de Vega Durán - reproductive biology of Cytinus hypocistis and interactions with its host Cistus
Dpt. Biología Vegetal y Ecología
Universidad de Sevilla
Av/Reina Mercedes nº 6
41012 Sevilla, Spain
cvega at us.es

Steven Elliott -- Sapria
Department of Biology
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai 50002
Thailand
(66) 53-221-699 ext. 3346

Helen Long -- Rafflesia conservation
Plant Reception, Despatch and Quarantine Unit
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB UK
44 0181 332 5525
44 0181 332 5524 (fax)
H.Long at rbgkew.org.uk

Dr. Kamarudin Mat-Salleh - Rafflesia biology and conservation
School of Environmental and Resource Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor6-03-8929-3110
6-03-8925-3357 (fax)
webpage
See his wonderful book Picture of cover"Rafflesia - Magnificent Flower of Sabah"

Jamili Nais -- Rafflesia
Sabah Parks
P.O. Box 10626
88806 Kota Kinabalu
Sabah, Malaysia

Hydnoraceae

Alfredo E. Cocucci -- Prosopanche
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal (IMBIV)
Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Technica
Casilla de Correo 495.5000
Cordoba, Argentina
54-51-244-009 (fax)

Jorge Gomez -- Prosopanche
Escuela de Biologia
Universidad de Costa Rica
Ciudad Universitaria 2060
San Jose, Costa Rica
(506) 25-5555 ext. 5432
jgomezl at cariari.ucr.ac.cr

Luis Diego Gomez - Prosopanche
Robert & Catherine Wilson Botanical Garden
Apartado 73
San Vito de Java, Coto Brus
Costa Rica
0003645901 at mcimail.com

Marina Arce Miller -- biology of Prosopanche
Instituto Multidisciplinario
de Biología Vegetal
Casilla de Correo 495
5000 Córdoba, Argentina
00 54 351 4331096 (ext. 2)
marinaarmill at yahoo.com

Lytton Musselman -- Scrophulariaceae (esp. Striga), Hydnoraceae, Cuscuta, other groups
Department of Biology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23508
(757) 683-3610
(757) 683-5283 (fax)
lmusselm at odu.edu
webpage

Kushan Tennakoon -- Olacaceae, Loranthaceae, Santalaceae, Hydnoraceae
Department of Biological Sciences
Old Dominion University
110 Mills Godwin Building, 49 th. Street
Norfolk, VA 23529 -0266
(757 ) 683 3610
(757) 683 5283 (fax)
ktennako at odu.edu
webpage

Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta)

Tamás Borsics
Agricultural Biotechnology Center
Szent-Györgyi Albert u. 4.
H-2100 Gödöllö, Hungary
+36 28 430-600 /205 or +36 70 2212989
+36 28 430-416 (fax)
borsics at abc.hu

Ralph Bungard - Cuscuta
School of Biological Sciences
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8020
New Zealand
Phone: + 64 3 364 2987 ex. 6735
Fax: + 64 3 364 2590
ralph.bungard at canterbury.ac.nz
Webpage

Jean H. Dawson -- Cuscuta control Weed Scientist (retired)
U.S. Dept. Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Washington State University
Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center Prosser Washington, 99350

Miguel Angel García - Cuscuta systematics and phylogenetics
Dpto. Biodiversidad y Conservación
Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC
Plaza de Murillo 2
28014 Madrid
Spain
Phone: 011-34-91-420 30 17
mgarcia at ma-rjb.csic.es

M. Haidar -- Orobanche and Cuscuta
Associate Professor of Weed Ecophysiology
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
mhaidar at aub.edu.lb

Joel R. McNeal -- Cuscuta molecular systematics
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge Massachusetts 02138
(617) 496-3138
jmcneal at oeb.harvard.edu

Lytton Musselman -- Scrophulariaceae (esp. Striga), Hydnoraceae, Cuscuta, other groups
Department of Biology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23508
(757) 683-3610
(757) 683-5283 (fax)
lmusselm at odu.edu
webpage

Ray Neyland -- Cuscuta ITS
Department of Biology
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA 70609
rneyland at acc.mcneese.edu

Gerhard Prenner -- Cuscuta floral biology
Institute for Plant Sciences
Karl-Franzens-University Graz
Holteigasse 6, 8010 Graz
Austria
+0043-316-380-5662
+0043-316-380-9883 (fax)
gerhard.prenner at uni-graz.at

Susanna Puustinen -- Host interactions, Cuscuta and Rhinathus
Department of Biology
University of Joensuu
P.O. Box 111
FIN-80101 Joensuu,
Finland
+358-13-251 4550
+358-50-3511513 (mobile phone)
+358-13-251 3590 (fax)
puustine at joyx.joensuu.fi
webpage

Mr. Saffour Kaddour - Orobanchaceae and Cuscutaceae
Laboratoire de Malherbologie
INRA - B.P 578
Meknès, Morocco
00 212 55300243 (office)
00 212 55 300244 (fax)
k.saffour at caramail.com

Sasa Stefanovic -- Convolvulaceae (& Cuscuta) molecular systematics
Department of Biology
University of Toronto at Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 1C6
(905) 569-4271; lab (905) 569-4276
(905) 828-3792 (fax)
sstefano at utm.utoronto.ca
webpage

Tom van der Kooij - Cuscuta
Botanisches Institut
Universität Kiel
Olshausenstraße 40
D-24098 Kiel
Germany
+ 49 (0) 431 880 4234
+ 49 (0) 431 880 4238 - fax
tkooij at bot.uni-kiel.de

Krameriaceae

Philip Baker -- Krameria reproductive biology
Department of Biological Sciences
California State University
Long Beach, CA 909840
(310) 985-4917

Beryl Simpson -- Krameria, monographic and molecular systematics
Biology 308
Department of Botany
The University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713
(512) 471-7335
beryl at mail.utexas.edu
webpage

Lauraceae (Cassytha)

Henk Van der Werff -- New World Lauraceae
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166
vanderwe at mobot.org

Lennoaceae

George Yatskievych -- Lennoaceae
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166
(314) 577-9522
yatskieg at mobot.org
webpage

Orobanchaceae

Turner Collins -- Orobanchaceae, Orobanche sect. Myzorrhiza, Boschniakia
Department of Science & Technology
Evangel University
Springfield, Missouri, 65802
(417) 865-2815, ext. 8316
collinst at evangel.edu

Alison Colwell -- Scrophulariaceae, Orobanchaceae, molecular systematics
The Western Fisheries Research Center
Biological Research Division, USGA
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 526-6282 ext. 329 (office) ext. 271 (lab)
Alison_Colwell at usgs.gov

Jose Cubero -- Orobanche
Departamento de Genetica
Universidad de Cordoba
Apartado 3048
Cordoba, Spain
ge1cusaj at uco.es

Claude dePamphilis -- Scrophulariaceae, Orobanchaceae, molecular systematics
Department of Biology
The Pennsylvania State University
208 Mueller Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-6412
(814) 865-9131 (fax)
cwd3 at psu.edu
webpage

Mark Egger -- Castillejinae genera, especially Castilleja
WTU Herbarium/Burke Museum
Box 355325
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-5325, U.S.A.
206-526-8110
megger at attbi.com

Yaakov Goldwasser -- Orobanche
Department of Vegatable Crops
University of California
Davis, CA 95616-8746
(530) 752-8161
gold at vegmail.ucdavis.edu

Bettina I.G. Haussmann -- Sorghum resistance to Striga hermonthica
University of Hohenheim
Inst. 350/3
D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
+49-711-459 4293
+49-711-459 2343 (fax)
haussb at uni-hohenheim.de

M. Haidar -- Orobanche and Cuscuta
Associate Professor of Weed Ecophysiology
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
mhaidar at aub.edu.lb

Thomas Housley, -- Scrophulariaceae, Orobanchaceae
Agronomy Department
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1150
(765) 494-4972
(765) 496-2926 (fax)
thousley at dept.agry.purdue.edu

Shu-Chuan Hsiao -- Aeginetia indica
Department of Botany
National Chung-Hsing University
250 Kuo-Kuang Rd.
Taichung, Taiwan 402
schsiao at dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Danny Joel -- Orobanche
Agricultural Research Organization
Newe-Ya'ar Research Center
Agricultural Reseach Organization
P.O. Box 1021
Ramat-Yishay 30095, Israel
(972) 4- 953-9529
(972) 4- 983-6936
dmjoel at netvision.net.il
webpage

Saffour Kaddour - Orobanchaceae and Cuscutaceae
Laboratoire de Malherbologie
INRA - B.P 578
Meknès, Morocco
00 212 55300243 (office)
00 212 55 300244 (fax)
k.saffour at caramail.com

Olaf Klein - Biological control of Orobanche (Phytomyza orobanchia)
Institute of Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics
University of Hohenheim
D-70593 Stuttgart
Germany
ot.klein at gmx.de

Eric Kuiper -- Striga genetic variability
Department of Ecology and Ecotoxicology
Vrije Universiteit
De Boelelaan 1087
1081 HV Amesterdam, The Netherlands
(31) 20-444-7046
webpage: "Parasitic Weed Research in Amsterdam"

Kamal I. Mohamed  -- Striga (invasive potential, molecular biology)
Department of Biological Sciences
220 Piez Hall
State University of New York
Oswego, NY 13126
mohamed at oswego.edu
315 312 2785 or 3031
315 312 3059 (fax)

Lytton Musselman -- Scrophulariaceae (esp. Striga), Hydnoraceae, Cuscuta, other groups
Department of Biology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23508
(757) 683-3610
(757) 683-5283 (fax)
lmusselm at odu.edu
webpage

Chris Parker - Striga and Orobanche control
co-editor of Haustorium newsletter
5 Royal York Crescent
Bristol BS8 4JZ, UK
chrisparker5 at compuserve.com

Malcolm C. Press - ecology and physiology of parasitic plants, Striga, Orobanche
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK +44 (0)114 222 4111
+44 (0)114 222 0002 (fax)
m.c.press at sheffield.ac.uk
webpage

Susanna Puustinen - - Host-parasite interactions, Rhinanthus, Cuscuta
Department of Biology
University of Joensuu
P.O. Box 111
FIN-80101 Joensuu,
Finland
+358-13-251 4550
+358-50-3511513 (mobile phone)
+358-13-251 3590 (fax)
puustine at joyx.joensuu.fi
webpage

Christopher P. Randle -- Orobanchaceae
Sam Houston State University
Department of Biological Sciences
1900 Avenue I (P.O. Box 2116)
Huntsville, TX 77340
936-294-1554
randle at shsu.edu
webpage

Fasil Reda - Striga research
Free University, Faculty of Biology,
Dept. of Ecology and Ecotoxicology,
De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
freda at bio.vu.nl
Home address:
Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization
P.O.Box - 2003
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gerald M. Schneeweiss -- Systematics of Orobanche, Section Trionychon
Department of Systematics and Evolution of Higher Plants
Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna
Rennweg 14
A-1030 Wien
Austria
schneeweiss at s1.botanik.univie.ac.at

Wendy Seel - Physiology & ecology of host-parasite interactions in Scrophulariaceae & Santalaceae
University of Aberdeen
Department of Plant and Soil Science
Cruickshank Building
St. Machar Drive
Aberdeen AB24 3UU
Scotland
+44 (0)1224 272691
+44 (0)1224 272703 (Fax)
bot134 at abdn.ac.uk

Kim E. Steiner -- Scrophulariaceae
Botany Department
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate State Park
San Francisco, CA 94118-4599
(415) 750-7193,
ksteiner at calacademy.org
webpage

Jos Verkleij -- Head of Section Ecotoxicology and Ecogenetics
Department of Ecology and Ecotoxicology
Vrije Universiteit
De Boelelaan 1087
1081 HV Amesterdam, The Netherlands
(31) 20-444-7054
webpage: "Parasitic Weed Research in Amsterdam"

Christophe Veronesi - Scrophulariaceae
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pathologie Vegetales
Universite de Nantes
2, rue de la Houssiniere
44 322 Nantes, France
(33) 02 51 12 56 19
(33) 02 51 12 56 12 - Fax
Christophe.Veronesi at svt.univ-nantes.fr

Klaus Wegmann - Scrophulariaceae/Orobanchaceae
University of Tübingen
Waldhäuserstraße 37
D-72076 Tübingen
49 7071 64658
49 7071 689555 - fax
Wegmann-Tuebingen at t-online.de or
klaus.wegmann at uni-tuebingen.de

James H. Westwood -- molecular biology of parasitism in Orobanche
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science
410 Price Hall (0331)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-7519
(540) 231-7477 - fax
westwood at vt.edu
webpage

Andrea Wolfe -- Scrophulariaceae/Orobanchaceae, molecular systematics & evolution
Department of Plant Biology
Ohio State University
735 Neil Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210-1293
(614) 292-0267
wolfe.205 at osu.edu
webpage

John Yoder -- Scrophulariaceae
Department of Vegatable Crops
University of California
Davis, CA 95616-8746
(916) 752-1741
jiyoder at ucdavis.edu
webpage


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