International Weed Science Society

The constitution can be downloaded here: IWSS_Constitution.pdf (38 Kb)

The Society is governed by the following officers:

President
President elect (vice president)
Secretary-Treasurer
Past-President

Who are part of an executive board with representatives from:

APWSS - Asian Pacific Weed Science Society (www.wssc.org.cn)
EWRS - European Weed Research Society (www.ewrs.org)
ALAM - Asociacion Latinoamericana de Malezas
WSSEA - Weed Science Society of Eastern Africa
WSSA - Weed Science Society of America (www.wssa.net)
WAWSS - West African Weed Science Society
FAO - Food & Agric. Organization (www.fao.org)
Other international organizations dealing with weed problems may be added

Routine Society business and financial affairs are conducted through the office of the Secretariat.

President:

Dr. Baruch Rubin
J & R Liss Professor of Agronomy & Weed Science
Head, RH Smith Institute of Plant Sci. & Genetics in Agriculture
Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sci.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rehovot 76100, Israel
Phone: ++972-(0)8-948-9248
Fax: ++972-(0)8-936-2083
Mobile: ++972 54-882-0054 (0)
E-mail: rubin@agri.huji.ac.il

Secretary/Treasurer:

Dr. Nilda R. Burgos
Associate Professor, Weed Physiology
Dept. of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
University of Arkansas
1366 W. Altheimer Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72704 USA
Phone: (479) 575-3984 or (479)-575-3955
Fax: (479) 575-3975
E-mail: secretary@iwss.info

Vice President:

Dr. Albert Fischer
Dept. of Plant Sciences
Weed Science Program
Mail Stop 4
University of California
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616-8780
Phone:(530) 752-7386
Fax: (530) 752-4604
Email: ajfischer@ucdavis.edu

Past president:

Dr. Bernal Valverde
IDEA Tropical
PO Box 2191
Alajuela 4050
Tel: (+506) 2433-9274
Fax: (+506) 2433-4019
Email:ideatrop@ice.co.cr ; bev@life.ku.dk

Regional Coordinators
South America Gazziero, Dionisio Pisa Rodovia Carlos Joao Strass Londrina-Warta, Acesso Orlando Amaral, Caixa Postal 231 86.001-970 Londrina PR BRAZIL Email: gazziero@cnpso.embrapa.br	Central America and the Caribbean Dr. Bernal Valverde, President IDEA Tropical PO Box 2191 Alajuela 4050 Tel: (+506) 433-9274 Fax: (+506) 433-4019 Email:ideatrop@ice.co.cr ; bev@life.ku.dk
Middle East and North Africa Americanos, Petros G 23 Kronou Str Strovolds 2048 Nicosia CYPRUS Tel: 00 357 2 322637 Fax: 00 357 2 475853 Email:sysman@arinet.ari.gov.cy	West Africa and Central Africa Gbehounou, Gualbert LDC/INRAB, BP 128 Porto Novo REPUBLIC OF BENIN Tel: 229 212933 Fax: 229 300736 Email:ldcstrig@bow.intnet.bj
East and Southern Africa Mwangi, Hottensiah KENYA Email:cpp@arcc.or.ke	West Europe Streibig, Jens C. Royal Vet & Agriculture University Department of Agriculture Sciences Thorvaldsensvej 40 Frederiksbeg C DK-1871 DENMARK Email:Jens.C.Streibig@agsci.kvl.dk
East Europe Sakalienne, Ona Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture Voke Branch 4002 Traky Voke Vilnius LITHUANIA Tel: 3702 51 6131 Fax: 3702 62 9775 Email:ona.sakaliene@voke.lzi.lt	India and South and Southeast Asia Malik, R K Dept. of Agronomy CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar 125 004 INDIA Fax: 0091 1662 34952
Central and North Asia Kim, Kil-Ung Kyungpook National University Agronomy Department College of Agriculture Taegu 702-701 SOUTH KOREA Email:kukim@bh.kyungpook.ac.kr	Pacific Baltazar, Aurora Email:ambaltazar@philrice.gov.ph

Organization

Regional Coordinators