The Kobe University botanist Suetsugu Kenji specializes in understanding the interactions between these parasitic plants ...

And plant evolution expert Daniel Nickrent does, too: He has spent much of his life studying parasitic plants and, at his Illinois residence, has inoculated several maples in his yard — and his ...

Dodder, a parasitic plant, attached to a host plant from which it obtains water and nutrients. The parasite inserts microRNAs into the host that can silence the expression of host genes.

A man accused of murdering his parents at their Amite home and fleeing to Los Angeles has been extradited to Tangipahoa Parish, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said. Joshua Brocato, 34 ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called haustorium into the host plant tissues to draw nutrients. The haustorium is ...

"Plants use strigolactones to attract fungi in the soil that have a beneficial relationship with plant roots." Unfortunately for farmers, parasitic weeds have learned to hijack the strigolactone ...

However, did you know that there are a few parasitic plants occurring in our part of Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma? There’s also a plant often mistaken as a parasite because of ...

The second parasitic plant we’ll discuss is an even more specialized holoparasite. This plant is commonly called dodder (Cuscuta sp.), but it is also referred to as angel’s hair, strangle vine ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to insert organs into plants after making contact with the hosts. The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris ...