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

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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 ...

The species were discovered across the Ryuku Archipelago in southwestern Japan, researchers said. Photo by S. Tsuchiya via Unsplash Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern ...