About 1% of flowering plants (around 4,000 species) are parasitic. Read on to discover 10 interesting examples of parasitic plants, where they can be found and how they steal nutrients from other ...

Researchers report the first example of large-scale RNA-based communication between species—a parasitic plant and two of its hosts. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, ...

This time-lapse video shows how the parasitic plant dodder attacks tomatoes. But beyond stealing nutrients from the host plants, a Virginia Tech researcher has discovered that the two plants also ...

Parasitic plants can be holoparasites, with virtually no chlorophyll and thus completely parasitic ... It does have tiny, scale-like leaves, generally also without pigmentation. It grows only 2–12 ...

Revealing a sensitive germination receptor in parasitic plants brings researchers closer to eradicating a major source of African crop damage and food insecurity. From summer to autumn in sub ...

From carnivorous plants that digest prey to parasitic species that siphon nutrients from hosts, these fascinating strategies reveal plants as active participants in nature’s complex web.

This approach may help control parasitic weeds by inducing them to germinate at non-viable times, offering a new tool for farmers. Strigolactones also show promise in medical and environmental ...

which other workers have noted in cells of other plant organs attacked by parasites or under the influence of other destructive agents, also occur in leaf tissues when attacked by the parasitic fungi ...

Parasitic weeds are ruthless freeloaders, stealing nutrients from crops and devastating harvests. But what if farmers could trick these invaders into self-destructing? Scientists at UC Riverside ...