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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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