In botanical terms, plant parasites are classified a bit differently than the aforementioned parasitic animals. Botanists ...

UC Riverside scientists discovered how to make parasitic weeds die early using plant hormones. This method could help farmers ...

Parasitic weeds are ruthless freeloaders, stealing nutrients from crops and devastating harvests. But what if farmers could ...

As detailed in a study published Monday in the journal PhytoKeys, the plant is a newly described species in the peculiar ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called ...

"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 ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not ...

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 ...

Scientists at UC Riverside take unique path to weed control by triggering parasitic plant ‘suicide’ to help farmers.

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...