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

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 ...

"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 ...

Different dodders prefer different host plants. Hosts include alfalfa, asparagus, bindweed, pigweed, lambsquarters, Russian ...

These parasites induce the formation of galls on plant roots, a key part of their lifecycle, but one that is highly detrimental to the host plant. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of this ...

“These weeds are waiting for a signal to wake up,” Nelson says. “We can give them that signal at the wrong time — when there’s no food for them — so they sprout and die. It’s like flipping their own ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris attaches to host plants using haustoria to extract nutrients. The formation of haustoria is triggered by ion channels in the cell membrane.