Dodder is an annual parasitic plant that consists of thin thread-like stems and quickly attaches itself to a host plant. One of my traveler friends sent me a photo of her flowers invaded by a strange, ...
Researchers have investigated how the parasitic dodder Cuscuta australis controls flower formation. They showed that the parasite eavesdrops on the flowering signals of its host plants in order to ...
Swamp dodder continues to spread through Wisconsin carrots, reducing crop yield and quality. Greenhouse research was conducted to evaluate the effect of swamp dodder infection timing on carrot ...
Ever heard of a dodder vine? I hadn’t – until I read “What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses” by Daniel Chamovitz. Turns out this widespread vine, all gawky and gangly, has what you might ...
One of the newest invasive exotics in California is hard to miss, but maybe also hard to see because it doesn't look much like a plant at all. It's Cuscuta japonica, "Japanese" dodder, a parasite ...
A. According to Bob Allen, a professor of biology at Santa Ana College and Irvine Valley College, the varieties of dodder growing in the area are native. The term “dodder” is used for more than 150 ...
Q:I have a lot of dodder (haven't kept after it) in one of the raised beds in which I am growing vegetables. Had a little last year, but this is a mess. Is the only way to get rid of it to replace the ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Previous findings on structural rearrangements in the chloroplast genome of Cuscuta (dodder), the only parasitic genus in the morning-glory ...
Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) doesn’t look much like a typical plant. A sprawling vine with yellow-orange, spaghetti-like stems, it seems to lack both leaves and flowers. Actually, its leaves are reduced to ...
Maintaining your garden takes hard work and dedication. When it is well cared for, it produces glorious flowers and organic bounties. However, weeds can still find a way in -- even invasive ones, like ...
The plant genus Cuscuta consists of more than 200 species that can be found almost all over the world. The parasites, known as dodder, but also called wizard's net, devil's hair or strangleweed, feed ...
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